Famous Stars and Straps: Not Another Celebrity Brand
Travis Barker just wants to create. The drummer for several punk/hip-hop outfits, including The Transplants and Plus-44, the former drummer of chart-topping Blink-1...
Sub-Urban Gets Airport-Area HQ
Los Angeles–based Sub-Urban Brands Inc., marketers of Whiteboy and other young contemporary brands, will relocate its corporate headquarters from downtown Los Angeles to the city...
Solidarity at the Port
The Port of Los Angeles was shut briefly on Aug. 22 when members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union walked out in a show of solidarity with striking Los Angeles city workers. The port ...
The Return of Garment-Dye
Los Angeles designer Avril Ozen remembers when garment-dye fell into the realm of men’s T-shirts and activewear. “In the ’80s, garment-dye belonged to a certain category,” she said. “It had a sport...
Harveys Buckles Up for Retail
Harveys Industries Inc., the Santa Ana, Calif.–based company best known for its seat-belt bag, is ramping up to open a small chain of retail stores....
Capital Business Opens Asia Office
New York–based Capital Business Credit LLC, formerly called Capital Factors LLC, has opened an office in Hong Kong to provide global supply chain financial services to its customers d...
UV-Protection Built Right In
Milliken & Co. has introduced a lightweight UV-protective fabric for use in outdoor apparel....
Lectra Picked for Sizing Survey in China
Technology provider Lectra is about to launch an ambitious endeavor: taking the body measurements of 20,000 Chinese citizens....
Gypsy 05: Insider T-Shirts
For years, Los Angeles–based dye house owner Osi Shoham helped designers achieve innovative and unique garment-dye treatments for their lines. “It’s something I really enjoyed doing,” she ...
Weinbaum Set to Celebrate Guild's 50th Anniversary
A Q&A With the Fashion Industries Group’s ’Man of the Year’ ...
Santa Monica Retailers Strategy of Welcome
Uniforms are for the military, not for the civilian women of Santa Monica, thought 27-year-old Kristin Eberts. So when she opened contemporary boutique Aura on Montana Avenue in Santa Monica on Aug. ...
D&A's Barbara Kramer Sues Designer Duarte
Barbara Kramer, co-producer of the popular Designers & Agents apparel shows in Los Angeles and New York, has filed a lawsuit against Los Angeles designer Henry Duarte. She is seeking more...
Kim White: First Bags, Now Belts
Los Angeles handbag designer Kim White, who launched her line three years ago with bags made from vintage 1970s- and ’80s-era auto upholstery, now has a line of leather belts under her brand....
Coldwater Creek Goes Green
Sandpoint, Idaho-based catalog, e-tail and bricks-and-mortar retailer Coldwater Creek announced plans to go green at its corporate headquarters, distribution center, customer contact centers and retai...
Dallas Market Center Names New Marketing VP
Steve Dumas has been promoted to vice president of marketing operations for the Dallas Market Center, which includes the FashionCenterDallas wholesale complex....
