Anti-CAFTA
The American Textile Manufacturers Institute issued a statement in opposition to the Central American Free Trade Agreement and urged Congress to vote down the trade bill. The Washington, D.C.–based org...
Tukatech Moves TukaCenter Into FBI Facility
Los Angeles–based CAD software supplier Tukatech Inc. will shutter its 2-year-old TukaCenter design studio in Los Angeles and shift operations into...
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...
California Shopping Mall Company Expands in Arizona
The Macerich Co., based in Santa Monica, Calif., recently completed its acquisition of the Biltmore Fashion Park from Taubman Centers Inc. The purchase adds another mall t...
Stony Apparel at New Address
Stony Apparel has consolidated its headquarters and manufacturing facility at one address in downtown Los Angeles. The company moved its operations on Dec. 15 to one 200,000-square-foot building at 1...
Crush Boutique Parties in Malibu
Is Malibu a haven for clothes with a conservative cut? Not if Crush Boutique is throwing the party....
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 ...
2003 Retrospective
The U.S. economy lurched toward recovery in 2003, and the apparel industry also showed signs that business was picking up....
Silicon Shoes
Westford, Mass.–based sneaker maker Puma has opened a 3,000-square-foot concept store, called Sportlifestyle, at the Valley Fair Mall in San Jose....
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....
No. 1 Shirt
Carlsbad-based golf apparel maker Ashworth Inc. was named the No. 1 golf shirt for the seventh consecutive year by the annual Darrell Consumer Survey. Ashworth golf shirts have 12.6 percent market sha...
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...
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: Textile and Apparel Imports and Exports
China has overtaken Mexico as the main source of apparel and textile imports for the United States, growing 33 percent during the first three quarters of 2003 while Mexico’s imports dropped 5.27 percen...
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...
