Surfwear Company Catches Another Wave
After a year slugging it out in the surf market, Monument Clothing Inc. is finally making a name for itself as a better boutique brand....
Gen Art Names 2004's Fresh Faces
Gen Art announced the 12 designers the organization will present in its Fresh Faces in Fashion show, to be held Oct. 27 at Hangar 8, near the Santa Monica ...
Second S.F. Fashion Event Lines Up Posen, Burrows and Klein
The lights have barely cooled on the first “official” San Francisco Fashion Week, but the city is already gearing up for its first “official” San...
Technology Goes to School Thanks to Industry Partnerships
The co-mingling of private industry and education is helping the development of new technology and other solutions for the apparel and textile industries....
International Visitors Up, U.S. Attendance Down at Lyon, Mode City
Overall attendance was down slightly at the recent Lyon, Mode City and Interfiliegrave;re shows in Lyon, France....
New Location for Intima
Intima America New York, Messe Frankfurt’s U.S. lingerie show, is moving from the Jacob Javits Convention Center to the newly built Confer...
The Show Goes On at Surf Expo
ORLANDO, FLA.—Hurricane Ivan tried but could not crash the party at Surf Expo, held Sept. 17–19 at the Orange County Convention Center. The storm, the third of four that batte...
Rate Hike
The Federal Reserve raised the federal funds rate a quarter percentage point to 1.75 to keep the economy on an even keel but indicated that the economy was healthy and the threat of inflation was abat...
Ralph Heads to O.C.
Ralph Lauren opened a 5,700-square-foot store on Sept. 22 in Costa Mesa’s South Coast Plaza. The store—decked out with antique fixtures, a limestone fireplace and a crystal chandelier—will carry the Ralp...
Founder of Hot Topic Launches Concept Store
Orv Madden gambled that urban, punk fashions would captivate suburban mall rats when he opened Hot Topic Inc. 15 years ago. Now he is betting consumers will embrace another downtown ...
CFA Seminar Covers 'Tariff Engineering'
Apparel quotas may be going away in 2005, but tariffs and duties will still be around....
Gerber's New Motto: In China We Trust
Tolland, Conn.–based Gerber Technology Inc. is putting its future in China. The maker of cutting-room equipment, CAD/CAM software and product development applications acknowledged Ch...
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Surf Group Gets New Executive Director
The Surf Industry Manufacturers Association, the trade association in San Clemente, Calif., that represents more than 700 surf industry suppliers, has named Sean Smith executive director, rep...
Ferragamo Hosts Custom- Shoe Event
It looks like a measuring device used at any shoe store, but Salvatore Ferragamo’s shoemakers would like you to know that this device makes footwear of exquisite beauty....
