Meeting Pakistan Manufacturers
The Trade Division of the Consulate General of Pakistan hosted a luncheon on May 12 at the Los Angeles Athletic Club to introduce Pakistani manufacturers to California designers and apparel e...
Frederick's Linda LoRe Honored
Frederick’s of Hollywood’s Linda LoRe received the first “Visionary Award” from the Youth Mentoring Connection nonprofit group at The Beverly Hills Hotel on May ...
Central America's Apparel Industry Hopes to Open New Markets Beyond the U.S.
Under a canopy of bright fluorescent lights that illuminate a giant factory the size of a football field, 1,000 workers put the finishing touches on an array of colorful knit shirts headed mo...
Zenker Joins On Sunset
After spending less than a decade running the Horn boutique on Los Angeles’ high-profile fashion street Robertson Boulevard, Susanne Zenker announced May 21 that she took a j...
Emmy Exhibition Returns to FIDM Museum
The Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising will open its third annual “Outstanding Art of Television Costume Design” exhibition on July 29 at...
Caruso, Westfield May Be Gearing Up for a Fight in Arcadia, Calif.
Caruso Affiliated, the developer of The Grove and The Americana at Brand upscale lifestyle centers, could be facing another fight over its latest project in Arcadia...
Material World West Includes More Groups
The new Material World West show to be held next year in Los Angeles is bulking up....
Dallas Group Plans New L.A. Textile Show
Los Angeles is becoming the hot spot for textile shows....
L.A's Crocker Street Emerges as a Wholesale Destination
Crocker Street, a narrow two-lane road that runs down the eastern boundary of the Los Angeles Fashion District, is becoming the new wholesaling hot spot for discount juniors fashion and acces...
Dimepiece: Streetwear With a Feminine Touch
Dimepiece’s irreverent graphic T-shirts blend a feminine tone with loud streetwear style. The brand, now in its third season, has added cut-and-sew tops and leggings to its offerings, which previously...
Contemporary Boom Tightens Showroom Space in Dallas
The contemporary marketplace in Dallas is growing. In fact, it’s busting at the seams. That has put the pressure on the city’s real estate options for wholesalers, many of whom are from the West Coast. ...
Kohl's Sees the Light
Menomonee Falls, Wis.–based Kohl’s Department Stores announced plans to convert more than 50 stores in New Jersey, Connecticut and Maryland to solar power. Once completed, the solar stores will represent nearly...
True Religion Expands Its Vision for Growth
True Religion is known for its top-end denim jeans and their distinctive pocket stitching and seams, which set them apart from other premium-denim lines....
Fiore Acquired
Los Angeles–based luxury handbag label Isabella Fiore was purchased by New York–based FAB/Starpoint, a manufacturer of licensed and private-label merchandise. Debbie Coleman, president and chief executi...
Tova Celine: All About Prints
After nearly a decade-long hiatus, Tova Celine has resurrected her line of printed silk dresses. Celine was known in the late 1980s and 1990s for refashioning traditional prints, for instance, renderi...
