New at True Religion
True Religion Apparel has promoted Kymberly Lubell, formerly director, to vice president. Lubell will continue as design director of women’s jeans for the Los Angeles–based company’s subsidiary, Guru Den...
OptiTex Names West Coast Manager
New York–based CAD/CAM company OptiTex USA Inc. has named industry veteran Tonya Randall West Coast account manager....
Two More for Rodeo
Fashion photographers Mario Testino and the late Herb Ritts will be inducted into the Rodeo Drive Walk of Style by the City of Beverly Hills and the Rodeo Drive Committee in a ceremony on March 20. Te...
T-Shirts and Technology Meet at ISS
The old adage that image is everything certainly proved true at the Imprinted Sportswear Show, held Jan.14–16 at the Long Beach Convention Center in Long Beach, Calif....
Asian Divide at Invista
Wilmington, Del.–based Invista, the fiber division of Wichita, Kan.–based Koch Industries, has split its Asian business into two divisions: China/Hong Kong and Asia. The company named William Yeoh vice ...
Joanna Lhuillier
Joanna Lhuillier is a child of design. Born in London and raised in Hong Kong, Lhuillier is the daughter of furniture designers Paul and Diane Maitland-Smith and the younger sister of eveningwear desi...
Pakistan Gears Up to Boost Exports at New Expo
Now that quotas have disappeared, Pakistan is gearing up to compete with China on the apparel and textile front....
Jet Set Management Launches Apparel Line
Jet Set Management Group Inc. plans to bring the Southern California surfer look to Japan with the launch of the Jetty apparel line....
Textile Group Changes Name
With the new year comes a new name for the Textile Professional Club....
Los Angeles Fashion Week Spring '05: Purp7e and Purp7e Agua
Designers Vera Ribeiro and Andre Kohler recently added an accessory to their Purp7e line of rayon knit sweaters: swimwear....
December '04 Sales Good … at the Last Minute
The Holiday season ended on an overall strong, cheery note, with the retail sector of the economy increasing 2.7 percent on a year-over-year basis, according to the New York–based Int...
First Stop Bridal, Next Stop Eveningwear
What should an elegant bride wear after her wedding ceremony? Rani Totman thinks it should be something just as beautiful as her bridal dress....
Coco Kliks
The couch is pink. The walls are lavender. The ceilings are very high.
Vice Magazine's Fashion Store Closes
Vice, the store that provided contemporary streetwear to shoppers in the Silverlake neighborhood of Los Angeles for three years, closed Jan. 9, according to Aviva Yael, Vice’s director of reta...
Chan Luu Showroom
Chan Luu likes to do things her way. Take the way she writes her name. The jewelry designer altered the spelling of her surname from the conventional Vietnamese spelling and put it first before her given name in the traditional Vietnamese style.
