Knocking Off the Little Guys
Big-name designers aren’t the only ones who see their work knocked off. Up-and-coming brands and young designers are learning the hard way that their work is just as susceptible to knockoffs—and more di...
LACMA's New Exhibit Celebrates Paradigm Shifts in Fashion
An upcoming exhibit at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, “Breaking the Mode: Contemporary Fashion from the Permanent Collection,” recognizes designers who think—or thought...
Boutiques Tame Downtown L.A.'s Former Badlands
For one year, Bonnie Kim and Sally Daliege brainstormed on the services that downtown Los Angeles needed to make the area not merely inhabitable, but as livable as New York’s Greenwich Village....
Tukatech Names Divisional President
Tukatech Inc. has named Rajive Puri as president of its TukaForms dress forms division. Puri will be responsible for managing development, manufacturing and sales. Puri has more than 35 years...
Cal Poly Debuts Student Showroom
The hands-on approach to fashion education at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona took a new turn recently. The school’s Apparel Merchandising and Management Department o...
Apparel Brands Find a One-Stop Shop for e-Commerce
Executives at Los Angeles–based OneStop Internet Inc. have found that their formula of providing third-party e-commerce and fulfillment services under one platform has been a good fit for the ...
Custom-Made Blue Jeans
A company based in Port Louis, Mauritius, is offering to reproduce a favorite pair of blue jeans or make a pair of custom-fit jeans created specifically to the customer’s measurements. Tailormade Jeans...
Next Ecco
The Ecco Domani Fashion Foundation is looking for up-and-coming designers for its EDFF awards, now in their sixth season. The designers will compete for a $25,000 grant to help produce a runway show at New Yo...
Boateng, Branding & Videotape
If the glare of the television camera is unnerving, British designer Ozwald Boateng hardly lets it faze him. “It is scary,” conceded the Givenchy menswear creative director. But he...
Garment Contractor Ordered to Pay Overtime Wages
A Los Angeles garment contractor that specializes in silk-screening T-shirts has been cited for owing more than $56,000 in overtime pay to its workers....
Tommy Lee Jeans
Los Angeles–based apparel maker People’s Liberation Inc., producers of the People’s Liberation and William Rast brands, have struck a deal with rock star Tommy Lee to create a limited-edition apparel line under the bran...
Trovata Now a Trio
Costa Mesa, Calif.–based contemporary brand Trovata announced that one of the designers is leaving the company....
DMC Names New Executive
The Dallas Market Center has promoted Robbin Wells to executive vice president of leasing, a newly created position....
D&A to Increase Menswear Presence in L.A.
The Designers & Agents Annex trade shows in Los Angeles have been the domain for women’s fashions for their 9-year history, but co-producers Ed Mandelbaum and Barbara Kramer announced June...
Iconix Inks Licensing Deals
New York–based Iconix Brand Group Inc. has struck several licensing agreements for its Joe Boxer, Bongo and Rampage brands. The deals include a Joe Boxer home collection produced by Beco Industries and...
