TALA Celebrates 60th
The Textile Association of Los Angeles is turning 60, and to celebrate, the industry organization is hosting a dinner dance on July 22 at the California Market Center’s fashion theate...
Patternmakers, Merchandisers Look to the Future of 3-D
Three-dimensional technology for the apparel industry is getting a push from the entertainment industry....
FIDM's Textile Designs on Display
Future textile and graphic designers from the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising exhibited their work on June 8 at the school’s Museum & Galleries in downtown Los Ang...
Reza Joins Milberg Factors
New York–based Milberg Factors Inc. has hired David M. Reza to be senior vice president of the Western region. Reza will be based in the privately held company’s office in Glendale, Calif....
Neuburger Goes to Asia
Sleepwear and loungewear designer Karen Neuburger has struck a deal with Japanese retailer Isetan for distribution in the company’s Singapore-based department stores, Isetan Parkway and Isetan Scotts. This is the San Rafael...
Ben in the U.S.
British label Ben Sherman named Maria Cella Kosky vice president of sales for the company’s North American women’s division. Cella Kosky is a longtime industry executive whose reacute;sumeacute; include...
Tukatech Enters Dress Form Market
Los Angeles–based Tukatech Inc. is entering the dress form business. The company has rolled out a new line of 3-D dress forms called TukaForms....
Innovo Launching New Denim Line
Just weeks after losing hip-hop star Eve and her urban line, Fetish by Eve, Innovo Group Inc. is launching a mid-tier womenswear denim line called Indie....
Ron's Fine Furs
R&B singer Ronald Isley, of Isley Brothers fame, is launching a line of men’s furs called Mr. Biggs Fur Collection, due to launch for Fall 2004. The line of sable, chinchilla, minx, fox and rex rabbit furs will be...
Putting Fashion Back on the Bay Area Map
San Francisco is hoping to jumpstart its apparel industry by staging its first-ever fashion week in August at the Palace of Fine Arts Theatre....
CMC Celebrates Sue Wong
Los Angeles designer Sue Wong and her designs were center stage at a party for select buyers hosted by the California Market Center. The event took place June 11 in the CMC Buyers’ Cl...
WCE Expands at Mandalay
The Westcoast Exclusive has sold out its original space at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Convention Center and will increase the number of booths at the Aug. 29–31 show in Las Vegas, according to organizers of...
Mervyn's Hopes for K.O. With Oscar De La Hoya Collection
Although Mervyn’s has been put up for sale by its parent company, the Minneapolisbased Target Corp., the Hayward, Calif.–based emporium is not ready to be knocked out of the retail scene. Merv...
California to Add Jobs
California is expected to add 172,000 jobs this year, a 1.2 percent increase over last year. The news prompted Chapman University’s economic research wing to announce the state is “turning the c...
Eastern Exposure
The turquoise art deco landmark Eastern Columbia Building, located at Ninth Street and Broadway in downtown Los Angeles, is slated for a condo conversion. The Kor Group, the potential new owner of the...
