HK in NY
Nine designers from Hong Kong will join the lineup in Bryant Park at New York Fashion Week in February. The designers—Arthur Lam, Blanc de Chine and Bleu de Chine, Dorian Ho, Flora Zhang Tian Ai, Harrison Wong...
Greek Drama
A group representing African-American sororities and fraternities has sued shoemaker Converse, charging unfair competition and copyright infringement regarding a collection of shoes named GreekPak. The shoes ...
Crush Boutique Parties in Malibu
Is Malibu a haven for clothes with a conservative cut? Not if Crush Boutique is throwing the party....
Name Change
New York–based public company Sassoon Group Inc. has changed its name to BIB Holdings Ltd. The company holds the license for the m.Sasson label but opted to change its name to reflect the company’s enti...
TALA to Celebrate 60 Years
The Textile Association of Los Angeles (TALA) will celebrate its 60th anniversary with an inaugural luncheon and installation on Jan. 22, 2004....
TALA Christmas
It was a full house at the
St. John Taps Raj Manufacturing Inc.
With the fashion world’s growing appetite for high-end swimwear, women’s better apparel maker St. John Knits Inc. is ready to take a multi-million-dollar plunge....
Costume Award
The Costume Designers Guild will bestow several honorary awards at its sixth annual Costume Designers Guild Awards on Feb. 21 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. James Acheson will receive the Bulgari Career Achievement awa...
Sales Mixed
Retailers reported mixed sales results for the secondto- last weekend before the Christmas holiday. Many analysts said they expected to see sales rise following the Dec. 14 announcement that former Ir...
2003 Retrospective Apparel Employment Roundup: Job Losses Continue in 2003
This year, the apparel industry had little to offer in the way of jobs, but clothing manufacturers said they were able to hold on to their employees by coming up with “realistic” project...
FIDM Lights Up L.A.
The Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising (FIDM) is dressing up downtown in lights for the holidays. FIDM decorated its downtown building with white lights and erected a 25-foot Holiday eve...
2003 Retrospective
The U.S. economy lurched toward recovery in 2003, and the apparel industry also showed signs that business was picking up....
Deflating the Holiday
Sales deflation in three major gift categories could deflate seasonal exuberance, according to a recent report by accounting and research firm Ernst & Young LLP. According to the company’s recent Q...
NPR Program Focuses on L.A. Fashion District
National Public Radio station KPCC 89.3 FM shone a spotlight on the ever-changing Los Angeles Fashion District on Dec. 17 in a two-hour live broad...
CMC Sets New Agenda, Leadership
New Year’s is still a couple of weeks away, but the management of the Los Angeles–based California Market Center is already preparing for 2004 with a new advisory council made up of CMC tenants...
