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The Look of Houndstooth (The New York Times)Inside the Directors Guild Awards(T magazine, New York Times) Michael Vick: I Wouldn't Waste My Time at NY Fashion Week...

Dari Parties With Cusack, Driver and O'Keefe

John Cusack with Jodi Lyn O'Keefe at Dari.It’s awards season, and members of the the Cusack acting clan showed up at Dari one of our favorite L.A. area boutiques. The reason for the shindig was the debut last week of the “Q” jewelry collection....

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Paris Couture Spring 2012 — the week in review (The Toronto Star)Picking up the threads (The Hindu)The FUG Girls: the best and the worst dressed at the SAG Awards...

JCPenney Announces New Price and Merchandising Policy

In November, JCPenney named former Apple and Target executive Ron Johnson its new chief executive officer. Two months later, Johnson unveiled the Plano, Texas–based department-store company’s radical new “transformation” initiative t...

LA’s Indie Boutiques Strive to Thrive

It’s been a long, tough slog for independent boutique retail....

CSC, Infovisionix Partner for Retail Analytics Suite

NEW YORK—Global technology-based business solutions and services firm CSC announced it is expanding its Retail Enterprise Intelligence (CREI) suite with a new partnership with business intelligence...

You're a Funny One, JCP

JCPenney has been a lot of things in its 110-year history: Western merchant, discount retailer, purveyor of trendy fashion and catchy jingles, lone department store in my Grandma’s town in Colorado (“See if they’ve got it at Penney’s,” she used to say.) Now we can add one more: Funny. The...

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TradeStone Launches Marketplace for Retail Buyers

NEW YORK—TradeStone Software unveiled Bamboo Rose, an invitation-only marketplace meant to aid retail buyers with their buying trips, at the National Retail Federation’s recent 1...

Ace Hotel to Open in LA Fashion District

Portland, Ore.–based boutique hotel chain Ace Hotel will open a new location in the heart of the Los Angeles Fashion District in a historic movie theater on Bro...

Wilde, Awad Win Los Angeles Fashion Council Contest

Victor Wilde displaying parachute dress from his Fall 2012 season.There was a big editorial kerfuffle when the British Fashion Council produced the LONDON show ROOMS designer showcase in L.A. in October.But L.A. designers will return the favor by decamping to...

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Fashion Statement: weekly style digest (The Guardian)Amy Winehouse’s Dad Attacks Gauthier’s Couture Tribute (The Cut)Duchess of Cambridge Dubbed Hat Person of the Year...

Rodarte on Buffy via Tavi

Perfect thing to stumble across right before the weekend. Tavi Gevison’s online magazine Rookie has a feature written by Rodarte designers, Laura and Kate Mulleavy, in which the two designing sisters discuss their favorite episodes...

Hong Kong Fashion Week Features a Range of Worldwide Designers

While couture fashion shows were taking place in Europe, Hong Kong was staging its own parade of designers at Hong Kong Fashion Week for Autumn/Winter.

Sears Plays Real Estate Card at ICSC Forum

An International Council of Shopping Centers forum Jan. 25 provided a snapshot of an industry in transition, and Peter Framson, a Sears Holdings regional vice president of leasing and development, said his company is playing a r...