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San Francisco’s Elizabeth Charles Opens in Newport Beach, Calif.
Times have not been kind to many independent, multi-line retailers, but San Francisco–headquartered Elizabeth Charles is bucking that trend and expanding. The independent, multi-line boutique is openin...
Apparel-Industry Accountant Gary M. Fineman, 64
Gary M. Fineman, one of the Los Angeles garment industry’s leading accountants, died April 8 of brain cancer. He was 64....
Buyers Tour the San Pedro Mart
Recently, a group of retailers and designers—coming from as near as Fullerton, Calif., and as far as Bangkok—met in the Los Angeles Fashion District for a tour of the area, led by Mercedes R. ...
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Fashion News: Dressing for Coachella (Los Angeles Times All The Rage blog)Fashion Television: Jeanne Beker looks back on 27 years of iconic show (The Toronto...
Eurovet Acquires CurveExpo Lingerie Show
Eurovet, a leading French organizer of lingerie and fabric shows, has acquired 100 percent of CurveExpo, the New York company that puts on four lingerie shows a year in the United St...
They Called Him Dragonpants
Did you hear the one about the guy with the Dragon Pants at the Mitt Romney event in Wisconsin? The eye-catching pants caught the eye of Romney staffer Garrett Jackson, who captured the moment and then immortalized it on Twitter. The L.A. Times’ Maeve Reston tweeted...
Clothing Business a Major Player in Los Angeles Manufacturing
Apparel and textile manufacturing in Los Angeles contributed $40.3 billion to the economy in 2010, up from $22.8 billion in 1997....
’The Other by Cheryl Koo’ Bows
Designer Cheryl Koo produced the first fashion show for The Other by Cheryl Koo, her art-inspired line, March 21 at Kesspro Studios in downtown Los Angeles. The runway show...
Putting a Little Heart & Soul Into a Good Cause
A look for the recent HeartSoul collectionFashion has many uses. For the people who make the HeartSoul juniors label, it's a way to raise money for a worthy endeavor.I bumped into Paula Schneider, the new...
Economy on Track to Grow With Solid Retail Sales
If the U.S. economy were a car, it would be rolling down the highway of finance at 55 miles per hour instead of traveling at the speed limit.
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Do These Two Looks Mix Well? (The New York Times)Michelle Obama Can’t Help It If she is so popular (The Cut)Preserving the fabric of history (The Boston...
Cavalli: Back On Rodeo
Cavalli's Rodeo Renovation Revealed!Roberto Cavalli reopened on Rodeo Drive after more than six months of renovations. Located at 362 N. Rodeo Drive, the 3,000-square foot store will sell women’s handbags, accessories, shoes, eyewear, jewelry, watches and lingerie as...
No Piano
Photo courtesy of streetpianos.comFor those who aren’t making the migration to Coachella and who are looking for some music a little closer to home, LA Chamber Orchestra is kicking off its musical public art installation “Play me,...
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Kate Middleton’s Stripper Second Cousin Shops Reality Show (The Cut)There’s A New Sole in Town (Elle)UGG's expanded styles (Shop Eat Surf)How Robots Helped...














