Melissa M
After taking a four-year hiatus, designer Melissa McElrath has resurrected her line Melissa M and updated its image from young contemporary to contemporary....
JH Design Acquires Sledge
Sportswear licensing company JH Design Group recently acquired Sledge USA, a sportswear line of sweats and T-shirts designed by Phillip Teboul....
Sacramento-Area Mall Fetches $15 Million in Sale
Encino, Calif.–based R&A Associates has purchased the County Fair Mall in Northern California from Santa Ana, Calif.–based Triple Net Properties LLC for $15.1 mil...
Bridal Group Marriage
Federated Department Stores’ bridal division, The Bridal Group, has purchased certain assets of the Mr. Tux and Squire Tux stores, a 55-year-old retailer that sells and rents out tuxedos through its chain of m...
New World of Gadgetry Available to Apparel Makers
Eleksen, a British company whose headquarters are at Pinewood Studios, where most of the James Bond films were made, is planning to bring some Bond-like gadgetry of its own to the apparel ma...
N.Y. Label Goes West
Something about Vintage Vandal by Steve Vintage, a collection of hand-screened vintage clothes for men, reminds buyers of the left coast. Perhaps it’s the line’s skate-rat-goes-to-work vibe created by ...
Fortune Gets New Tech From Microsoft
Vernon, Calif.–based sportswear manufacturer Fortune Fashions is overhauling its back-office operations with the latest business-management software from Microsoft Corp....
Warhol Echo
William Anzevino, at right with design partner Richard Florence, calls his 1,000-square-foot store a gallery. He and Florence opened the Hollywood space on Dec. 15. Anzevino’s description of the store, Anzev...
Macy's Changes
Cincinnati-based Federated Department Stores announced several executive changes to its Macy’s division in the wake of the company’s merger with May Co. and its planned shuttering of May’s Marshall Field’s and Robinsons-May nameplates. The executive ch...
'Tis the Season of Gifting
Frederick’s of Hollywood celebrated the Holiday season with piles of gifts and mounds of snow at the Frederick’s flagship store on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Ange...
Fantasy-Inspired Finale
“Fantasy, Folklore and Fairytales” was the theme of the Los Angeles Trade-Technical College fashion show, held Dec. 16 at the college’s downtown Los Angeles campus, and...
Acting Labor Commissioner Named
Robert A. Jones has been named the state’s acting labor commissioner until a full-time person is found to take over the job, according to the California Labor and Workforce Development Agency, which ma...
Among Giants: Bebe Opens on Rodeo
After more than 29 years of selling women’s fashions and opening 227 Bebe boutiques, Manny Mashouf, founder of the Brisbane, Calif.–based Bebe Stores Inc., has an address that has given him a s...
2005 Year in Review
There was more of everything in 2005....
Lacoste Fights Back
New York–based sportswear maker Lacoste USA announced that more than $1 million worth of counterfeit Lacoste merchandise had been seized in raids conducted in retail and wholesale businesses in Puerto ...
