YMI Proceeds With Miss USA Sponsorship
Executives at Los Angeles–based YMI Jeans Inc. are not afraid of a little negative publicity. In fact, they sometimes welcome it as they did following the fiasco involving company end...
Media Technologies Boost the E-Commerce Experience
Buying clothing over the Internet is becoming more of a fulfilling experience and less of a pain for consumers, thanks to emerging rich-media technology available to e-commerce providers. That’s helpin...
Made in America Does Have Its Advantages
SANTA MONICA, Calif.—Apparel manufacturers that still make clothing in the Western Hemisphere have one thing in common....
Cerre
Former models Flavie and Clayton Webster are the husband-and-wife team behind the indie handbag line Cerre. The luxe collection of bags debuted in 2006 at Scout in Los Angeles and has become a cult f...
Costa Goes Inside the Designer's Studio
On March 12, the Otis College of Art + Design welcomed Francisco Costa, the New York–based creative director of Calvin Klein, to the Pacific Design Center for a conversation with Otis’ f...
Elysian Park Handbags
Designer Raven Daye is following in her father’s footsteps. Her father, Cory, made handcrafted leather bags for Mick Jagger, Joan Baez and Grace Slick. He also taught Raven that “the bag one car...
Halston Sold
Hilco Consumer Capital LLC and The Weinstein Co. announced plans to team up to buy the Halston brand from Neema Clothing Ltd., with plans to revitalize the iconic fashion label under the direction of Tamara Mellon, f...
Del Rosario Shifts Focus, Regroups
The lace, silk and chiffon evening gowns designer Alan Del Rosario is known for are nowhere to be found in his Los Angeles studio. Instead, trapeze jackets, polka- dot tops, silk blouses and jumper dresses ha...
Strong Demand for Warehouse and Retail Space
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Designer Anand Jon Arrested
Beverly Hills–based designer Anand Jon, whose legal name is Anand Jon Alexander, has been dropped out of the lineup at Mercedez-Benz Fashion Week at Smashbox Studios in Culve...
Fashion or Faux: Copyright Law Heads Back to Congress
The American fashion industry is gearing up for a fight as lawmakers in Washington, D.C., prepare to reintroduce a piece of legislation that seeks to extend copyright protection to fashion design....
Local Brand Helping Fight World Poverty
Meredith Garrett, designer of the year-old Los Angeles–based contemporary brand Signorelli, has signed on with OmniPeace and Millennium Promise to help end extreme p...
Bishop
Self-taught designer Anna Barthelme is the creative force behind the new Los Angeles–based luxury knitwear brand Bishop. The line, which debuted for Fall 2007 at the Designers and Agents show...
The Houses That MAGIC Built
The MAGIC Marketplace’s February opening-night party–cum–fund-raiser reached its projected fund-raising goal and then some, show producer MAGIC International announced. The Mardi Gra...
Retailers Find Hazards and Profits in Wholesale
After more than 20 years of owning Los Angeles–based boutique chain The Wasteland, Cheryl Cohen and Joe Swinney started their own line of high-end men’s T-shirts, Quintessence of Dust,...
