L.A. Fashion Week Spring '08: J'aime Pressley
For more than three years, J’Aime Collection, a clothing label owned by actor and designer Jaime Pressley, produced knits and dresses for contemporary boutiques. On Oct. 15, J’Aime deb...
SoSik: Fast, Affordable Fashion For Juniors
There’s a phrase that young people use to describe something as “fantastic” or “over the top.” That phrase is “so sick.”...
L.A. Fashion Week Spring '08: Bohemian Society
Bohemian Society designer Victor Wilde dubbed his Spring ’08 collection “Violent Playground”...
D.C. for Skechers
Manhattan Beach–based footwear maker Skechers signed an 11-year lease for a 1.8 million-square-foot distribution center in Rancho Belago, a new community in California’s Inland Empire, east of Los Angeles. HF L...
E-Portfolios: The Latest Thing on College Campuses
A San Francisco software company is helping fashion college administrators, instructors and students collaborate with each other more quickly and efficiently—and electronically. The c...
Tapping Into Tech With ApparelMagic's John Murphy
The business side of the apparel business— fulfilling orders, tracking materials and inventory, and handling processes such as EDI—is an area often overlooked by start-up companies and new designers who...
State Garment Raids Net $600,000 in Fines
In a two-day sweep of garment factories in Los Angeles and Orange counties, state officials cited more than 70 manufacturers for violating several labor rules....
Zainab: Top Fashion by Appointment Only
If retail is supposed to be like theater, or cinema, if you will, then Zainab Sumu aims to give her clients an exclusive personal screening....
Lectra Launches Education Initiative
Lectra has launched an education initiative to create a better-skilled work force by teaming up with fashion colleges around the world and giving them easier access to the company’s technology...
Purse Stars in 'Sex and the City' Film
Though it won’t hit theaters until May 2008, the cinematic version of “Sex and the City” is creating a lot of stir for Beverly Hills–based handbag designer Timmy Woods of Timmy Wo...
DigiFab Releases Heat Press for Polyester Prints
Los Angeles–based printing-systems supplier DigiFab Systems has released a heat press, which allows users to make dye-sublimation prints on polyester and poly-blend fabrics....
L.A. Fashion Week Spring '08: Heatherette
There’s no such thing as too much at Heatherette’s fashion shows. The New York–based dynamic duo of Richie Rich and Traver Rains gathered souvenirs of inspiration for their Spring 2008 collection on a ...
JCPenney Gets PLM From PTC
Dallas-based JCPenney is investing in new PLM (product lifecycle management) software to help streamline its private-label business....
Holiday Shoppers to Take a Wait-and-See Attitude
Holiday shoppers will probably be spending about the same amount of money as last year, but they won’t be sprinting to the stores until later in the season, according to the latest holiday sur...
Grand Jury Indicts Designer Anand Jon
Designer Anand Jon Alexander has officially been indicted and charged with 59 counts of sexually assaulting 20 women....
