L.A. Fashion Week Spring '06: Single

Designer Galena Sobolev took a page from Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis’ memoirs of traveling through Europe as a young woman and incorporated that style into her...

Spring's Feminine Styles Keep L.A. Market Strong

With high gasoline prices falling last week, retailers seemed to feel optimistic enough to give a vote of confidence to Spring 2006 fashions and last-minute shopping for the upcoming Holiday season. ...

New E-Commerce Venture for Petro Zillia

Petro Zillia has launched a new e-commerce Web site at

Managing Business From Vertical to Full Circle

Laguna Hills, Calif.–based Innovative Systems LLC has gained a name in the apparel industry for its...

L.A. Fashion Week Spring '06: San Paredes

An intimate group of press, artists and fashion professionals gathered on Oct. 19 at designer Paul Magalad’s 2-month-old showroom, gallery and retail space dubbed “Birth From Perth...

L.A. Fashion Week Spring '06: Yana K

Russian-born Yana Khromova could be considered a precocious designer and entrepreneur....

Freeborders Updates PLM

San Francisco–based software developer Freeborders has updated its Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software offering with Version 3.5, which features enhanced manufacturing and costing visi...

Fed Closures

Cincinnati-based Federated Department Stores Inc. announced it would close six more stores following its merger with the May Department Stores Co., bringing the total closures to 82. Among the slated closures are a Macy’s sto...

Business Is Still California Casual at C&C California

The founders of C&C California Inc., the much-touted Tshirt company whose brightly colored tops quickly became a must-have staple in many women’s closets, may have been acquired this year by a big...

L.A. Fashion Week Spring '06: Sue Wong

Known for her elaborate runway shows, Sue Wong didn’t disappoint when she took the wraps off her

L.A. Fashion Week Spring '06: Kelly Nishimoto

Designer Kelly Nishimoto got her first sewing machine at age 11 as a gift from her father. She’s been creating clothes ever since....

Kenpo's Tech Wear

Los Angeles– based apparel maker Kenpo Inc. has launched the Kenpo Jacket for iPod, a jacket with an interior pocket for an iPod and a five-button control panel on the outer sleeve to pause, skip track...

L.A. Fashion Week Spring '06: Naqada

Mexican designer

San Francisco International Fashion Week Falls Apart

A San Francisco group’s second effort to organize its first international fashion week blew up in a high-tension drama that left international designers stranded and local designers searching for an al...