ITG Looks to Vietnam
The Greensboro, N.C.–based International Textile Group, the company formed last year when WL Ross & Co. LLC acquired Burlington Industries and Cone Mills, announced it has begun to study business o...
YMI Launches Sportswear
Los Angeles–based juniors denim label YMI Jeanswear will debut a Spring 2006 sportswear collection during the August MAGIC International trade show in Las Vegas.Dina De Fazio, directo...
Bebe Moves to Rodeo Drive
Bebe will open a new, free-standing boutique on exclusive Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills in November 2005, according to a recent company announcement....
Globe, Golf, Gilmore
El Segundo–based action-sports shoe maker Globe is introducing a golf trainer shoe inspired by the 1996 Adam Sandler film “Happy Gilmore.” Made from synthetic crocodile leather, the shoe ...
AAFA Appointments
The American Apparel & Footwear Association has named board member and Danskin Inc. President Carol Hochman secretary of the AAFA board of directors. The organization also named George Derhofer se...
Top Fashion Retailers Move to South Coast Plaza
South Coast Plaza is known for being a Southern California address for some of fashion’s most legendary names, including Versace and Dolce & Gabbana. Th...
CAFTA Moves Closer to Approval
Despite deep divisions in Congress, the Central American Free Trade Agreement is coming closer to reality....
New Address for Gen Art L.A.
Gen Art Los Angeles—the nonprofit organization founded to spotlight up-and-coming fashion designers, artists and filmmakers—has moved its offices to a new location in Beverly Hills....
Schools Get Creative in Preparing Students for Careers
Fashion colleges are tightening up their relationships with the apparel industry and developing new and unique work programs aimed at better preparing students for life in the real world....
Unifi's Poly Shift
Greensboro, N.C.–based Unifi Inc. will move the polyester texturing operations of its Reidsville, N.C., facility to a larger facility in Yadkinville, N.C. The move, expected to be completed by October,...
Hazel Brown: Creating Clothing With Art in Mind
Ali Blankley hung up her paint brushes and starving-artist lifestyle for a sewing needle and the warmhearted fashion community when she started her clothing line, Hazel Brown, last year....
Volcom Goes Public
Volcom Inc. performed an ollie over Wall Street in its initial public stock offering, which surged 41 percent from the opening price....
Benziger in at PacSun
Anaheim-based retailer Pacific Sunwear of California Inc. named Reeni Benziger to executive vice president of merchandising. Benziger had been with Gap Inc. for 17 years, most recently as senior vice ...
Slowing Economy Seen in California Next Year
Economists at Chapman University predict that higher inflation rates, higher interest rates and a slower rate of job creation in California will impact consumers until the end of 2006....
PT by R. Marciano: Denim With a Glam/Punk Edge
Rebecca Marciano, daughter of Guess Inc. co-founder Armand Marciano, is carving her own path in fashion with glam/punk-inspired men’s and women’s clothing line PT by R. Marciano, which...
