Rhodes, Mohlere In at Perry
Miami-based Perry Ellis International Inc. has named Gail Rhodes senior vice president of its women’s swim division, which includes the JAG, Jantzen, South Point, Zuma Beach, Original Penguin and Perry Ellis labels. Michelle Mohlere has been...
Trovata, Binns Win CFDA Award
West Coast golden boys Jeff Halmos, Josia Lamberto-Egan, Sam Shipley and John Whitledge of Trovata, and self-proclaimed outsider and jewelry designer Tom Binns have...
Inside Out: Lingerie Designers Branch Out Into Ready-to-Wear
A competitive lingerie market has prompted Los Angeles–based lingerie and loungewear designers to expand into the category of ready-to-wear to get a bigger slice of the retail pie....
Charlotte Tarantola
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ASR Debuts Holiday Edition
While most large retailers have completed their Holiday season purchases, exhibitors at the inaugural Action Sports Retailer Trade Expo’s ASR Holiday show said there were eno...
Meister's New Exec
Kellwood Co. has named Gail Cook president of its David Meister division. Cook previously was a strategic consultant to the apparel industry and held executive positions at Liz Claiborne in that company’s Dana Buchman...
Anvarian Cancels Fall Deliveries, Adopts New Direction
Designer Pegah Anvarian is in the middle of a major shake-up of her brand....
The Style Assembly
Cooper Design SpaceSuite 419(213) 622-0184 ...
The World Wide Web, Take 2
Experts have begun to observe that the online shopping experience may be heading toward a new paradigm as e-tail giants eBay, Yahoo! and Amazon increasingly deliver more dynamic con...
Revelation Showroom
California Market CenterSuite B571(818) 536-1256 ...
Retailing the Zara Way
Spanish retail giant Zara has become synonymous with fast fashion, but getting an understanding of how its fashion machine operates has been a futile task for outsiders....
Sweet May '06 Sales Could Bring Strong June
May was a good month for retail. And June is looking good, too....
New at True
Los Angeles–based premium-denim maker True Religion Apparel Inc. has named Daryl Rosenberg chief operating officer. He replaces Mark Saltzman, who will remain with the company until the end of September. Rosen...
Marc's New Man
Paris-based Mouml;et Hennessy Louis Vuitton has named LVMH exec Bertran Stalla-Bourdillon chairman and chief executive officer of its Marc Jacobs International unit. When Stalla-Bourdillon takes the reins at Marc Jacobs, he ...
More Castaldi for Yves
Los Angeles–based manufacturer Jeantex Group Inc. has agreed to reduce its ownership stake in Yves Castaldi Corp. from 51 percent to 20 percent. As a result, Yves Castaldi Corp. will surrender 6 millio...
