New 3-D V-Stitcher From Browzwear
Tel Aviv, Israel–based Browzwear International, which markets 3-D tools for CAD artists, has released a new version of its popular V-Stitcher application, used by Ge...
Colleagues to Honor Shriver and Kors
Saks Fifth Avenue and The Colleagues will honor California First Lady Maria Shriver and preview the Spring 2005 collection by Michael Kors on Feb. 23 at Th...
Intentia Names New CEO
Swedish software developer Intentia has hired David Rode as its new U.S.-based chief executive officer. Rode will oversee Intentia Americas Inc., located in Schaumburg, Ill....
Cavalli Opens on Rodeo Drive
Roberto Cavalli celebrated the opening of his Rodeo Drive store in Beverly Hills with a private party on Feb. 15....
From Taco Stand to Retail Stores
A little more than one year ago, the corner of Maple Avenue and Olympic Boulevard in Los Angeles was home to a small taco stand sitting at the edge of an asphalt parking lot. But the makeshif...
Virtual Iris Launches Online Sales Tool
Los Angeles–based Virtual Iris Inc. has unveiled its Virtual Iris visual merchandising software, which is aimed at enhancing the online shopping experience for consumers and improving sell-thr...
Bye-Bye, Bayou
Los Angeles–based designer Bradley Bayou has left the New York label to pursue other design opportunities, according to a statement from Halston. The Fall 2005 collection designed by Bayou will be avai...
San Francisco Group to Bow at MAGIC
Eight emerging designers from Northern California will show their lines Feb. 14–17 as part of the first San Francisco Designers Collective at WWDMAGIC in Las Vegas....
The Name Game Gets Tricky for One Apparel Company
Entrepreneur Media Inc., the owner of Entrepreneur magazine and other publications and Web sites, demanded that a San Diego apparel company withdraw a federal trademark application f...
Showroom Is Keeping the Faith
The Cooper Design Space received a new tenant on its second floor when the Faith and More Showroom moved its five contemporary lines from the seventh floor....
New York Fashion Week '05: BCBG Goes Bohemian for Fall 2005
A gypsy landed in the middle of an early 20th century British tea party on Feb. 7, the night the BCBG Max A...
Sometimes You Find a Great Notion
The co-founder of Hard Candy cosmetics has teamed up with an Italian digital artist to turn art into commerce at a new lifestyle brand company that produces sexy images on form-fitting T-shir...
Velvet on the Move
Contemporary label Velvet by Graham & Spencer is relocating to Culver City, Calif., from West Los Angeles later this month....
CMC Clarifies Fall '05 Market Dates
California Market Center executives have clarified the Fall ’05 market dates in order to assist buyers in determining which of the three markets is right for them....
New York Fashion Week '05: Richard Tyler Lands Gracefully
Los Angeles designer Richard Tyler soared to new heights with his latest couture collection that floated down the runways at New York Fashion Week in Bryant Park....
