Sourcing & Fabric Textile Trends: Bouquet
Designers find inspiration in flower prints from ditsey florals to more traditional floral sprays.
Sourcing & Fabric Textile Trends: Glam & Tan
Who says tan can’t be glam? Look for added texture, a touch of shine and crisp geometric patterns.
Sourcing & Fabric Textile Trends: Hothouse Flowers
Flower prints are lush with oversize blooms and warm shades of pink, red and orange.
Sourcing & Fabric Textile Trends: Textured Metallics
Textured fabrics with plenty of surface interest go upscale with metallic yarns and shiny coatings.
Texworld USA: Sourcing the Supply Chain from Fiber to Fabric to Finished Garments
The sold-out show had more than 180 exhibitors, including pavilions from Colombia and Mauritius and—for the first time—Guatemala. Ten U.S. mills also participated, which buyers like using for their “quick response and duty benefits,”
Val Surf Shutters in Pasadena
Val Surf, one of California’s pioneering boardsports shops, is scheduled to close its Pasadena, Calif., location by the end of this month, leaving the retailer with four locations, said Mark Richards, a co-founder of the family-owned retailer.
American Apparel: “We Have Good Ethics”
American Apparel offered no apologies for its risqué billboards which have long proven to be lightning rods for criticism. But the vertical retailer’s newest billboards seemed to be testing a new pitch; see the brash company in a different light.
Etsy Sellers Go From Retail to Wholesale
Etsy is helping its B2C sellers take the plunge into B2B with Etsy Wholesale, a new program that connects Esty sellers with retailers.
Mighty Healthy’s Party at PacSun
For the Mighty Healthy brand, the way to celebrate a decade in business was this; design a capsule collection with a favorite artist Kevin Lyons, and sell at it Pacific Sunwear.
Business Tools for Capitalizing on Trend Information
Global trend and style intelligence firm WGSN relaunched its website to combine its strengths with Stylesight, the New York–based trend forecasting firm it acquired last November.
All-Time High Turnout at New, Expanded Venue
More than 300 vendors gathered for the Fall/Winter 2015/16 Première Vision New York and Indigo New York shows at Pier 92.
Sourcing the Supply Chain From Fiber to Fabric to Finished Garment
Visitors to Texworld USA in New York could see several components of the apparel-industry supply chain from fiber makers to yarn suppliers to apparel mills, converters and representatives. The show was held alongside the International Apparel Sourcing Show and the Home Textiles Sourcing
Uniqlo Pops at Beverly Center
A Uniqlo emporium is scheduled to open at Los Angeles’ Beverly Center on Oct. 10, but to take the sting off of the building anticipation (or perhaps to stoke it a bit more) the Japanese clothier opened a pop-up shop at Beverly Center on July 31.
Grumpy Cat Scratch Fever
The real star of the season isn’t a super model or an action star – it’s Grumpy Cat! The feline with a sour puss made an appearance at Kitson in Santa Monica on Aug. 4.
Luxury Basics and LA-Made
Lanston is a Los Angeles–based luxury basics collection made from ultra-soft fabrications.
