Apartment 3 Goes Downtown
Kristin Knauff’s destination shop for independent designers, Apartment 3, is on the move....
French Lessons
Solstiss/Bucol brings a little French savoir-faire to Los Angeles ...
Patagonia T-Shirts Raise $99,000 for Oceana
Ventura, Calif.–based outerwear maker Patagonia has given a $99,000 grant to the global conservation group Oceana, which has headquarters in Los Angeles; Washington, D.C.; and Anchora...
How to Reduce the Cost of Shipping Insurance
With fuel costs and shipping rates on the rise, apparel manufacturers are taking a look at various methods to bolster their profits....
Chip & Pepper Open Calif. Store
Premium-denim specialists Chip & Pepper opened its first West Coast store on May 17 at Fashion Island in Newport Beach, Calif....
California Labels Up for Dallas Fashion Awards
West Coast brands came away with the lion’s share of nominations for the 32nd Annual Dallas Fashion Awards, set for Oct. 7 at the Dallas Market Center....
Hong Kong Looking for Emerging Designers
Organizers of Hong Kong Fashion Week are searching for new fashion designers to participate in the International Designers Runway Show to be held during the Spring/Summer 2008 trade...
Technology Demands Grow South of the Border
Central America is an important manufacturing resource for U.S. apparel brands and importers, but the region has been an underdog compared to Asian sources....
Catch a Rising Star
Designs by Otis College of Art and Design students will be on exhibit and for sale May 24 to June 10 at Lisa M. Berman’s Sculpture to Wear gallery in Santa Monica, Calif....
Federated Names Key Divisional Presidents
Cincinnati-based Federated Department Stores Inc. promoted two executives to key posts within its Macy’s East and Macy’s Florida divisions....
Stepping Down
Joel Waller, the president and chief executive of The Wet Seal Inc., will not renew his contract when it expires Feb. 1, 2008. The retail chain in Foothill Ranch, Calif., has hired an executive-recruiting firm to fin...
Retail Exec Luis Padilla Named ENK President
Veteran retailer Luis Padilla has been named president of New York–based trade-show producer ENK International....
Oakley Adds Distribution Space in Inland Empire
Apparel and eyewear brand Oakley Inc. is expanding its warehouse space in the Inland Empire, having signed a lease for close to 300,000 square feet in the Crossroads Business Park in...
Breaking Up
Shelli Segal, the woman behind the label Laundry by Shelli Segal, is parting ways with Liz Claiborne Inc., which bought her company in 1999. Segal has been replaced by Trish Westcoat Pound, creative director ...
PacSun Gets Full-Time CEO
Pacific Sunwear of California Inc., the surf and skate retail chain that has been having a hard time appealing to its young customer base, has decided to give its interim chief executive a fu...
