The ABCs of ERP: Enterprise Resource Planning Gets Down to Basics
With the pressure of speed to market, an increasingly global industry, multiple sales channels including the Internet, not to mention a host of other issues making the apparel industry more competitive and ch...
Hanes Sues American Apparel
Hanesbrands Inc., a publicly traded underwear and hosiery company spun off from Sara Lee Corp. last year, has filed a trademark-infringement lawsuit against American Apparel...
San Francisco Fashion Week '07: Vian Hunter
Designer Lisa Hunter took everyone on a journey to the late 1950s and 1960s with her very ladylike designs, which evoked a certain “women who like to lunch” feeling....
Former St. John Exec Heads to Menswear
Richard Cohen, the short-lived chief executive at St. John in Irvine, Calif., has been appointed chief executive and president at California menswear company Robert Talbott Inc....
New CFO at Joe's Jeans
The Innovo Group Inc., the Commerce, Calif.–based company that makes Joe’s Jeans, announced that Hamish Sandhu has been appointed as the company’s chief financial officer. Sandhu was previously chief financial o...
OP Headed to Wal-Mart
The New York–based Iconix Brand Group Inc. has signed an exclusive direct-to-retail license agreement with Wal-Mart for its Ocean Pacific and OP brands for direct distribution of apparel and accessorie...
Lucy to VF
The VF Corp., which has been on a buying spree lately, said it has completed its previously announced purchase of Lucy Activewear Inc. The executives at Lucy, based in Portland, Ore., will remain, including C...
San Francisco Fashion Week '07: Missing Piece
Uniqueness was the operative word for Missing Piece, a niche show that was founded in 2004 by owner and artist-representative Danielle Cohen. It consists of creations by fashion and costume d...
A Buyer's Market in Las Vegas
It was a buyer’s market in Las Vegas as the giant MAGIC Marketplace set up shop with its ever-growing coterie of satellite shows....
San Francisco Fashion Week '07: Dcepcion
Twins David and Daniel Concepcion haven’t been out of college for even a year, and already they are wowing crowds with their clean, sleek casual line for men and women....
San Francisco Fashion Week '07: Emily Jane Clothing
Sophistication dominated the collection created by Emily Dumitrescu, out on her own since last year....
San Francisco Fashion Week '07: Richard Hallmarq
Under the big top was where designer Richard Hallmarq found his muse for his newest collection of men’s and womenswear. The colors were bright, and the prints were bold. He was particularly high on sequined le...
San Francisco Fashion Week '07: Gen Art
Even though Gen Art has been giving emerging artists a chance to showcase their talent for 14 years, the nonprofit organization didn’t start organizing fashion shows for San Francisco designers until 2...
Young Designers Dominate San Francisco Fashion Week
The fourth season of San Francisco Fashion Week was marked by a host of new and young designers launching their lines and getting their first exposure to the runway....
San Francisco Fashion Week '07: Genevieve Primavera
San Francisco’s urban environment and unique architecture played a major part in Mary-Elizabeth Primavera’s Spring/Summer 2008 collection....
