Influential Tracey Ross Boutique to Close
High-profile Los Angeles boutique owner Tracey Ross closed her influential Tracey Ross boutique, another casualty of the weak economy, on New Year’s Eve, said a boutique spokesperson....
Chain Reaction: Store openings in L.A. and Points Beyond
The holiday sales news is grim, but that’s not stopping retailers from opening shop in Los Angeles and other Southern California retail hot spots....
Importers Prepare for a Post-2008 World
China, importing, apparel, anti-dumping, China Conference, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, ports, manufacturing, textile
More of Everything at N.Y. Trade Shows
Fashion Coterie, The Train, Platform 2, Designers and Agents, Starrett-Lehigh Building, Chelsea Art Museum, Spring 2008 Fashion, Federation Francaise du Pret a Porter, Terminal Shores, new york, trade shows
Gen Art Announces Fresh Faces Lineup
Get Art, Fresh Faces in Fashion, Petersen Automotive Museum, Jeffrey Sebelia, Cosa Nostra
Flaunt Turns 10, Jacket Required
Flaunt magazine is frequently an advocate of “hippiester” style, or the boho fashions of the 1960s and 1970s. But you wouldn’t know it from the dress code at the...
2008 Retrospective: The Fashion Industry Played It Safe in 2008
To be sure, the economy was stalling early in 2008, but few could have predicted the impact of the summer’s sky-high energy prices, the catastrophic credit crisis or the far-reaching implications of th...
Hollywood Sizzle Lights Up D&G Debut
Even a tough economy cannot knock the will to party out of Los Angeles. ...
How Low Can You Go, Fed?
The Federal Reserve lowered the federal funds rate from 1 percent to a range of 0 percent to 0.25 percent. This is the lowest rate ever for the federal funds rate, which is the rate banks charge each ...
L.A. Sample-Sale Calendar: The Season for Sample Sales
’Tis the season to land a great deal on fashion as California designers, manufacturers and showrooms open their doors for sample sales, warehouse sales, holiday parties and benefits. California Appare...
TALA Names Friend, Member of the Year
Richard Clareman, president of Los Angeles–based juniors apparel brand Self Esteem, will be named “Friend of the Year” by the Textile Association of Los Angeles and STC-QST’s Rob...
Kill City: Purveyors of Punk
Kill City, the contemporary streetwear brand owned by Los Angeles–based Lip Service, hosted a grand opening for its new Kill City store on Los Angeles’ Melrose Avenue....
American Apparel Cuts Jobs as Plans for Expansion Slow
On Dec. 18, news broke that Los Angeles–based vertical manufacturer, retailer and distributor American Apparel had cut several hundred jobs company-wide. According to Elliot Sloane, a...
Dear Charlotte
The board of directors of San Diego retailer Charlotte Russe Holding Inc. received a letter recently from Baltimore-based Plainvie...
