Urban Fashion Week Gets Sponsors
Pepsi Clothing and Randy Moss Clothing are the new sponsors of Los Angeles Urban Fashion Week, set to take place at various venues July 15–19. ...
O'Neill Adopts Web-Based Order Processing
Irvine, Calif.–based O’Neill Clothing is moving closer to a totally paperless environment for order processing....
Wet Seal Probe
Executives at The Wet Seal Inc., Foothill Ranch, said they received a written notice from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission indicating it would take no action regarding an investigation over the company...
China Trade
U.S. Trade Representative Susan C. Schwab appointed Claire E. Reade as chief counsel for the USTR’s China Trade Enforcement initiative. Reade will coordinate USTR efforts to ensure China’s compliance with inter...
More Truckers Upbeat About Ports' Gate Hours
A recent survey of truck drivers servicing Los Angeles’ port complex shows that a majority support a nearly yearold program that keeps the terminal gates open late at night and on Saturdays....
Los Angeles Police Bust Counterfeit Denim Operation
Three people are awaiting prosecution for their suspected involvement in a Los Angeles– based counterfeiting ring. It allegedly imported and inten...
Von Dutch Goes to Court, Again
Los Angeles–based apparel maker Von Dutch Originals is embroiled in another legal tussle....
Levi's CEO to Retire
San Francisco-based Levi Strauss & Co. announced that its top executive, Phil Marineau, will retire at the end of the year. Marineau has held the chief executive officer position for the past six years. The compa...
Nasdaq Warning
Innovo Group Inc., the Commerce-based maker of Joe’s Jeans, received a warning June 30 from the Nasdaq stock exchange that because the company’s stock had dipped to below $1 for 30 consecutive trading days, it ...
June '06 Brings Sunny Results for Retailers
Many retailers avoided the traditional June gloom, reporting increases in comparable-store sales particularly in the luxury and specialty-store sectors....
Hollywood Isn't the Only Three-Ring Circus
Academy Award–winning costume designer Colleen Atwood ran away and joined the circus....
FIDM to Showcase Television Costume Design Exhibit
“The Outstanding Art of Television Costume Design” will be featured July 10–Sept. 9 at the FIDM Museum & Galleries in downtown Los Angeles. The free exhibit will display cost...
Outgrowing the Denim Bubble
With dire predictions of a pop in the denim bubble, premium-denim makers are taking steps to add more sizzle to their lines so they don’t fizzle....
Sleek Design Crafted From Bloomingdale's Old Looks
Bloomingdale’s Inc. is exporting its remodeling program at its New York flagship store on 59th Street to Southern California....
Local Author Looks Deep Into Her Closet
Los Angeles writer Adena Halpern lives her life through her clothes, or at least that’s how she tells it in her first book, which is all about the culture of fashion....
