Port of Long Beach Told to Stop Polluting
The Port of Long Beach, which has been touting itself as one of the nation’s greenest ports, is being threatened with a federal lawsuit if it doesn’t clean up its act in the next 90 days....
$10K Fashion Scholarship to Be Awarded at CTIA Show
Designers who have a knack for incorporating technology into fashion could win a $10,000 scholarship....
Evans Group Launches Training Program, Partners With City of Oakland to Create Jobs
The Evans Group, a Los Angeles–based boutique manufacturer that has built its reputationon high-quality production and community-building efforts, has announced two new projects that will benefit Cali...
Modern Bohegrave;me
Boho casual is updated for Fall with modern fabrics and a 1970s free-spirited attitude. Get the look in Las Vegas at the upcoming MAGIC International, Project Global Trade Show, Pooltradeshow and United trade...
Sports Apparel Sales Show Women Are in a League of Their Own
The licensed-apparel business is no longer a man’s world when it comes to team-sports gear....
Hollywood Fashion Biz Ponders Return to Work After WGA Strike
It’s been a winter of discontent for costume designers, boutiques and other fashion businesses that provide wardrobes for television shows. The 3-month-old Writers Guild of A...
Forever 21 Goes Global and Looks for Bigger Stores
With an eye toward becoming a publicly traded company, Forever 21 Inc. is expanding to South Korea and China as well as pumping up the size of its retail outlets to resemble fashion departmen...
Creation of L.A. 'Fashion Park' Pitched to City Officials
A major “fashion park” with creative, manufacturing and warehouse space as well as employee housing and a big stage for fashion shows could be built in downtown Los Angeles if t...
Erdos Joins Bluefly
New York—based e-tailer Bluefly Inc. (
Venue Change, Women's Lines Stimulate Business at Project N.Y.
NEW YORK—For the Jan. 21–23 run of the Project Global Trade Show, show organizers moved the show from the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center to 7 World Trade Center, where the sweeping...
Scanty's Sundance Pajama Party
Celebrities who attended Scanty’s pajama party at Stereo during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, didn’t have to worry if they weren’t dressed for the occasion. L...
Gale Joins AI, Design School Launches New Degrees
Former Brooks College Fashion Chair Mary Ann Gale has been named the academic-department director for the Art Institute of California’s Orange County campus in Santa Ana, Calif....
CEO Out at Sears
Sears Holdings will be looking for a new chief executive officer. Its current top exec, Aylwin Lewis, is stepping down after three years in the position. Lewis joined the company shortly after it emer...
New Project for Iron Army Founders
The Steves behind the premium-denim brand Iron Army—Steve Opperman and Steve Dubbeldam—are embarking on a new project and bringing their freewheeling attitude with them. They ...
Fresh-Air Event Venue to Bow at California Market Center
The California Market Center is taking advantage of the Southern California weather and is creating a new open-air showcase for fashion shows, parties and other industry events....
