S.F. Fashion Week to Showcase Spring '07
Select Bay Area designers will showcase their Spring 2007 designs Aug. 23–27 during San Francisco Fashion Week at the San Francisco Design Center....
Whiteboy Goes Public
Los Angeles–based Sub-Urban Brands Inc., maker of 3-year-old streetwear brand Whiteboy, went public on May 16. Now trading on the Over the Counter Bulletin...
Customs Investigating Apparel Smuggled Into United States
Customs officials are searching for the exporter of more than 200 containers of apparel that were classified as furniture parts and toys before being shipped to the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach...
Class-Action Suit for Polo
Two San Francisco law firms have filed a class-action suit against the Polo Ralph Lauren Corp. on behalf of four former retail employees who say the company violated several California labor laws. The suit, f...
Iconix's New Licensing Exec
New York–based Iconix Brand Group, owner of Candie’s, Bongo, Badgley Mischka, Joe Boxer, Rampage and Mudd brands, has named Gail Tentler managing director of international licensing. Previously, Tentler was dir...
Nike's Apple Deal
Beaverton, Ore.–based athletic apparel maker Nike Inc. has struck a deal with Cupertino, Calif.–based Apple to launch a line of products under the Nike+iPod brand. The first item under the partnership w...
Mervyns Revamps
This year could be one of the hardest for Rick Leto....
House of Dereon Grows After Split
After parting ways with Los Angeles– based licensee Tarrant Apparel in March, entertainer Beyonce Knowles’ House of Dereon brand has a new licensing partner and a new junior c...
CDC Students in the Mix at Orpheum
California Design College students delivered a
FIG Dallas to Host Chan Luu
Los Angeles–based designer Chan Luu will be the guest of honor June 1 at the Dallas- based Fashion Industry Galler y’s market-week kick-off party from 5:30 to 7 p.m....
True Religion to Relocate, Expand
True Religion Apparel Inc. is relocating its corporate headquarters from Los Angeles to nearby Vernon, Calif., in August....
Apparel Producers Hope CAFTA Brings New Business to Region
GUATEMALA CITY—The 15th annual Apparel Sourcing Show held here May 16–18 and attended by 4,725 people underscored the widely held belief that Central America is a region in transformat...
Gavin's Jackets
BOTTOM TO TOP: Gavin, a 2-year-old trouser line, has branched out with the launch of jackets and a coat for Fall 2006. Julia Chase, who owns the Studio 10 ...
Wet Seal Forecasts Growth, Challenges
Wet Seal Inc. has announced that it will open more stores next year and its same-store sales declined in May....
Linq
After years of selling missy merchandise to department stores, Leonard Rabinowitz and Carole Little have downsized their latest venture to a more personal level....
