L.A. Designer Checks In With Hotel Uniforms
Maybe you’ve seen designer Tadashi Shoji’s creations on the runway of the Miss Universe contest....
State Sweep Closes 30 Garment Factories
In one of the largest garment-factory sweeps in the last two years, labor inspectors visited 37 garment factories across Southern California and closed 30 of them for wage and labor violations....
Students Mount Campaign For Sweatshop-Free Apparel
In a flashback to the sweatshop protests of the 1980s and 1990s, students once again are hoisting picket signs and staging campus sit-ins to demand administrators get tough with stringent anti-sweatsh...
FIDM to Reprise Emmy Costume Exhibition
The Museum & Galleries at the Fashion Institute of Designer & Merchandising will host its second annual “The Outstanding Art of Television Costume Design” exhibition featuring ...
Will M-Commerce Embrace Apparel?
Once upon a time, Web pundits said nobody would buy clothes on the Internet. The arguments against e-tailing apparel ran the gamut from “You can’t feel or adequately see the merchandise” ...
New Banker
Former U.S. Trade Representative Robert Zoellick was nominated by President Bush to take over as president of the World Bank. Zoellick would replace Paul Wolfowitz, who steps down at the end of June. Wolfowit...
Next-Generation Textiles
Studio Bert Forma carries on the tradition of seeking new lines and new business ...
Get Out Your Toilet Paper
For the third year in a row, Cheap-Chic-Weddings.com will host its “Toilet Paper Wedding Dress Contest.”...
Gerber on President Bush's 'E' List
Tolland, Conn.–based technology supplier Gerber Technology and 10 other companies were recognized by President Bush and the U.S. secretary of commerce for being among the nation’s most outstand...
MAGIC Names Group-Sales Director
Woodland Hills, Calif.–based MAGIC International, producer of the MAGIC Marketplace trade show in Las Vegas, named Karalynne Sprouse group-sales director for the trade show....
European Retail Sales Drop Sharply in May
European retail sales experienced their steepest decline in recent memory, falling more than six points on the Bloomberg Eurozone Retail Purchasing Managers’ Index in May....
Getting Intimate
Kohl’s is getting into the intimate-apparel business. The department-store chain based in Menomonee Falls, Wis., is launching its first private label, called Moments. It also has two other exclusive in...
NPD Accessorizes
Market-research firm NPD Group is launching a new Accessories Market Tracking Service to track changes in the market for manufacturers, retailers and financial analysts....
Fashion District Thrives as Economic Engine
The Los Angeles Fashion District is celebrating its slightly more than 10- year anniversary with plans to expand its boundaries to the east and build on its claim as the hub of Southern California’s fa...
T-Shirt Makers Sound Off With New Concepts
Challenged by a spike in competition, T-shirt designers are putting their creativity to work and are coming up with some new and old concepts to stir up sales and the political pot....
