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...
Designers Gear Up for an Indie Take on L.A. Fashion Week
Expect an independent spirit to run through Los Angeles Fashion Week next March....
Bomb Scare at Printemps
Historic Paris department store Printemps was evacuated for several hours on Dec. 16 after French police discovered five sticks of dynamite in the men’s section of the luxury store. Police were tipped ...
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...
2008 Retrospective: Department Stores: Neiman Marcus, Target
The luxury market suffered in 2008. One of the market’s consistently solid performers, Dallas-based The Neiman Marcus Group, reported a shocking decline of 26.8 percent in comparable-store sal...
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 ...
2008 Retrospective: Apparel Imports Downsized in 2008
Americans’ love affair with clothes took a break in 2008....
Surf Expo Shifts Dates to August
Atlanta-based action-sports trade show Surf Expo, a production of DMG World Media, has announced a major shift in its show dates. Typically held in January and late September, Surf ...
D&G's Antidote to the Holiday Blues
Just when you thought there was no room for flash and fabulous style in the tough 2008 holiday season, iconic fashion house Dolce Gabbana came to the rescue with its new DG flagship boutique, located at 147 N. Robertson Blvd. in Los Angeles. A red-carpet...
Quiksilver Opts Out of ASR Trade Show
Huntington Beach, Calif.–based surf giant Quiksilver Inc. will not participate in the January edition of the Action Sports Retailer Trade Expo, held biannually in San Diego. ...
Getting Fro-Yo—Fashionably
The Los Angeles Fashion District is getting a new frozen-yogurt “lounge,” according to downtown blog Angelic.com. Provocatively named Garden Berry, the new “yogurt lounge” will open at 229 E. Ninth St.—just...
Forever 21, Kohl's to Take Over 46 Mervyns Stores
Forever 21 Inc. and Kohl’s have signed an agreement to take over 46 Mervyns stores that are slated to be closed as part of Mervyns’ bankruptcy filing....
International Producers Down
A recent survey by New York–based Panjiva, a company that provides information on global suppliers, found that the number of suppliers “actively serving the U.S. [apparel] market” has dropped 70 percent ...
Fashion District's High School Prepares Students for a Fashionable Future
Students in Cynthia Banks’ advanced sewing class at Santee Education Complex are scattered around industrial tables, cutting patterns and pinning and stitching garments that will be shown at the high school’s...
