L.A. Contractor to Pay $110,000 in Back Pay
The U.S. District Court for the Central District of California has ordered a Los Angeles contractor to pay $110,000 in back wages to current and former workers as part of a resolution to labor-law vio...
Busy Days at L.A. Textile Show
Traffic started strong and continued on throughout the April 16–18 run of the Los Angeles International Textile Show at the California Market Center. ...
St. John: Back in the Groove
After a year of executive flux and slipping sales, Irvine, Calif.–based St. John seems to be getting its groove back—or, at least, that is the opinion of the high-end brand’s loyal customers....
Retailer Carves Own Space on La Brea
Retailers want their stores to be unique, but Lily Savitch thought that her boutique could forge an individual identity through numbers....
Counterfeit Case
Four accused sellers of counterfeit luxury handbags were sentenced for money laundering and trafficking recently in Boston. The four Massachusetts residents were found guilty of selling more than $1 million i...
Academy of Art to Honor Posen, de la Falaise
Designers Loulou de la Falaise and Zac Posen will receive honorary doctorates of humane letters from the School of Fashion at Academy of Art University in San Francisco during a ceremony and ...
Apolis: Contemporary for a Cause
Raan Parton and his brothers, Shea and Stenn, have screen printed T-shirts plastered with street art–style drawings for friends since they were in high school in Santa Barbara, Calif. What motivated th...
Suh Tahn: Opposites Attract
For designers Shannon Nataf and Dimitri Tcharfas, Suh Tahn is an exercise in duality. Even the name, with roots in “light” and “dark,” straddles two worlds. Debuting for Fall 2007...
Suite Spot
Exhibitors, attendees and guests toasted the conclusion of the Design Suites at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at Smashbox Studios with a March 22 party h...
Lubow Joins Clear Thinking
Hillsborough, N.J.–based Clear Thinking Group LLC has named Nathan M. Lubow to its team of nationwide consultants. Lubow is a leading specialist in accounting for the retail, apparel manufactu...
Blue Cop in the Red
Cathay Bank seizes assets of Blue Cult’s manufacturing division ...
Crimes and Misdemeanors
NEW BEGINNING: Iris Friedman’s Los Angeles–based line, Crimes and Misdemeanors, made a splash in 2005 with sweatpants, hoodies and tees embellished with Swarovski-cr...
Fraudsters Deal Big Threat to Retailers
It’s a claim that no retailer wants to top....
Biza and Green Apple: Activewear Gets Eco-friendly
Cristofer Smith has been in the activewear apparel business for nearly 18 years and has worked with cotton and petroleum-based fabrications such as microfiber polyester, Meryl nylon and Lycra fabric...
New Lines for Moda at CMC
The ModaStyle showroom has relocated to suite A311 of the California Market Center and has added several new resources....
