BCBG Buys Bankrupt New York Retailer

BCBG Max Azria Group, Inc. and Guggenheim Corporate Funding LLC bought bankrupt G+G Retail Inc. for $35 million....

California Designers Show at New York Fashion Week

Select local designers and their lines, including Monique Lhuillier, Max Azria Collection, Trovata, Jenni Kayne, Jasmin Shokrian...

New York Fashion Week Fall '06: Max Azria Collection

Previously known as BCBG Max Azria Collection, the newly renamed

More Hotel Space for ASR Visitors

Organizers of the Action Sports Retailer Trade Expo are looking forward to having more lodging space for the approximately 20,000 visitors it receives twice a year....

Nilit and Invista Strike Deal for European Nylon Business

Israel-based Nilit, maker of Sensil-branded polyamide fibers, has struck an agreement with fiber maker Invista to acquire Invista’s nylon apparel plant in Oestringen, Germany...

Quiksilver Gets New Marketing VP

Natas Kaupas, a former pro skater and artist, has been named the new vice president of marketing of the Quiksilver division of Quiksilver Inc. Kaupas joined the Huntington Beach, Calif.–based ...

New York Fashion Week Fall #039;06: Chaiken

San Francisco–based

H&M to Hollywood

The next step for Swedish-based retailer Hennes & Mauritz will be building a 10,000-square-foot store at 6914 Hollywood Blvd., across the street from the Hollywood & Highland shopping center. ...

Concept III Launches Fabric Library Online

Red Bank, N.J.- based textile resource and garment production service Concept III Textiles has opened an online fabric library on its Web site....

Apparel Companies Fishing for Financing Get Few Nibbles

Gaining access to capital has been a perpetual challenge for start-ups and young apparel companies, but some investors are beginning to warm up to the industry as the West Coast fashion scene remains ...

Fabric Mills Important to Sourcing Decisions

The next three years for U.S. clothing manufacturers will be a challenge as they try to balance the pros and cons of producing in various countries around the world....

Boutique Takes Designer Back to School

Carlo Gholami has spent years as a designer of contemporary young menswear, but in his new life as a retailer he has undertaken a unique way of understanding his customer....

Innovo Sells HQ

Innovo Group Inc., based in Commerce, said it is wrapping up the sale of its former headquarters in Springfield, Tenn. The company has sold off the last of three properties for its discontinued operations in ...

Actress Shows New Spring Line

Mandy Moore debuted the new Spring 2006 collection of her label Mblem at the Sue Goodman Showroom in The New Mart on Feb. 7. The line was launched in 2004 and is designed and manuf...

Hemptown Names Barker to Board

Vancouver, Canada–based apparel maker Hemptown Clothing Inc., an eco-friendly company, named Kenneth Barker to its board of directors....