Rosasen Opens New Office, Showroom
Rosasen opened a new office and showroom on Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles as part of its effort to expand the market for its golf-influenced sportswear....
Ascension Style
Fashions from Kit Pistol, Coco Kliks and Naqada by Octavio Carlin were featured alongside installation art and deejay turntables at Red Bull Ascension, he...
Developers Turn On Citadel Lights
If the Citadel Outlets weren’t enough of an attraction—with their ancient castle–like architecture—they now have four double-sided “Jumbotron”-style video screens to dress up the fa...
Satine
Cooper Design Space Suite 612 (213) 891-0663...
Rafaella Sells
New York–based misses apparel company Rafaella Sportswear Inc. agreed to sell its assets to Rafaella Apparel Group, a new company controlled by private investment firm Cerberus Capital Management. Rafa...
Kate Plays Up Its Feminine Side
Retailer Wendy Watson calls her Fairfax Avenue boutique her “big closet.” And she can describe her clientele as though they were her closest friends....
Nova Protest
Garment workers formerly employed by San Francisco–based contractor Nova Knits Inc. held a press conference on May 29 to protest their sudden dismissal from the company and to demand severance, according to the Chines...
Companies Strive to Conserve Energy, Fuel
Hong Yuan Industrial Co. turns on the air conditioning in its knit factory in Arcadia, Calif., only when the temperature rises above 85 degrees. Nikki Young urges the sales representatives ...
Jak & Rae
Gerry Building Suite 707 (213) 623-9693 ...
Six 22 Design Lab's Grace Under Heat
It’s almost summer, and even if the sun hasn’t pushed thermometers to the boiling point yet, women are scouring boutiques such as Six 22 Design Lab for lighter clothes to survive the upcoming m...
Terence Luk: Perfecting the Technical
A clipping for Olympus Fashion Week in New York hangs on Terence Luk’s cubicle wall. Luk recently returned from the Gen Art Styles 2005 show in New York, a competition the designer us...
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McQueen for the Feet
British designer Alexander McQueen has struck a deal with German athletic footwear maker Puma to create a collection of men’s and women’s footwear for Spring 2006. The collection will bow at London Fash...
The Return of FreshJive
Maverick streetwear founder returns to revive the company’s fortunes ...
Hullabaloo Benefit
Suss Designs and Erica Courtney Jewelry are among the Los Angeles–based fashion contributors to the first annual Hullabaloo fund-raiser for the Silverlake Conservatory of Music, a Los Angeles–based nonprofit mu...
