Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim/Cruise 2009: Diesel
Diesel kicked off Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim with a
Hot Topic Exec Joins Wet Seal
Hot Topic’s chief merchandising officer, Maria Comfort, left the music-influenced mall retailer on July 31 to oversee merchandising for juniors chain The Wet Seal Inc....
Comerica Relocates in Downtown Los Angeles
Comerica Bank has leased a 27,000-square-foot space at 601 Figueroa St., where it will house a ground-floor banking center and a 12th-floor commercial office....
Kane, Blue Tattoo Deal Falls Through
Womenswear manufacturer Karen Kane has decided not to buy Los Angeles denim maker Blue Tattoo after a deal was announced one month ago....
Interns Fecirc;ted at YMA Scholarship Event
Seven Californians were among the 60 fashion students who landed coveted internships with high-profile fashion companies this summer through the YMA Fashion Scholarship Fund. Otis School of Design students Aimee Santos, Sin Yi
Start-Up Denim Retailer Forecasts 200-Store Rollout
Jeanomix sees gold in denim bars....
Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swimshy;/Cruise 2009: Ed Hardy
Ostensibly an Ed Hardy presentation, the July 19
E-tail Site Specializes in Shirting
Benicia, Calif.–based Kingdom Fashion Management Inc. has launched
Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim/Cruise 2009: Belusso
“Project Runway” alum Kirsten Sarkisian presented her
Mas Looking to Pioneer Silverlake Fashion Street
On any given day, there are cars speeding past the corner of Sunset Boulevard and Maltman Avenue in Los Angeles’ Silverlake neighborhood. But Shannon Benedetti is betting that motorists will slow down and take...
Catalog Purchase
New York–based private-equity fund Monomoy Capital Partners L.P. purchased the assets and operations of Redcats USA’s Missy Group of catalog and Internet retail from the Redcats Group Inc., a subsidiary of French congl...
Kmart's Online Ad Contest
Kmart, the subsidiary of Hoffman Estates, Ill.–based Sears Holdings Corp., is inviting “junior fashionistas” to create their own Kmart commercial in a promotion for new the ABC reality show...
Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim/Cruise 2009: Pistol Panties
Glamour, pop colors and retro kitsch were the look of Deborah Fleming’s “Nights in Deauville” collection. The London-based designer presented her art deco–inspired collection on July 20 at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swi...
Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swimshy;/Cruise 2009: Tommy Bahama
Nautical blues and whites, check. Safari-inspired spots and stripes, check. Tropical floral prints, check. With its July 18 show at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim at The Raleigh hotel,...
Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swimshy;/Cruise 2009: Vix
Vix Swimwear celebrated 10 years of fashion with the debut of its














