SIMA to Honor McKnight
The Surf Industry Manufacturers Associationwill honor Bob McKnight, chief executive of Quiksilver, with the Waterman of the Year award at its annual Waterman’s Ball and Aucti...
Pacific Sunwear Takes Baby Steps With New Chain
Pacific Sunwear, Inc. will open its first One Thousand Steps footwear stores in mid-April, but the company will start small with its fledgling chain of shoe stores....
Paradox Paradis: New Take on Old Hollywood
A gala event worthy of Old Hollywood will be the official launch of Paradox Paradis, a new evening and ready-to-wear line by Darin Humecki and Scott Nassani....
Black Hearts Brigade: Tees and Tops With a Dark Side
It’s not often that a sales rep describes a clothing line as “morbid”—and means it in a good way....
Sue Wong Set for Global Expansion
Los Angeles designer Sue Wong is on an expansion track and has announced plans to align with industry partners that can help the company achieve its next level of growth through marketing, li...
Michael Stars Adds Cashmere
After years of making highend T-shirts for women, Los Angeles–based Michael Stars has added cashmere to its repertoire. The new line of tissue-weight, 16-gauge cashmere T-shirts debut...
Petro Zillia Gearing Up for Retail Debut
For the first time since Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week came to Los Angeles, the popular contemporary label Petro Zillia will not be showing during Los Angeles...
Quiksilver Tries Out Youth Concept-Again
When Quiksilver, Inc. licensed the Tony Hawk skateboarding brand to moderately priced department store Kohl’s Corp. in 2005, the Huntington Beach, Calif.–based surfwe...
Lingerie Americas Prepares to Expand
NEW YORK—Although bitterly cold winds were blustering outside, the feeling inside the Metropolitan Pavilion and Altman Building was warm and inviting for lingerie trade show ...
Skechers Teams With Zoo York
Manhattan Beach–based footwear maker Skechers USA will produce a new Zoo York branded footwear line for the action sports market, under a new licensing agreement with Zoo York parent company Marc Ecko....
House Passes Anti-Counterfeiting Bill
Traffickers and counterfeiters have more to lose, now that a Federal bill that will close loopholes and strengthen criminal penalties has passed the United States House of Representatives....
First-Time Retailer Bets on Beverly Hills
Nina Messiah does not consider herself someone who enjoys gambling against high odds. But her friends thought the first-time retailer was taking on an insurmountable challenge when she opened a fashio...
Mediating 'Channel Conflict'
Manufacturers who take the plunge and sell directly to consumers online inevitably encounter a phenomenon that has been called “channel conflict,” or “resistance and resentment,” f...
Tag-It's Man
Los Angeles–based zipper and trim supplier Tag-It Pacific Inc. hired Wouter C. van Biene as chief operating officer for the company. Van Biene was previously senior vice president, operations, for Asce...
Design Suites Move Closer to Smashbox Studios
In this, their fifth season, the Design Suites hosted by Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at Smashbox Studios will relocate for its March 21–23 run to a new, roomier home at HD But...
