Op Draws From Its Past to Build the Future
Perhaps no one remembers the good ol’ days of youth better than Ocean Pacific Apparel Corp. The Irvine, Calif.–based surfwear company that is best known as Op is mining its 33-year his...
SFFW Ahead
San Francisco Fashion Week is set to bow Aug. 24–28 at The Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco. The event, which debuted last year, has already attracted a competing show, San Francisco International ...
United Front
Representatives of five of the nation’s largest unions announced plans to join forces to “rebuild the American labor movement in the face of globalization.” Leaders from the Teamsters, United Food and Co...
Webrings: A Low-Cost Option to Target Marketing
For several years now, an odd little multi–Web site networking community built around a protocol called the “Webring” has continued to thrive quietly online. Mostly noncommercial, Webrings serve ...
PacSun's Harmon to Retire
In the 14 years that Tim Harmon worked at Pacific Sunwear of California Inc., he helped transform the Anaheim, Calif.–based teen retailer from a regional company to a powerhouse with 1,029 stores acro...
Importers Roll the Dice on Chinese-Made Apparel
Apparel importers bringing goods in from China are becoming a bit like gamblers....
DMC Expands Contemporary Offerings
The Dallas Market Center is adding another 7,000 square feet of contemporary apparel space to FashionCenterDallas, its wholesale market center....
DIR Revokes Licenses for Two Contractors
As part of its aggressive crackdown on garment manufacturers that operate outside the law, California’s Division of Labor Standards Enforcement (DLSE) revoked the licenses of two garment shops and deni...
Start Shopping
A new fabric show called Start in London is set to launch Aug. 31 at the Novotel London Hammersmith West Convention & Exhibition Centre. The two-day show will feature fabric lines from France, Ita...
Southern High Concept
“Scarlett O’Hara goes boho-chic” sounds like a high-concept pitch for a Hollywood romance. Instead it’s how two Southern girls mixed the sass of Los Angeles with the grace of thei...
Sato, Avery Release New Printers, Services
Charlotte, N.C.–based Sato Corp. has launched a new line of thermal and transfer tag and label printers for the apparel industry. The new Xle series is designed for apparel labels, re...
Mexican Standoff
The Mexican government took control over Mexican border town and customs entry point Nuevo Laredo on June 13, in an effort to curb the town’s recent deadly crime wave and wrest control from drug traffickers, a...
Von Dutch Sues Former Designer
Von Dutch Originals, a Los Angeles company known for its graphic T-shirts and celebrity following, has filed a lawsuit against its former head designer, Christian Audigier, who left ...
Apparel Consultants Wilhelm, D'Arienzo Join Forces
Salt Lake City–based consultant Walter Wilhelm Associates LLC (WWA) has formed a marketing alliance with another consultant, Princeton, N.J.–based William D’Arienzo Associates (WDA), to...
St. John's New Girl
Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bundchen will be the new face of St. John Knits, replacing company Creative Director Kelly Gray, who has been the model for the company for the past 15 years. Kelly Gray is the dau...
