Prêt à Porter: New Orleans to Los Angeles
Prêt à Porter is a New Orleans take on SoCal style. The line took its first Los Angeles bow this week.
Urban Outfitters Opening Soon in Downtown LA
The Rialto Theatre on Broadway will have a new life as an Urban Outfitters store.
Hands Up for Made-in-America
Massachusetts-based apparel maker Goodwear introduced a new hoodie with a “Freedom Sleeve,” a gusseted sleeve design that gives the wearer more mobility and range of movement.
Lucky Brand Jeans Sold to Los Angeles Private-Equity Firm
Fifth & Pacific Companies, which used to be known as Liz Claiborne Inc., has agreed to sell Lucky Brand Jeans for $225 million to Leonard Green Partners, a Los Angeles private-equity company. The deal should close in early 2014.
Mobs Crowd TheSeventhLetter Debut
The night was cold Dec. 7, but the multitudes braved the elements to check out the debut of TheSeventhLetter, a boutique and art gallery featuring the works of some of streetwear's top artists.
Living Odaingerously...Online
Luxe streetwear brand Odaingerous debuted an ecommerce shop on Dec. 6. Time to party! Take a look at some of the stylish people who showed up at the Odain party.
Kelly Cole: Bombs Away
Bombs Away. It is the name of the first full collection of the Kelly Cole label. Actors Marisa Tomei, Joy Bryant
Tie The Knot Pops For Marriage Equality
Christmas is a few weeks away. Valentine’s Day is next year. But Dec. 5 was the right time for Tie the Knot, a pop-up shop devoted to the cause of Marriage Equality, to open at the Beverly Center.
Pantone’s Color of the Year
Get ready for a radiant year. Radiant Orchid, that is. That’s the word from Pantone, which announced its 2014 color of the year: Radiant Orchid (18-3224).
November Sales Slow
After mixed sales results were reported on Black Friday, which is the day after Thanksgiving and the official start of the holiday retail season, sales results for the entire month of November were announced, and prominent trade organization International Council of Shopping Centers said the month’s sales missed forecasts.
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Marika Inks Licensing Deals for Footwear and Hosiery
Activewear brand Marika is expanding into shoes and hosiery with two new licensing agreements with Hackensack, N.J.–based SG Companies, which will produce and distribute women’s footwear under the Marika brand, and New York–based Wiesner Products Inc., which will produce and distribute Marika women’s hosiery. Both licensing agreements cover the U.S. and Canada, and small collections began shipping this holiday season.
Morrell to Lead Olah’s Textile Sales Division
Olah Inc., the textile and apparel-development firm and organizer of the Kingpins denim trade show, announced a shift in the leadership of its textile sales division.
Texworld Teams With Tradegood
Texworld USA, the biannual fabric show in New York, has struck a partnership with Tradegood, the online B2B sourcing site founded by Intertek.
Second Kitson Opens at LA International Airport
Boutique chain Kitson opened a 1,500-square-foot boutique in the Tom Bradley International Terminal of Los Angeles International Airport on Nov 26. A Kitson location also opened in LAX’s Terminal 7 last year.
