Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim/Cruise 2009: Luli Fama
Designer and Miami native Lourdes Hanimian and co-designer Augusto Hanimian turned a mirror on the city for the duo’s July 20
Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swimshy;/Cruise 2009: ANK by Mirla Sabino
Designer Mirla Sabino’s July 19
Kramer in at Kellwood
Former Abercrombie & Fitch executive Michael W. Kramer was named president and chief executive officer of St. Louis–based Kellwood Co.’s women’s-clothing business, which includes the Vince, My Michel...
Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim/Cruise 2009: Poko Pano
For her debut show in the United States, Poko Pano designer Paola Robba paid homage to the music and architecture of 1950s Brazil with her Summer 2009 col...
A Weak Economy Fuels Buyer Demands at Project New York
For its July 21–23 run, the Project Global Trade Show, owned by Advanstar Communications, returned to the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in midtown Manhattan....
Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim/Cruise 2009: Red Carter
Red Carter, this season’s “Mercedes-Benz Presents” designer, debuted the collection during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim on July 19 to a packed tent at The Raleigh hotel in Miami Beach, Fla. Carter gave a nod to both the Roaring ’20s and “Barbarella” ...
CIT Credit Facility for Trina Turk
New York–based commercial finance company CIT Group Inc. announced its CIT Commercial Services unit has provided a senior secured credit facility to Alhambra, Calif.–...
Tentative Agreement Reached on New Longshore Labor Contract
There’s good news on the waterfront....
Calvin Klein, Tukatech Develop Dress Forms
Calvin Klein Jeans is using Los Angeles–based Tukatech Inc.’s TukaForms fit system to help streamline its product-development cycle....
Men's Fashion Week Continues to Be the Major Draw at Blue
NEW YORK—For its July 21–23 run at Manhattan’s Show Piers, ENK International’s Blue trade show once again partnered with Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week producer IMG to incl...
Mervyns Must Remerchandise After Bankruptcy, Analysts Say
The ink is barely dry on Mervyns’ Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing, and the industry is ready with advice to reinvigorate the mid-tier department-store chain...
Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim/Cruise 2009: Cia.Mariacute;tima by Benny Rosset
For his second showing at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim, Brazilian designer Benny Rosset brought some of the joy and simplicity that defines his South American lifestyle to Miami Beach, Fla. He also brought some o...
Truckers Go to Court to Block Parts of Ports' Clean Trucks Program
A battle brewing over who can drive trucks in and out of the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach came to a head when a major national trucking association filed a federal lawsuit to block portions of the port...
Cotton Inc. Closes L.A. Office
For more than 30 years, Cotton Inc. has had an office in Los Angeles....
Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim/Cruise 2009: Syla by Sylvie Cachay
Sylvie Cachay’s signature vintage-inspired prints created the look of her
