Kim to Serve as President of ACAC
Industry veteran Sam Kim has been elected the 2004 president of the Apparel Contractors Alliance of California (ACAC), the umbrella association of the Amer...
Defining the Classic Ten
Coco Chanel may have turned the little black dress into a fashion icon, but the little black dress as a symbol of sexy defiance made its appearance earlier in Edith Wharton’s 1920 novel about 19th-century soci...
CIT Buys HSBC's Factoring Division
Livingston, N.J.–based CIT Group Inc., a leading global source of factoring and financing for apparel businesses nationwide, has acquired all of the U.S. factoring assets and liabilities of H...
SARS Doesn't Scare Away California Cos.
Despite the reappearance of a new confirmed case of severe acute respiratory syndrome, West Coast apparel companies are not curtailing their plans to travel to Asia...
2J Group Gets GirlStar
Irvine-based 2J Group, a division of Petters Group Worldwide, landed the GirlStar Swimwear license from Gotcha International LP, a limited liability partnership based in Delaware. 2J Group will produc...
Costume Designers Guild Names Nominees
The Beverly Hills–based Costume Designers Guild has named the nominees for its annual awards event, planned for Feb. 21 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills....
Buchalter Dies at 66
Buchalter, Nemer, Fields & Younger counsel Stuart Buchalter died unexpectedly on Jan. 6 while traveling in New York. He was 66....
Otis and MAGIC
MAGIC International will fund a $25,000 grant for design students at Otis College of Art & Design and will spotlight several students’ designs at the February trade show in Las Vegas. The grant has...
Wet Seal Puts Zutopia Up for Sale
All 31 of The Wet Seal Inc.’s Zutopia preteen specialty shops will close if the company does not find a buyer by the end of the first quarter of fiscal 2004, according to Peter D. Whitford, c...
What's Next: Accessories Designers Find Inspiration in New Niches
What’s the next big thing in accessories? It could be muscle car nostalgia, Far Eastern handcrafts, the rugged glamour of the Old West or Grace Kelly’s effortless chic. In fact, severa...
Chaus Picks Up Steffe
New York–based misses manufacturer Bernard Chaus Inc. acquired contemporary line Cynthia Steffe from LF Brands for an undisclosed amount. LF Brands, which makes apparel under Leslie Fay and other label...
Site-seeing in 2004
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Licensing the Endless Summer
“The Endless Summer,” the 1964 seminal surf film, is on its way to becoming a surf brand, thanks to the film’s director, Bruce Brown....
Isenberg, Sides to Open Street-Level Showroom
Two major showrooms are hitting the street in downtown Los Angeles’ Fashion District....
Agenda and Alternative Brands Move Into CMC
Agenda—a trade show for alternative fashion, music and art—has signed on to stage shows during the April and October market weeks at the California Market Center in Los Angeles. The show will...
