Grey Ant's Pop-Up Store Opens
Following the close of designer Brian Lichtenberg’s pop-up store on Dec. 14, designer Grant Krajecki moved in Dec. 15, morphing the New High (M)art into a Grey Ant pop-up space....
Cotton This
A World Trade Organization panel in Geneva, Switzerland, has ruled that a series of U.S. cotton subsidies are illegal and should be scrapped. The ruling is a victory for Brazil and West Africa, cotton...
2007 Retrospective: China Posts Major Gains in Apparel Exports in 2007
China had a banner year in apparel and textiles exports to the United States despite quotas on 34 different categories of goods....
Trade-Show Producer to Open Store With Rock Stars
Aaron Levant, the 24-year-old wunderkind who launched the Agenda trade show in 2003 as a venue for streetwear, has successfully built the event into a biannual production in San Dieg...
Popular Fashion District Eatery Closes
After 35 years, The Grill Table, a landmark eatery in the Los Angeles Fashion District, served its last kabob on Dec. 21....
Variations on a Theme
The theme was quot;East Meets Westquot; at Los Angeles Trade-Tech’s annual Gold Thimble Fashion Show, where students were asked to mix Eastern and Western historical attire to create a new look. Juan G...
Graphics and Street Art in San Francisco
During a trip to San Francisco, Sally Lohan, content editor of the Worth Global Style Network, the Britan-based online forecaster at
2007 Retrospective: Forecast for 2008
Imports were up, employment was down, commercial rents stabilized somewhat and retail sales were all over the map—strong in some sectors and tough in others....
Deal Making
Retail Ventures Inc., a Columbus, Ohio, retailer, said it has entered into talks with a third party for the acquisition of one of its chains, Value City Department Stores Inc. The talks are subject to certain conditions, including d...
Boutique Promises New Era for Men's Vintage
Vintage fashion had mostly been a woman’s affair in Los Angeles until Dec. 13, when Jonathan Kanarek opened Jake Vintage, a men’s vintage-fashion boutique in the heart of a specifically retro-l...
Technology, Sustainability on Agenda at Garment-Washing Symposium
The American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists (AATCC) hosted its “Fashion Garment Washi...
Opening Doors
Von Maur, the department store in the Westroads Mall in Omaha, Neb., where a gunman went on a rampage, planned to open its doors on Dec. 20. The store had been closed since the Dec. 5 shooting, during...
Trend Tracking in the Denim Market
Denim veteran Adriano Goldschmied of Los Angeles–based Goldsign warned jeans makers to never relax when it comes to producing or selling denim....
2007 Retrospective: Retail, Textile and Manufacturing Jobs Slump in 2007
Across the board, California’s apparel-related jobs dipped in 2007, according to the most recent data available from the California Employment Development Department (EDD)....
Pool Gets New Head, Shifts Focus for 2008
Mindy Weiner, Pooltradeshow’s operations manager, has announced her resignation from the trade show, effective the end of this year. “It has been a good ride, a great ride,” sai...
