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...
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....
New Web Resources for Sourcing, Fabrics
Apparel-industry executives continue to involve the Internet in the product-development process. Two new Web ventures— New York–based eSourceApparel...
Port Container Traffic Up Over Last Year
During the first three months of this year, the number of cargo ships calling at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach dipped slightly compared to 2006....
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...
Fraudsters Deal Big Threat to Retailers
It’s a claim that no retailer wants to top....
Attorneys Join Sheppard Mullin Fashion Team
Attorneys Theodore C. Max and Charles A. LeGrand have joined Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP’s new fashion apparel division....
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 ...
Capital Taps Sulpizio
The Los Angeles office of Capital Business Credit LLC has named Lou Sulpizio senior vice president and senior account executive. He will handle marketing and business development for Capital...
AIMS, Continental to Host Factoring Seminar
Los Angeles–based AIMS (Apparel Information Management Systems), which develops order-management software for the apparel industry, and Woodland Hills, Calif.–based f...
Uncertainty Swirls Around Free Trade in Textiles
Quota restrictions on Chinese-made apparel and textile imports don’t expire until the end of 2008, but already the winds of a trade war are gusting....
Iconix Wins Case Against California Jeans Maker
After a long and drawn-out lawsuit that lasted nearly three years, Iconix Brand Group Inc. won a jury verdict in its case against Los Angeles denim king Hubert Guez....
True Growth Track
Vernon, Calif.–based premium-denim lifestyle brand True Religion Apparel Inc. has signed two new leases for retail stores at The Americana at Brand in Glendale, Calif., and at the NorthPark Center in D...
Department Stores Are Back in Business
This could be the year of the department store....
Seeking Fashion Advisors to the Mayor
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa plans to set up a Fashion Advisory Council made up of a cross section of representatives from the Los Angeles fashion industry....
