Duarte Gives Activewear a Fashionable Edge
Henry Duarte is joining the ath-leisure movement, but the Los Angeles designer is putting his signature rock ’n’ roll stamp on the growing trend.
Back to School’s Retail Surge
The Back-to-School season made business surge in August, according to the International Council of Shopping Centers.
Patagonia Introduces New Nano-Air Products That Are Extremely Light
Most outdoor athletes know that when the going gets tough, you start to heat up and have to shed layers of clothing.
Making Sales on Social Media Elusive, But Intriguing
After a decade of building audiences and communities, many think that social-media sites should be able to transform into a giant cash register.
More Services Jump In to Bring Apparel Production Back to Los Angeles
When Mike Basteguian was growing up in Los Angeles, his family’s garment factory was one of 80 clothing contractors in the early 1990s. Today, there are only a handful of factories.
Reed Plans New Trade Show Axis, Taps Agenda’s Chiu to Lead the N.Y. Event
After producing four Agenda Wmns sub-shows at the popular Agenda trade show, Vanessa Chiu will helm her own event, which will be called Axis, it was announced on Sept. 4.
Bebe Hires Jimenez for New Direction
For more than 30 years, Bebe Stores Inc. has cultivated a niche as the mall-based clothier for the woman who loves nightclubs and la dolce vita, but during a Sept. 4 conference call, Jim Wiggett said that his company planned to expand its offerings beyond clothes for going out.
FashionWeekLA.com Relaunched
LA Fashion Week is scheduled to start on Oct. 6, and the producers for the Fashion Week LA calendar website, which officially relaunched Sept. 2, hope that designers and fashion show producers will start planning for it on the relaunched website ASAP.
Fashion Industries Guild to Honor Tech/Chemistry Entrepreneur at Annual Gala
The Fashion Industries Guild of Cedars-Sinai will honor technology entrepreneur Michael Lefenfeld at its annual gala on Sept. 20 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in downtown Los Angeles.
Cirrus Files Brings CRM Data Directly to the Inbox
Running a sales team can be complicated business, but a lot of salespeople still work with pen and paper rather than employ tech-savvy programs such as customer-relations management, according to Cirrus Path Inc. which recently released its Cirrus Files cloud-based customer-relations management application.
VF Collaboration Pledges $10 Million to Building and Safety Upgrades in Bangladesh
Greensboro, N.C.–based apparel giant VF Corp., in partnership with International Finance Corp., will provide up to $10 million in financing to VF vendor factories in Bangladesh.
Wet Seal Hoping to Turn Fortunes with New Executive Team
The Wet Seal Inc. will start the Back-to-School season under new leadership with the Foothill Ranch, Calif.–based retailer’s second major change in 18 months.
Neiman Marcus to Anchor Hudson Yards Development in New York
Hudson Yards, the mixed-use $20 billion development on the west side of New York’s Manhattan borough, will have a high-profile anchor when Neiman Marcus opens its first New York store in the center in 2018.
Heist’s 10 on Abbot Kinney
Heist has been selling designer and better contemporary fashion on Los Angeles' Abbot Kinney Boulevard for 10-years. Nilou Ghodsi, Heist's owner, gives some advice on surviving and staying independent.
Along Came a Spider Sweater
Researchers at Japan's National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences and Shinshu University created silk fibers from silkworms that had been engineered with spider genes.
