Made-in-USA Capsule Collection Blends Heritage With High-End Details
Streetwear designer Karl Kani is coming home, so to speak. The Brooklyn native, who has been based in Los Angeles since the 1990s, recently launched an American-made capsule collection for men and women.
Brand Buiding Starts With the Hat
Eventually, Sunset.Vintage.Flex will offer all categories of clothes, said Rico Curry, the Los Angeles–area line’s founder. Yet since it started in 2013, the nascent brand’s focus is on headwear.
A Peek Into the Flagship Remodel
In a business where the remodel of a flagship store can take more than a year, The Hundreds, a high-profile streetwear brand, wasted no time in getting its flagship back in the game.
Anatomy of Fashion Week
Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week hired Sarasota-based Fawley Bryant Architects Inc. to come up with a more-efficient design for New York Fashion Week.
A.P.C. Moves Opening Dates for LA Stores
French brand A.P.C. pushes back opening dates in downtown LA and Silver Lake.
Longshore Union Wants to See More Shipping Line Honchos at the Negotiating Table
Talks between longshore workers and their employers have been slogging along since last May with no end in sight for a new contract that would replace the last contract that expired July 1.
Buyout Firm Lion Capital Urges American Apparel Sale
The pressure keeps mounting for American Apparel to put itself on the auction block.
Frederick's of Hollywood Losing Lease on Flagship Store
Frederick's of Hollywood losing lease on Hollywood Boulevard store.
2014 in Review: More Apparel Production Returns to the United States
Everyone talks about making their clothes in the United States, but is it all talk and no action? Apparently not. According to a study by a Chicago management consulting firm
2014 in Review: In Memoriam
Remembering some of the California designers and executives who died this year.
2014: Year in Review
As 2014 draws to a close, the editors of California Apparel News take a look back at the year’s significant news from key industry sectors such as retail, trade shows and international trade agreements. We also take a look at the burgeoning interest in made-in-America manufacturing and some of the most-read stories of the year. Plus, we remember some California industry notables in our in memoriam section.
2014 in Review: Trade Agreements a No-Show for 2014
The big apparel trade show news of 2014 was the September announcement that Advanstar—parent of MAGIC, Project and Coterie—was sold for $972 million to British trade-show producer UBM PLC.
Altamont Capital Leads Strategic Investment in Hybrid Apparel
Altamont Capital Partners finished the year with the announcement that it made an investment in another clothing business.
