TALA to Honor Goldman, Metchek
Textile representative Michael Goldman and the California Fashion Association’s Ilse Metchek will be honored at the Textile Association of Los Angeles’ annual inaugural lunche...
Flag Day
The Los Angeles Fashion District Business Improvement District this week distributed eye-catching banners throughout its 90-block jurisdiction. Four new styles representing the apparel, retai...
PVH to Buy Arrow
New York–based Phillips–Van Heusen Corp. has struck a deal with the Cluett American Group to buy the Arrow dress-shirt and sportswear brand for $70 million. PVH’s holdings include the Calvin Klein, Van Heusen, I...
Haims Exits Wet Seal
Foothill Ranch-based retail chain The Wet Seal Inc. announced that Allan D. Haims, president of Wet Seal stores, has resigned. The news follows the recent resignation of Chairman and Chief Executive O...
MODAC Gala Postponed
The Museum of Fashion Designers and Creators (MODAC) has postponed its “Second Decade” fund-raising gala until May 21, 2005. The event was originally scheduled...
From Moss to Mossimo
Santa Monica–based Mossimo Inc. hired Vicken Festekjian as chief financial officer. Festekjian was most recently with Southern California accounting firm Moss Adams LLP, where he spent about three years prepar...
Overseas Competition Reverberates Within L.A. Textile Industry
First, it was the energy crisis, and now it is the stepped-up competition from overseas apparel factories....
Levant Buys Out Agenda Partner
Aaron Levant, partner of Los Angeles–based Agenda LLC, has purchased the 50 percent share of his business partner, Luis Pulido. Levant is now the sole owner of the company, which prod...
Los Angeles Contemporary Resources Shift Fall '05 Market Dates to March
Contemporary and designer representatives announced plans to move the Fall ’05 Los Angeles Market Week dates to March 20–24 in an effort to boost business and increase participation....
Calif. Labor Official to Speak at CFA Event
Jose Millan, under secretary for the California Labor and Workforce Development Agency, will address the challenges facing the state’s apparel manufacturers at an up...
CMC to Host January Glow
The California Market Center said it will host a new trade show focusing on lifestyle products during the same week it sponsors the Los Angeles Gift & Home Mark...
This Pass Says Go
The recent congestion at the Port of Los Angeles and Port of Long Beach is now just a bad memory for port officials....
American Apparel S.F.
Los Angeles–based T-shirt manufacturer and retailer American Apparel confirmed it will build three more stores in the San Francisco Bay area by March 2005. The stores, ranging from 3,000 to 6,000 square feet, will be ...
Uncertainties Abound as WTO's 2005 Deadline Looms
Next year, there may be quotas on blue jeans and T-shirts coming from China, a reinstatement of import quotas on Chinesemade bras, and a scarcity of container space for goods coming from Asia. Then ag...
Pony Endorsement
World-champion heavyweight boxer James “Lights Out” Toney has signed on to endorse Santa Barbara–based streetwear brand Pony International. Toney will be featured in the company’s 2005 ad ...
