Retro Lingerie
Inspired by the pinup girls of the ’40s and ’50s, Lucy B. lingerie combines retro style with modern fabrics and fit. The line, which originally began as a swimwear collection sold at T...
Petro Zillia: Designing Local Color
Nony Tochterman is as colorful as the designs that make up her Petro Zillia ready-to-wear collection....
RFID Bill Heads to Calif. State Capitol
California Sen. Debra Bowen (D–Redondo Beach) introduced a new state Senate bill proposing privacy standards for the use of radio frequency identification technology (RFID) on Feb. 24 in Sacramento. Bo...
Scout, Erica Tanov Celebrate Openings
The distance between Third Street’s newest boutiques is just a few storefronts, yet the two Los Angeles shops might as well have been on different planets when both held grand-opening parties on Feb. 1...
Juniors Apparel Company Set for South Bay Move
KNL Inc., the Commerce, Calif.–based manufacturer of juniors lines Big Flirt and Heart & Soul, is moving to a larger facility in Gardena, Calif., next month....
Melrose Avenue Maintains Indie Cool
Partyers from across America swept through Melrose Avenue buying jeans and T-shirts during the NBA All-Star Game weekend in mid-February. They gave the venerable shopping enclave’s retailers a banner sales we...
Chica's Brand Push
Los Angeles–based Chica Inc. is looking for fresh ethnic faces to be featured in a $150,000 ad campaign set for Spring/Summer 2004....
Gadzooks Closures
Chicago-based asset management firm Great American Group announced the immediate liquidation of 127 under-performing Gadzooks stores. The liquidations will continue through early April. Dallas-based Gadzooks ...
Scam-Co's Novel Tees
New T-shirt line Scam-Co is inspired by novelties, pranks, jokes and fraudulent acts....
Self Esteem's Urban Flavor
Self Esteem is getting in touch with its urban side with a $500,000 ad campaign set for spring 2004....
Paul Clarke New VP at Tukatech
Veteran technology executive Paul Clarke has been named vice president of operations for Los Angeles CAD/CAM company Tukatech Inc. ...
Arden B. President Named Bebe CEO
Greg Scott, the veteran retail executive responsible for making Arden B. one of the few consistently high-performing divisions owned by Foothill Ranch, Calif.–based...
Home James' Style on the Go
Who looks handsome in a shiny chrome helmet and a tailored black canvas jacket over a white shirt and black chino pants? That would be James, Home James....
LF Sportswear to Open Retail Chain
Los Angeles manufacturer LF Sportswear confirmed it will jump into the retail game this March by opening the first in a chain of boutiques named LF, which will sell the private labe...
Doubly Organic
The Organic Trade Association and the International Conference on Organic Textiles (Intercot) have joined forces to manage the fourth annual Intercot, set for May 2005 in Chicago. The OTA will host its All Th...
