Knitting With Attitude
Singer, bass player, knitter. It’s an unusual career trajectory....
Gap Inc. Gets New Financial Officer
Another major executive has left The Gap Inc., the San Francisco maker of all things blue jeans....
Pantone Sold for $180 Million
X-Rite Inc., a provider of color matching, measuring and simulation solutions, signed an agreement to purchase Pantone Inc. for $180 million in a deal expected to be finalized this fall....
San Francisco Fashion Week '07: Wee Scotty
As its name suggests, the fashions from Wee Scotty are for wee folks....
Veltex to Sponsor Celebrity Golf Event
The City of Industry, Calif.–based Veltex Corp. will sponsor the America’s Baby Cancer Foundation’s annual Heroes Tour Celebrity golf tourna...
Design Piracy Prohibition Act: The Proponents' View
The Design Piracy Prohibition Act, proposed last year by U.S. Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R–Roanoke, Va.), was reintroduced this year to both houses of Congress after several months of review by a subcommittee chair...
WGSN: Scouting Global Trends From the Desktop
Imagine scouting trends on the show floor of Bread & Butter’s Barcelona trade show, then dropping into a few boutiques in Los Angeles to find out who’s hot and who’s flying under the radar. ...
MJW Sells East L.A. Retail Site
Real estate developer MJW Investments of Santa Monica, Calif., has reached an agreement to sell a 23-acre swatch of land in East Los Angeles to boxer Oscar De La Hoya and partner Man...
Groovy Goddess Shirts to Bow at MAGIC
New women’s tops line Groovy Goddess, based in Los Altos, Calif., will bow Aug. 27–30 at the MAGIC Marketplace at the Las Vegas Convention Center....
New From Russell Simmons
Phat Farm creator Russell Simmons has his eye on a new market: upscale menswear. Simmons will launch Russell Simmons Argyle Culture, created for the “urban graduates who have ’arrived’ in the world...
Exclusive's Goetz to Retire This Month
Apparel-industry veteran Stevi Goetz is calling it a career. Goetz, co-owner of The Exclusive menswear show and a long-time sales agent for a number of couture and menswear lines, will retir...
FCI Students Show Their Cool Sides
Students from Los Angeles–based Fashion Careers International (FCI) went from rock to classical for their “Califor...
To Be or Not To Be
Critical questions loom over importers as 2007 nears the end ...
Design Piracy Prohibition Act: The Opposing View
The Design Piracy Prohibition Act, proposed last year by U.S. Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R–Roanoke, Va.), was reintroduced this year to both houses of Congress after several months of review by a subcommittee chair...
Smart Sportswear
Italian luxury brand Zegna and British technological textile maker Eleksen Group plc. have teamed up to produce the Zegna Sport Bluetooth iJacket, which incorporates Eleksen’s ElekTex controls in a garment the two com...
