Strait Denim Deal
Wrangler Western Wear has struck a deal with country music star George Strait for a line of specialty dress shirts under the label George Strait Cowboy Cut Collection. The long-sleeved, button-down 100 percen...
Delegation Looks for U.S. Apparel Brands to Bring to China
Southern California has something China wants. And a group of Chinese manufacturers and retailers was in town looking for it....
Flea Market Find
It’s another rags-to-stitches fairy tale. Unknown designer who sews on her couch while watching television takes her clothes to the swap meet in the Fairfax district, gets discovered by a trendy boutiq...
Fashion Industries Guild Sets Gala Plans
The Fashion Industries Guild of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center will honor the owners of Strategic Partners/Cherokee Uniforms at its 47th annual chari...
Retailer Barely Makes a Profit
Gottschalks Inc., the small departmentstore chain based in Fresno, Calif., reported that its net income for the second quarter of 2003 was $25,000, a major improvement over last year, when th...
Justice for Too
Ohio-based retailer Too Inc. has selected the name Justice for its new retail concept aimed at tween girls. Justice, a spinof f of Limited Brands Inc., will carry its own brand of valuepriced sportswe...
Swimwear Show Does Side Stroke
After moving from downtown Los Angeles to Santa Monica to Las Vegas, the International Swimwear/Activewear Market (ISAM) is moving once again....
Gen Art Seeking Sassy Designers
Gen Art is looking for a few grapefruit-minded designers....
Eguide, Egad
Is joining Paris-based Textile-eguide’s Web site,
Online Apparel Sales on the Upswing
Online shoppers spent more than $500 million on apparel in July, advancing 44 percent over last year’s figures, according to research group Media Metrix Inc., a division of Comscore N...
Health Care for All?
While state legislators are trying to work out the details of getting more health insurance coverage for California workers, apparel-industry executives and small-business owners are wondering how muc...
Expo for Fashion Start-Ups Planned
The BADExpo Fashion Conference, created to “focus aspiring designers on the business of fashion,” is scheduled for Sept. 12–13 at the Flatotel in New ...
VF/Nautica a Done Deal
Nautica Enterprises Inc.’s shareholders approved the company’s purchase by VF Corp., completing the acquisition, worth about $600 million. The merger makes Nautica a wholly owned subsidiary of VF, the Greensboro, S.C.–b...
Second Little Black Dress Event Planned
The Little Black Dress is back and will kick off Los Angeles Fashion Week....
Housing Boom Over?
With refinancing applications slumping more than 20 percent recently—and down nearly 80 percent from their all-time peak—some economists are declaring the end of the refinancing boom that has fueled a s...
