Topshop Salutes Smack
Beginning this month, the Los Angeles–based lingerie line Smack will be prominently featured in a 16 1/2-by-8-foot wall space in the Oxford Circus location of U.K. teen retailer Topsh...
The Tiffany Network
Tiffany & Co. opened its new Pasadena, Calif., store on Colorado Boulevard on Nov. 17 with a party that was as stately as the 138-year-old company’s crystal. A string quartet from the Pasadena Sy...
TALA Gives Back to Fashion Students and Neighborhood Kids
The Textile Association of Los Angeles hosted its 49th annual scholarship luncheon on Nov. 16 in the Fashion Theater of the California Market Center....
H&M California Debut
“We’re often asked, ’When is H&M coming to California?” said Sanna Lindberg, the U.S. manager for the retailer with the full name of Hennes & Mauritz “We’re...
S.F. Apparel Protest
A group of unemployed apparel workers gathered at San Francisco City Hall on Nov. 21 to ask city leaders for help in securing jobs for former garment-industry employees. Organizer the Chinese Progressive Netw...
Customs Steps Up Inspection of Imported Pants From China
Call it the pants fiasco....
Perry Ellis Poised to Acquire Gotcha
Miami-based apparel designer Perry Ellis International took one step further into the surf apparel realm this week when it announced plans to acquire Newport Beach, Calif.–...
Black Monday to Usher In the Holiday E-Commerce Season
On Nov. 28, office workers will return from the long Thanksgiving weekend and start surfing the Internet to buy gifts for the Christmas holiday, according to a survey releas...
Fremont: Retro Casual
The retro chic look of Fremont has a fresh take on casual. The new contemporary line recaptures the lifestyle resort look of Palm Springs in the late 1960s and early 1970s and adds a kitschy Las Vegas edge. Los Ange...
Chelsea Rebelle to Reopen Following Fire
Sarah Brannon opened her Los Angeles store and clothing line Chelsea Rebelle in mid-2005 only to have the boutique and most of her inventory destroyed in a May 28 fire. The New Zealand native...
Danny Guez's People's Liberation Goes Public
Danny Guez, son of veteran denim maker Paul Guez, is following in his father’s footsteps and taking his company public through a reverse merger. According to the younger Guez, People’s...
MODAC to Honor Photographer at Gala
The Museum of Fashion Designers and Creators (MODAC) will honor famed architectural photographer Julius Shulman at a fundraising reception Nov. 29 at the Orpheum Th...
Remodel Underway on CMC's 13th-Floor Penthouse
The California Market Center has begun a major remodel of the building’s 13th floor that will result in 75,000 square feet of open exhibition space, 35,000 square feet of hard-wall showroom sp...
S.F. Knitwear Designer in N.Y.
Margaret O’Leary tested boundaries in knitwear and found success. Last month, the San Francisco– based designer took on Manhattan....
Celebrity, Good Fit Drive Jean Line
Sometimes Kitson owner Fraser Ross doesn’t feel like a retailer, he feels like a celebrity wrangler. He said that he’s lately been turning down pitches to carry celebrity-designed fas...
