Port Bottleneck Leads to Shipping Surcharges

With ships waiting as long as one week now to unload their cargo at the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles, seven shipping lines announced they will start charging a congestion surcharge fee on cargo...

Los Angeles Fashion Week Spring '05: Rachel Pally

Summery, flirty and clean describes

Los Angeles Fashion Week Spring '05: Single

Designer Galina Sobolev highlighted fabrics, colors and cultures from Thailand to the Cocirc;te D’Azur for the...

Los Angeles Fashion Week Spring '05: Heike Jarick

Heike Jarick offered a mix of airy fabrics and toughed-up looks for Spring ’05 during her “Savage Gypsies in the Urban Lagoon”...

Los Angeles Fashion Week Spring '05: Jenni Kayne

Jenni Kayne delivered a smart, sophisticated

Los Angeles Fashion Week Spring '05: Karanina

Santa Barbara, Calif.–based designers Kara Smith and Nina Firestone showed how inspirations from the 1950s and 1970s blossomed into the Spring 2005 styles of their...

Showdown! at the Schindler House

When they looked into the night sky, the fashionistas and artists gathered on Oct. 23 at the Schindler House in West Hollywood, Calif., could see ...

Los Angeles Fashion Week Spring '05: Davies

Erica Davies turned to rich, soft colors and draped jerseys and tunics for her Davies Spring col...

Los Angeles Fashion Week Spring '05: Kate O' Connor

Kate O’Connor returned to the runway after a two-season hiatus to show her Spring/Summer ’05 collect...

Los Angeles Fashion Week Spring '05: Iron

Iron, launched only a year ago, debuted its

Los Angeles Fashion Week Spring '05: Petro Zillia

Nony Tochterman’s

Metropark's First Hurdle

The hard part of retailing just started for Metropark, Orv Madden’s new concept store headquartered in City of Industry, Calif....

Noun Adds Dresses to Spring '05

Noun (pronounced “noon”), a contemporary tops line from France that is gaining notoriety for its bold prints, is expanding into dresses, tunics and skirts for Spring ’05....

Los Angeles Fashion Week Spring '05: 2 B Free

There is no sibling rivalry between the Benaroch brothers—Yves, 24, and Cedric, 23— who grew up in Los Angeles. The two work well together to create their line, 2 B Free, which is three parts s...