Overseas Buyers Find U.S. Apparel a Bargain
When Los Angeles fashion designer Sheri Bodell finished tabulating her Spring ’08 orders at the recent Fashion Coterie trade show in New York, she noticed a major geographic shift in buyers....
L.A. Fashion Week Spring '08: LRG
Streetwear brand LRG showcased its Spring 2008 men’s line and Luxirie, its women’s collection, Oct. 17 at 944 magazine’s Hollywood headquarters. Looks were shown on mannequins...
Cone Denim Lays Off 150 Employees
Cone Denim is paring down its workforce again at its only remaining denim plant in the United States....
L.A. Fashion Week Spring '08: Voom by Joy Han
Los Angeles designer Joy Han is taking a break from her playful silk baby dolls and moving into more-streamlined silhouettes and even bolder prints featuring eye-popping colors and graphics gleaned from Roy Lichtenstein...
L.A. Fashion Week Spring '08: Whitley Kros
Actress Marissa Ribisi and business partner Sophia Coloma debuted their new line,
L.A. Fashion Week Spring '08: Candice Held
For Candice Held, scarves are not an accessory—they are the entire outfit. Since 2004, Held has found success fashioning vintage scarves into dresses and tops. At her...
Getting the Goods
Family Dollar, with more than 6,000 stores in 44 states, and The NPD Group Inc., a Port, Washington, N.Y., company that tracks consumer and retail trends, have formed a three-year alliance to share information. Famil...
Fashion Week Goes Green
Eco-fashion shows were all the rage for the recent Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at Smashbox Studios. But it remains to be seen whether green will be more than a trend for this glamorous biannua...
Los Angeles' Lingerie Showrooms Open, Migrate, Relaunch
Lingerie buyers have new ground to cover during the Oct. 26–30 run of the Los Angeles Fashion Market. Sales representatives specializing in the sleepwear, loungewear and lingerie categories la...
L.A. Fashion Week Spring '08: Jeremy Scott
Jeremy Scott returned to the runway Oct. 17 at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at Smashbox Studios in Culver City, Calif., afte...
Gap Goes Solar at Distribution Center
San Francisco–based Gap, Inc. will install a one-megawatt solar-power system to help run its Fresno, Calif., distribution center....
L.A. Fashion Week Spring '08: Bradley Baumkirchner
Bradley Baumkirchner, the endearing designer from last season’s “Project Runway” series, debuted his ...
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L.A. Fashion Week Spring '08: Single
“Forget the runway” seemed to be the motto behind the Oct. 18 debut of Single’s Spring/Summer 2008 collection...
L.A. Fashion Week Spring '08: David Yurman
For Evan Yurman, men’s jewelry can be classified in three tiers. “Conservative, less conservative and way out there,” said Yurman, the director of men’s jewelry at New York–based l...
