MAGIC's Men
MAGIC International brought back the men's fashion show at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Among the lines featured on the runway were Los Angeles-based Howe, London–based Ben Sherman and the new line...
MAGIC's Girly Show
From white denim to pink swimsuits to nearly neon brights, the styles were feminine and flirty at the WWDMAGIC “Style File” fashion s...
Double Dutch
Von Dutch owners in bitter dispute over hipster brand ...
Las Vegas Trade Shows Aim to Cover Vast Market
Under construction. That’s a familiar sign around Las Vegas as developers spruce up existing retail properties, such as the $1 billion Fashion Show Mall revamp, or develop ne...
Alloy's Early Acquisition
Two teen catalog retailers will be one. Alloy is expected to complete its acquisition of Delia’s shortly after the Federal Trade Commission approves the early termination of the required antitrust waiting peri...
Hot Topic Promotions
Jerry Cook has been promoted to president of Hot Topic Inc. after having served as chief operating officer of the Commerce, Calif.–based retailer. The company also promoted Patricia Van Cleave to president of ...
Tarrant Workers Want to Unionize
More than 700 garment workers are trying to organize their own union at one of Tarrant Apparel Group’s Mexican factories that sews blue jeans for such reta...
PAD Breaks Into Textile Design
CAD software provider PAD System Technologies Inc. has forged a partnership with Toyoshima Business System Co. Ltd. of Osaka, Japan, to integrate TBS’ 4Dbox textile...
Confidence Renewed
The Consumer Confidence Index rebounded to 81.3 in August from 77 in July, according to the Conference Board. In August, the Expectations Index also increased to 94.4 from 86.3 in July, but the Present Situat...
Technology at Home
LECTRA AWARD: Lectra’s Cyrus Nia (second from right), who oversees textiles and home furnishings for the technology provider, received an award for participating in a tour of manufacturing pla...
S.F. Workers Stage Labor Day Rally
About 100 factory workers gathered near San Francisco’s Chinatown on Sept. 1 to show their support for Proposition L. The initiative, which will appear on the Nov. 4 ballot, proposes to increase the mi...
UNITEd Front
Textile and apparel labor union UNITE has joined the lobbying campaign to implement safeguard measures to protect U.S. apparel and textile industries that could be adversely affected by increased impo...
Gold Sells Black Chandelier to Nexia
Conceptual fashion designer Jared Gold announced this week he is negotiating the sale of his apparel company, Black Chandelier Inc. (BCI), to Salt Lake City–based di...
Puma Lands in San Diego
Hot athletic brand Puma is opening a store in San Diego’s hip Gaslamp Quarter district....
Vans Reissues Plat Shoe, Adds Gloss
Joining the wave of manufacturers trying to lasso in the teengirl market, Vans Inc. announced it is bringing back a shoe style that was popular in the 1990s. The Vans...
