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...
Hartmarx Buys Monarchy
Chicago-based Hartmarx Corp. has acquired Los Angeles–based premium-denim and sportswear brand Monarchy for $12 million. Hartmarx, which produces men...
Sewing Along at Home
Bravo’s fashion reality show, “Project Runway,” has struck a licensing deal to produce “Project Runway”–branded sewing patterns, as well as equipment and textiles. Brother In...
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...
Wollyhood Clothing: Laughs & Disposable Fashion
The words “self made” are tattooed on Dillon James McKnight’s knuckles. The tattoos might be the mark of a hard man. Yet tough tales are not what comes out of t...
NPD Goes Back to School
The Back-to-School shopping season is starting a little later this year, according to Port Washington, N.Y.–based research firm The NPD Group Inc., which recently released its 2007 Back-to-School survey. Accor...
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BRIEF ENCOUNTER: Diane Kirkland hopes her men’s underwear designs will do for fellows what the push-up bra has done for women. “It’s designed to enhance what’s there,” Altadena, Calif.–base...
Mesmerizing Retailers for 20 Years
Los Angeles–based updated resource Mesmerize is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, but the company’s owners are not making a big fuss about the milestone. They would rather let their c...
Paul Frank Reorganizes Brands, Settles Lawsuit With Co-Founder
Costa Mesa, Calif.–based Paul Frank Industries is seeing a future as cheerful as its iconic Julius the monkey...
Brand Integrity: Lessons From Leegin
Supreme Court decision provides luxury labels with a new weapon in retail pricing and brand integrity ...
Brisk Business at Lingerie Americas
Organizers credit new marketing strategies for uptick in traffic...
Party at Howe's Hause
Menswear designer Jade Howe threw a party and virtual fashion show on Aug. 11 to kick off the Spring/Summer 2008 Hause of Howe collection and bow the company’s new runway space at its headquar...
Fiber and Wash Techniques
The latest trends and developments in fabrics, fibers, washing and dyeing will be the focus of a symposium set for Dec. 12–13 at the Renaissance Hotel in Long Beach,...
Schedule, Economy Impact Los Angeles' Holiday/Resort Market
The Holiday/Resort market has traditionally been one of the smallest markets on the calendar, but buyer traffic was particularly low during the most recent Holiday/Resort event according to m...
Two New Lucy Stores
Just a few weeks after being acquired by VF Corp., activewear retailer Lucy will open two new stores in the Detroit area this fall. The Portland, Ore.-based chain operates more than 50 stores in 13 st...
