Copious Collaborations at Etnies
Etnies, the skate-inspired company in Lake Forest, Calif., that makes shoes and apparel, will add five new art-inspired collaborations to its Fall 2007 lineup....
New York Fashion Week: Grey Ant
Never one to follow a trend, designer Grant Krajecki makes his own fashion statements. This season, he merged the style of the Kelly Bundy character from the television series “Married With Chi...
Iconix Licensing
Iconix Brand Group Inc., the New York company that owns several brand names, announced it has new licensing agreements for its Badgley Mischka, London Fog and Joe Boxer brands. Licensees for Badgley Mischka will be p...
Li & Fung Gets Tommy
Supply-chain managers Li & Fung Ltd., based in Hong Kong, announced the company plans to buy the global sourcing operations of designer Tommy Hilfiger for $247.8 million. The purchase will be financed by Li & Fung...
Guess Developing New Retail Store Concept
Coming off record profits and revenues for 2006, Guess? Inc. is planning to launch a chain of stores called G by Guess that will be stocked with affordable clothing geared to a young...
Plenty of Buzz at MAGIC, Satellite Shows
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New York Fashion Week: Morphine Generation
Erik Hart is never at a loss for inspiration, and his
Latest Trade Numbers Show China Wins Again
Apparel and textile imports to the United States inched up slightly more than 4 percent in 2006, with imports of Chinese-made goods gaining considerable ground again, according to the U.S. Department ...
Cupron Joins the Army
Greensboro, N.C.–based textile maker Cupron Inc. struck a deal with the United States Army and Air Force Exchange Service stores for its patented copper-impregnated anti-bacterial socks....
Milliken's Latest Targets Hunters
Spartanburg, S.C.–based textile mill Milliken launched a new smart-fabric technology designed for hunting apparel and big-game hunters....
New York Fashion Week: Linda Loudermilk
Los Angeles–based designer Linda Loudermilk showed her Fall 2007 collection Feb. 1 at the Altman Building in New York. Her show, which was sponsored by automaker Lexus, focused on eco-fr...
And All That Jazz
Los Angeles–based licensor and brand-management company Cherokee Inc. inked a licensing agreement with MJ Fashions LLC for women’s specialty-size and misses dresses under the All That Jazz brand. Cherok...
'Green' Is Focus of Global Eco
The debut Global ECO show, featuring sustainable fabrics and apparel in addition to other green products, will take place Feb. 12–15 in the Grand Ballroom at The Venetian hotel in Las...
Copy: Atypical Streetwear
Designer Murphy Martines quietly obsessed over the concept of a line of sophisticated streetwear for years while he worked designing surf-inspired duds for a Southern California apparel giant...
Rail Projects Aim to Speed Up Supply Chain
The escalating port traffic in Los Angeles and Long Beach, Calif., has created a domino effect on ground transportation in and out of the region, putting the pressure on not only importers and distrib...
