New Denim Collection Blends Chemin de Fer Heritage and Rock & Republic Experience
With its hip-hugging looks and its sailor-pants flap, Chemin de Fer wasone of the iconic denim brands of the 1970s. A relaunch is in the works by the son of the original fou...
C. Wonder Opens First West Coast Store at Fashion Island
Tory Burch LLC co-founder Chris Burch opened the first West Coast location for his C. Wonder boutique concept storerecently at Fashion Island in Newport Beach, Calif., and t...
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The 50 Most Scandalous Dresses in History (New York Magazine)Alexander Wang’s Sweatshop Allegations Dismissed (The Cut)Bill Blass Fires Designer. Again. (The...
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Fashion: NBA stars are sporting man bags (ESPN)Helen Gurley Brown’s Fashion Sense: the Power of Cleavage (The Daily Beast)Austin Fashion Week: Feminine throwbacks in...
Torrid Sexes It Up With Ellen von Unwerth
Torrid , the plus-size division of City of Industry–based retailer Hot Topic Inc., is rebranding with a steamy new ad campaign shot by fashion photographer Ellen von Unwerth. The campaign focuses on the sexy side of Torrid, with images of the brand’s “Stiletto” jean and...
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Storm over Target's 'trampy' fashion sense (Sydney Morning Herald)Kim Kardashian and Kanye West to Collaborate on Shoe Line? (The Telegraph)A parade of fashion at...
Belle N. Matisse: Serious and Playful
When it debuted at the Concept L.A. Fashion Week at Ace Gallery in March, Los Angeles–based fashion label Belle N. Matisse was the picture of serious, intellectual style....
Surfers Get Sentimental: 2012 SIMA Waterman’s Ball
The SIMA Waterman’s Ball brings out a different side of surfers—they put on suits and they get sentimental. The annual fundraiser held at the Ritz Carlton in Laguna Nigel pushed the final tally past $6 million raised for the SIMA Environmental Fund over the course of its 23 year history. During the silent auction...
Athletic Recon: Ryan Heuser’s Second Act
The cartoon characters are gone. For Ryan Heuser’s first solo project after Paul Frank Industries, he set his sights on tougher-minded performance athletic wear....
Costing 101: Properly Calculating Wholesale Price
I am frequently asked by designers, production staff, and even owners how to properly calculate a markup from a cost sheet. A markup is simply the amount of money added toyour cost to establish your w...
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Fashion Film: Fashion Editorial’s Next Step, Producer Says
There are superhero epics, rom coms, travel documentaries, and now a new genre, the fashion film....
Heuser: Get That Monkey Off My Back
MONKEY MEN: Julius the monkey, center, with Paul Frank Industries Co-Founders Ryan Heuser, right and John Oswald.It’s not the George Michael song. But it has a similar catchy title. Getting The Monkey Off My Back is the memoir of Ryan Heuser,...
New Trade Legislation Takes Effect
Apparel groups praised the recent bundle of laws that expand the possibility of sourcing in Africa and Central America....
Next in Print
Untilabout two years ago, American Appareldidn’t do much printing, and whenit did, the vertical manufacturer usedoutside vendors....
