Liz Taps Thomas-Graham
New York– based Liz Claiborne named Pamela Thomas-Graham group vice president overseeing the company’s Liz Claiborne, Sigrid Olsen, J.H. Collectibles, Emma James, Intuitions and Tapemeasure labels. Thom...
PAD Debuts PDM Software
Montreal-based PAD System Technologies Inc. has debuted a new Web–based product–data management package called Manager 4.5....
OptiTex Adds Cloth Simulator
New York–based OptiTex USA Inc. is adding a cloth-simulation tool to its Runway 3-D software that facilitates the importing of human body scans....
Dema Grim's One-Woman Show in S.F.'s Mission District
SAN FRANCISCO—In the mid-’90s, designer Dema Grim left the hustle and bustle of New York for the laid-back beauty of San Francisco. For five years, Grim had had a flourishing career in Manhattan’s compe...
Retailing for the Boomtown
Boutique owners are prospecting a new market in San Diego’s East Village. ...
E-Tailers Join Katrina Relief Effort
A number of apparel Web sites have rallied to offer support for the Hurricane Katrina rescue effort....
Barneys Promotion
Barneys New York, the small chain of high-end stores recently acquired by Jones Apparel Group Inc., announced that Julie Gilhart has been promoted to senior vice president, fashion director/women’s. Previously Gilhart...
Levi's Tour Sizes Up 3-D Fittings
Levi Strauss is resuming its national “Fit Experience” tour in which it places 3-D body scanners in selected company-owned stores to provide customers with the ultimate fitting ...
Dressing Up Dockers
Levi Strauss & Co. is launching a major marketing campaign for its Dockers division. The San Francisco company announced it will be conducting a full-blown advertising campaign starting this month...
Los Angeles T-Shirt Line Starts Season With Sin
New manufacturer Audrey Roberts got a crash course in the power of celebrity marketing last month....
AAFA to Host Special Sizes Forum at Material World N.Y.
The American Apparel & Footwear Assn. (AAFA), in collaboration with the Fashion Institute of Technology’s Center for Professional Studies (FIT) and the National ...
Herald Building Slated for Condos
The Hearst Corp. and Los Angeles real estate developer Urban Partners plan to convert a building formerly occupied by the Los Angeles Herald Examiner newspaper in downtown L...
Mooring at the Show
First there were three piers at the biannual Fashion Coterie, held at the Piers on the Hudson. Now there are four. ENK International, which organizes the three-day trade show in New York taking place this sea...
L.A.'s French Affair
Retailer Galeries Lafayette to spotlight Los Angeles brands ...
Delta Apparel Inc. Acquires Junkfood Clothing
Los Angeles–based apparel manufacturer Liquid Blaino Designs, which does business as Junkfood Clothing, was acquired in August by Atlanta-based Delta Apparel Inc....
