New Visual Communication Tools Strive for Speed-to-Market
The apparel industry has another online collaboration resource available, but this time, it is one that does not require months of implementation or a big learning curve. Everything is based on visual...
Sabrocita's Fashion Focus
Sabrocita Intima launched last June with an eye on the fastpaced juniors market....
From Concept to the Silver Screen
Academy Award–nominated costume designers bring films’ characters to life ...
Surf Chick Heads to Court
Who can be a surf chick?...
Exhibitors Get Sales, Publicity at MAGIC, Satellite Shows
With appearances by red-hot celebrities such as Jessica Simpson and a concert by new Grammy Award winners The Black Eyed Peas, MAGIC International proved once again it coul...
Victorian-Inspired Styles From Katherine Harestad
Designer Katherine Harestad describes her newly launched collection as “a brand-new line by someone who has been in the business for 20 years.”...
Gen Art Announces New Garde
Gen Arts, the arts and entertainment company that supported the early careers of established designers such as Eduardo Lucero and Michelle Mason, said it will launc...
P. Ka Bu Announces Fashion Week Slate
Independent runway series P. Ka Bu will return for the fourth time to Los Angeles Fashion Week with a two-day event featuring runway presentations and trunk shows....
Macy's e-Juniors
Macy’s, a division of Cincinnati-based Federated Department Stores Inc., has launched a new juniors Web site modeled after the department store’s THISIT juniors department...
Diavolina to Reopen on Robertson in March
Shoe mavens across Los Angeles mourned when specialty store Diavolina closed in March 2004. The boutique was known for selling some of the most fashion-forward women’s footw...
Wal-Mart Chief in Los Angeles to Improve Discounter's Image
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has gotten so much bad ink in recent years, particularly in Los Angeles, that the retail chain’s chief executive came to town to turn around the company’s image....
Suits Up
Retail is up—particularly for men’s suits. That’s the latest news from Port Washington, N.Y.–based research firm NPD Group. In a recent NPD report, apparel sales grew 3 percent to $173 billion in 2004 from the year before. More importan...
Karen Neuburger Launches Fabrics
San Rafael, Calif.–based sleepwear and loungewear company Karen Neuburger has struck a deal with Webster, Mass.–based Cranston Print Works Co. to launch a collection of cotton prints u...
San Paredes' Fashions in the Raw
Some designers use couture touches to add refinement to their collections. Paul Magalad uses couture style to complete the raw, unvarnished look of his San Paredes collection....
Workers' Comp Fight
Lawmakers, business owners and labor leaders are preparing for a protracted fight over gubernatorial appointee Andrea Hoch, named to help implement the state’s workers’ compensation insurance system, according...
