American Apparel Advances RFID Projects
American Apparel, which recently announced a plan to employ radio-frequency identification merchandise tracking technology in some of its stores, is about to roll out the inventory-management...
Streetwear Sale
Liz Claiborne has sold its Enyce label to Sean “Diddy” Combs, the singer who is also chief executive of the Sean John label. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Claiborne bought the brand, whi...
Third Run for European Rendez-Vous
Los Angeles designers and fabric buyers dropped in to check out the latest collections from several European fabric mills at the European Textile Rendez-Vous, which was held Oct. 14–1...
Sensormatic Electronics Acquires Vue Technology
Boca Raton, Fla.–based Sensormatic Electronics Corp., maker of loss-prevention sensor tags for retailers, has acquired RFID (radio frequency identification) specialist Vue Technology,...
When Animals Walk (Runways)
Mikey Koffman recently learned controversy can be found even in the seemingly most innocent of statements when she produced the Green Initiative Humanitarian Fashion Show on Oct. 16 at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at Smashbox...
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Hubert Guez Joins Ed Hardy as Chief Executive
Since its inception in 2004, Los Angeles apparel company Ed Hardy has been on a meteoric rise....
Tra La La: Pinup-Era Lingerie Gets Modern
High-waist panties and intricately stitched balconette bras that look like they could have been worn by vintage pinup models come to life with a modern twist in Kristine Hardig’s innerwear line, Tra L...
Allen B. at JCP
Los Angeles– based designer Allen B. Schwartz, maker of the A.B.S. collection, will launch an exclusive women’s sportswear and dress collection called Allen B. at JCPenney beginning Spring 2009. The Allen B. collection will i...
FBI Offering Digital-Printing Rentals
Fashion Business Inc., in conjunction with Lake Forest, Calif.–based Brother International Corp. and its distributor, Paramount, Calif.–based Stitch City Inc., has r...
L.A. Fashion Week Spring '09: Katy Rodriguez
Katy Rodriguez created a voyeur experience for her Spring ’09 presentation. The vintage retailer turned designer presented her col...
RFID Exec at Avery Dennison
Pasadena-based label and ticketing company Avery Dennison Corp. named John L. “Jack” Farrell Jr. vice president and general manager of Avery’s RFID division. Farrell will be based in the company...
L.A. Fashion Week Spring '09: Crispin & Basilio
Crispin & Basilio designer Donny Barrios had California in mind when he began designing his...
L.A. Fashion Week Spring '09: Julia Clancey
British designer Julia Clancey
L.A. Fashion Week Spring '09: Ed Hardy
The Ed Hardy empire just keeps growing. On Oct. 13, designer Christian Audigier gave a crowd full of acolytes at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at Smashbox Studios in Culver City, Calif., just what they wanted—more, more, more...
