Californian Brings Premium Fashions to Hawaii
Contemporary streetwear will head to the land of Aloha shirts when Los Angeles–based showroom owner Jason Bates produces the Coconuts & Bananas trade show for premium denim and streetwear....
L.A. Fashion Week Spring '06: Spy Zone Exchange
Los Angeles–based Jacky Elkaim launched Spy Zone Exchange four years ago as a T-shirt line. He has expanded into a full collection now, and the line is making inroads on the L.A. fas...
Western Denim
Western was only the beginning for artist Benjamin Sanchez, designer of the
Frederick's Turns Up the Brights
Frilly and feminine are two perennial trends for lingerie. But Los Angeles–based Frederick’s of Hollywood also included striking colors in its Spring 2006 collection of soft and romant...
L.A. Fashion Week Spring '06: Carlos Rosario
Los Angeles designer Carlos Rosario had a high-profile debut last season when Vogue editrix Anna Wintour sat in on his show at Smashbox Studios. This season, Rosario took a ...
Josh Podoll: Art-Driven Tees Lead to Full Sportswear Collection
San Francisco–based abstract painter Josh Podoll made his art functional with the launch of his self-named T-shirt line in 2004. The embroidered and hand-screen-painted T-shirts in organic c...
L.A. Fashion Week Spring '06: Oligo Tissew
Oligo Tissew designer Kristopher Enuke went for the dramatic at his
Lycra Brand Unveils New Stretch Denim Technology
Invista Inc., the apparel and home-textiles division of Wichita, Kan.–based Koch Industries, unveiled its new four-way stretch denim, XFit Lycra, during Los...
Job Growth
Greater Los Angeles added more than 60,000 non-farm jobs this year, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Employment in the region including Los Angeles, Long Beach and Santa Ana was up by...
L.A. Fashion Week Spring '06: Jared Gold
By the time designer Jared Gold moved his company from Los Angeles to Salt Lake City in 2003, he had already built a devoted following for his theatrical, conceptual designs. This season, he returned ...
L.A. Fashion Week Spring '06: Harajuku Lovers
The Hollywood Museum in the Max Factor Building was the scene of the season’s most hush-hush party held during Los Angeles Fashion Week. Thrown in honor of Harajuku...
Rate Raised
The Federal Reserve raised the federal funds rate a quarter point to 4 percent, marking the 12th consecutive raise in the key short-term interest rate. The Fed indicated that additional “measur...
L.A. Fashion Week Spring '06: Szulika
Monica Nahum of Los Angeles–based
L.A. Fashion Week Spring '06: Saja
Although Saja’s Yoo Lee regressed to childhood to find inspiration for her
New at Ashworth
Carlsbad-based golf-apparel maker Ashworth Inc. named John W. Richardson director of the company’s board beginning Dec. 12. Richardson is senior vice president, controller and chief accounting officer of Qwest...
