Los Angeles Fashion Week Spring '05: Eduardo Lucero
Designer Eduardo Lucero set a glamorous tone with the tiedyed gown that opened his Oct. 29
AAUSF in NY
San Francisco–based Academy of Art University hosted its “Academy Day and Fashion Show” on Nov. 5 in New York. The event was designed to build awareness of the design school, its program and its faculty,...
Wet Seal Attempts to Avoid Bankruptcy With Cash Infusion
The new executive at the helm of troubled teen retailer Wet Seal Inc. believes the company has to react faster to trends and change merchandise more rapidly to survive....
Health Care, Sales Tax Propositions Defeated in Polls
Southern California’s apparel industry reacts to Nov. 2 election results...
Los Angeles Fashion Week Spring '05: MartinMartin
MartinMartin designers Eric and Diane Martin have flirted with color before, but this season they took it up a notch by injecting their Japanese-inspired minimalist collection with bright tur...
Los Angeles Fashion Week Spring '05: Louis Verdad
Louis Verdad, known for his dramatic 1940s style, revealed a softer, more wearable collection during his Oct. 29...
Rates Raised
As anticipated, the Federal Reserve raised short-term interest rates a quarter point to 2 percent, citing an improving economy and noting the recent favorable employment figures. The latest rate incre...
No Europe for ASR
Action Sports Retailer has canceled its 2005 European trade show because it failed to secure a date and location that would satisfy retailers and manufacturers in the surf and skate industrie...
Living Wage Rule for L.A.'s Finest
The Los Angeles City Council unanimously approved on Nov. 9 an anti-sweatshop law that will affect $3 million in annual garment contracts for police uniforms and other apparel and footwear worn by gov...
PacSun 3Q Profits Up 30 Percent
Net income for Pacific Sunwear of California Inc. shot up 30 percent during the third quarter to $31.9 million, Chief Executive Officer Greg Weaver said during a Nov. 8 conference call with r...
Los Angeles Fashion Week Spring '05: Society for Rational Dress
Designer Corinne Grassini presented her second Society for Rational Dress collection in a...
Howe Homme: My Home, My Store
Up-and-coming rock band West Indian Girl performed by the kitchen, and a premium-denim boutique opened for business in the living room. That’s the way Jade Howe turned his re...
Honeywell Sells Performance
Performance Fibers Holdings Inc., an affiliate of Sun Capital Partners Inc., announced an agreement to purchase Honeywell International’s Performance Fibers business for an undisclosed sum. The company...
Project Joins Las Vegas Line Up
New York–based Project Global Trade Show will take its contemporary menswear show to Las Vegas, staging its event concurrently with MAGIC International’s next run in February....
Petro Zillia's Tochterman Tapped for Panel in France
Nony Tochterman, designer for Los Angeles–based label Petro Zillia, has been selected for a panel discussion organized by Espace Textile, the Lyon, France–based trade group that repres...
