L.A. Fashion Week Spring '04: Millergirl
Shipwrecked. That was the look of Millergirl, Nicole Miller’s
More Jobs, Not Apparel
Retail added 30,000 more jobs in October—the biggest gain since early 2001. Nationwide, nonfarm employment grew by 126,000 in October, following a gain of 125,000 the month before, according to the U.S. Depart...
L.A. Fashion Week Spring '04: Lure
David Bowie–meets–Gidget was the theme behind Lure’s
L.A. Fashion Week Spring '04: Tree
Tree showed its
Price Increase
New York–based Jones Apparel Group Inc. agreed to pay more for suit brand Kaspar A.S.L. in order to speed up its acquisition of the company. Jones will pay Kaspar’s creditors approximately $232.5 millio...
L.A. Fashion Week Spring '04: Susan Holmes
One of the perks of being married to a rock ’n’ roll musician is getting full access to the band—another is getting your husband and some of his famous friends to play at your fashion show. That was the case for model...
L.A. Fashion Week Spring '04: Susana Mercedes
Guatemalan-born Los Angeles designer Susana Mercedes traded in the imported ethnic textiles she used last season for the silks, satin organza, charmeuse and chiffons of her...
Apt. 3
Underground fashion was alive and well during Los Angeles Fashion Week at the King King, a loft-like nightclub in the heart of Hollywood where Apt. 3, a relatively new retai...
Gene's Back
New York designer Gene Meyer will design a line of men’s and women’s apparel exclusively for Marshall Field’s stores. Meyer, who owned his own menswear label and designed womenswear for Anne Klein and Ge...
L.A. Fashion Week Spring '04: Samora
Ethnic prints and elegant dressings characterized the
Ace Ventura: Savvy Shoppers Sleuth Out Ventura Blvd.
Ventura Boulevard has been a haven for small shops since 1928, when Studio City, Calif., got its name. Fueled by an increase in fashion-driven boutiques, the street is not only the Valley’s prime shopping dest...
October '03's Heat and Fires Slow Retail Sales
Retail sales continued on the path to recovery in October but at a slower pace than during the three previous months. Still, signs pointed to a season of healthy holiday shopping....
L.A. Fashion Week Spring '04: Ashley Paige
New meaning was given to the phrase “itsy bitsy bikini” during Ashley Paige’s
Tech Company ICICI Takes QC Online
Edison, N.J.–based ICICI Infotech Inc. has launched a new online quality-control service that aims to streamline the data management process for apparel manufacturers, distributors and vendors...
Warnaco Sells A.B.S.
Allen B. Schwartz is his own boss again. After four years under The Warnaco Group Inc. umbrella, the New York–based manufacturing giant has announced plans to sell ...
