SIMA Goes Green for Environmental Fund
The Surf Industry Manufacturers Association has chosen eight envi...
Contemporary Line Has Vintage Menswear Roots
Designer Nikki Chu is adding a little exclusivity to T-shirts and jeans....
Apparel Firms See More Choices in PDM Market
After a period of skepticism and some bad experiences along the way, the apparel industry appears to be warming up to PDM (product data management) technology. PDM is the software that manages the specs, revisions an...
Guatemalan Show Draws Local Retailers, Manufacturers
For years, Los Angeles–based Forever 21 Inc. has manufactured most of its private labels in Southern California....
Second Babystyle Location Opens
E Style Inc. is adding another brick to its clicks....
Expectations High for L.A. Textile Show
There’s a certain optimistic feeling among several of the textile representatives preparing for the April 28–30 run of the Los Angeles International Textile Show at the Califo...
Kronfli's Niche Business
Local mill weathers difficult market with specialty fabrics ...
Bebe Names VP of Retail Ops
Bebe Stores Inc. has named Ferrell Ostrow vice president of store operations. Ostrow had been the company’s acting vice president of store operations since February and had served as vice pres...
Los Angeles Fashion Week Fall I 2003: Sterling Capricio
Two 12-feet-tall, stilted Gothic figures opened Los Angeles designer Sterling Capricio’s Got...
TALA Sets Playday Schedule
The Textile Association of Los Angeles (TALA) will host its annual Bob Berg Invitational TALA Summer Playday on May 9 at the Los Robles Country Club in Thousand Oak...
Kmart Reorganizing
Troy, Mich.–based Kmart filed a reorganization plan with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois. The plan includes the results of a poll of the company’s creditors. Not all of the compa...
Fewer Jobless, Fewer Jobs
California’s unemployment rate dropped to 6.6 percent in March from a revised 6.7 percent the month before, but employers shed 4,100 jobs during the same period, according to the Employment Development Department. Thi...
Los Angeles Fashion Week Fall I 2003: Anja Flint
The 1980s and the decade’s techno-disco beat inspired Anja Flint’s Fall lines, shown April 4 at Smashbox Studios in Culver City....
Los Angeles Fashion Week Fall I 2003: Brignoni
Whitey Flagg’s bull’s-eye painting in bright primary colors provided the backdrop for Michelle Brignoni’s...
