UGG Australia To South Coast Plaza
UGG Australia store at South Coast Plaza. Photo Courtesy of UGG Australia.Years ago, UGG Australia was best known as the ubiquitous and furry footwear seen on It Girls in warm weather climes such as Southern California. On Sept. 18, it opened...
Gap Taps Menswear Designers for Exclusive Collection
Meet the designersThe Gap people have been very busy lately. They just announced hiring a new creative director, Rebekka Bay. Now the San Francisco retailer is joining forces with some of America's top menswear...
Cerre Kicks Off Semi-Annual Sale
Last night Cerre held a champagne reception in its Melrose Avenue boutique to fête its private sale which will run through the 23rd. The evening, which was hosted by Decade's Cameron Silver, kicks off the beginning of its...
Rachel Zoe Partners With Jockey
Rachel Zoe, on the right, with modelIt seems that Los Angeles fashion stylist Rachel Zoe is everywhere you turn: on TV, on bookshelves and in stores.Now she's working with Jockey International to launch Rachel Zoe's...
ColorZen Hires Cotton Expert for Education Outreach
ColorZen LLC has hired cotton specialist Nick Hahn to oversee education efforts about ColorZen’s cotton-treatment process, which results in less water, energy and dye usage than traditional me...
Gap Hires New Creative Director
Gap Inc. named Rebekka Bay as creative director and executive vice president for Gap global design, overseeing all Gap product—including men’s, women’s, accessories, Gap Body and 1969—sold onli...
Consumer Confidence Hits Five-Year High
Never since the depths of the 2008 recession have Californians been so buoyant about the economy and its future....
Sue Wong Kicks Off Spring in 3D
Sue Wong will host a fashion show on Sept 21 at The Congo Room at LA Live in downtown Los Angeles as part of the 3D Film Festival, being held Sept. 20-22 at LA Live. The designer will present her Spring ’13 collection, titled “Spring...
Bearpaw Steps South, Grace Carter's Bad Weather Style
BearpawHeadquartered near Sacramento, Calif. the Bearpaw brand announced it would base its shipping in Southern California.Last month it partnered with logistics company 3PL Global, LLC to handle Bearpaw’s shipping at 3PL Global’s warehouse in Carson,....
Connected: Block Party With Shopping and Music
Technically speaking, Summer is not quite over. There’s still a week left of the season--plenty of time for a block party. And if there's shopping and music, too—all the better. The Connected Festival kicks off tomorrow as a huge sample sale—meets—music...
Indigenous Brands Remembers Ambassador Chris Stevens
Ambassador Christopher Stevens, photo via AFP: Mahmud Turkia.The world is still reelingfrom the murder of Ambassador Christopher Stevens, who was killed in an attack on the U.S. Embassy in Benghazi, Libya on Sept. 11. His cousin Matthew...
American Apparel to Be in Japan Fashion Week
Denim jacket and turtleneck by American ApparelAmerican Apparel has been selling its clothes in Japan for nearly seven years now.So it thought it was about time to strut its stuff in the fashion world there.The...
DVF Through the Google Glass
Diane Von Furstenberg released a nifty fashion week video on YouTube—shot using Google Glasses, the buzzy interactive wearable computer people are talking about. The glasses are essentially a mini computer aimed right at your eye, allowing you to read text, look...
Fashion’s Night Out: Scene in L.A.
Now in its fourth season, Fashion's Night Out is celebrated across the world as a fashion and shopping party for designers, retailers and consumers. The Sept. 6 party in Los Angeles spread across the ...
La Jolla Group Taps Exec for International Expansion
La Jolla Group named Ian Calvesbert international general manager, a new position at the Irvine, Calif.–based apparel licensing and action-sports company....
