JH Partners Acquires La Perla
Bologna, Italy–based fine-lingerie company La Perla has a new owner. In July 2007, the San Francisco–based private-equity firm JH Partners LLC acquired a 70 percent stake in t...
Knockin' on SCP's Penthouse
In Spring 2009, a Prada and a Miu Miu boutique will set up shop at luxury retail center South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa, Calif. But on Oct. 28, a group of journalists was treated to a dinner and a special viewing of South Coast Plaza’s newest section. It is called The Penthouse, and it was...
O.C. Retail Center's Fate Rests With Voters
Residents in the growing Orange County city of San Clemente, Calif., will show their approval or disapproval for the unconventional Playa Del Norte retail center when they go to the polls Nov...
What Swoosh? Nike Logo on Down Low at L.A. Marketing Push
Not everybody is impressed by the world’s most dominant brand names. However, one of the most dominant footwear and fashion labels—Oregon-based Nike Inc., which earned $18.6 billion for fiscal 2008...
Pure Style Girlfriends
Juliana Lutzi’s company, Pure Style Girlfriends, takes the essential items in a woman’s fashion first-aid kit and gives them a stylish upgrade....
Value Less
Value City Department Stores, a retail chain launched in 1917 in Columbus, Ohio, has declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The company plans to close its 66 stores and liquidate its assets. In court documen...
Real Estate Opens Up in Former Garment Contracting Spaces
Los Angeles’ garment contractors are struggling, and they’re leaving behind a wave of unoccupied real estate in their wake....
Risk Management: Protecting companies from employment practices claims
Robert Mahl is vice president of Sander A. Kessler & Associates Inc., a Santa Monica,...
L.A. Fashion Week Spring '09: Born Uniqorn
Hollywood fashion label Born Uniqorn might seem tailored for the party life, but co-founders Taryn Manning and Tara Jane showed the line’s practical side at...
Apparel Samples Returned to Rightful Owner
What do you do when your apparel samples go missing?...
Lifting News
Levi Strauss & Co. in San Francisco is unveiling a new blue-jeans style that promises to do a little more than make you look sporty. The new Ultimate Lift 544 jeans are supposed to enhance your derriegrav...
L.A. Fashion Week Spring '09: Viridis Luxe
Viridis Luxe, one of several green lines highlighted during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at Smashbox Studios in Culver C...
Creative Space Opens Near Fashion District
The building at 915 S. Mateo St. in downtown Los Angeles, which was once an aging former apparel manufacturing space, is now a state-of-the-art office/design facility aimed at the apparel industry....
Capsule Launches Las Vegas Trade Show
Capsule, the indie menswear trade show that has organized exhibits in New York and Paris, is now setting its sights on Las Vegas....
L.A. Fashion Week Spring '09: Post'age
Menswear label Post’age showed its
