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L.A. Fashion Week: Hot Brands On The Rise (Hollywood Today)The Naughty Necklace (The New York Times)`Project Accessory` seeks fashion`s next big name (Money...
Marty Staff Leaving American Apparel
After eight months on the job, Marty Staff, chief business development officer of Los Angeles–based manufacturer and retailer American Apparel, is ...
Divas on Broadway
Hope Solo, Maksim Chmerkovskiy (photo by Adam Taylor/ABC) Hi Everyone!It’s week six of “Dancing With The Stars,” and we’re BROADWAY BOUND!Last night’s competition was all about Broadway tunes. The show started with a raise-the-roof, house-rocking performance of “Raise Your Voice” and...
FaeriesDance.com Only Apparel Finalist in Green America's People's Choice Award
Adrienne Catone, owner, operator and jack-of-all-trades of FaeriesDance.com organic clothing company, knows exactly when that big flashing lightbulb went off over her head. She was trekking through the Con...
Legends on Rodeo
Iman (photo by Felix Salzman)Iman—the single-named supermodel, beauty executive, philanthropist and fashion icon—was honored on Oct. 23 with the Rodeo Drive Walk of Style. She shared the honor with Missoni, the Italian fashion house with a style so...
Nuvula Spring 2012
Nuvula, the first show of Concept Los Angeles Fashion Week on Oct. 13 at ACE Gallery in Los Angeles, opened to a theatrical start with an opera singer solo, dressed in a sweeping coat and feathered...
Sachika Spring 2012
The Sachika sisters found inspiration in mermaids—their childhood fascination—to create their Spring 2012 collection. The identical twins, To-Nya and To-Tam Sachika, divide their time between N...
Jen Awad Spring 2012
Jen Awad channeled 1980s underground street style for her Spring/Summer 2012 collection, presented Oct. 14 at Concept Los Angeles Fashion Week at ACE Gallery. Plastic neon trenchco...
Launch LA: New Surf and Skate Trade Show to Bow in LA in 2012
When the Action Sports Retailer Trade Expo shuttered last year after nearly 30 years covering the surf and skate market, the trade show left a void in the market....
LASC's Civilized Halloween
2(x)ist's military line will co-sponsor LASC's 3rd Annual Carnivale.The City of West Hollywood will close the town’s main roads for the anticipated hundreds of thousands of people for its epic Halloween block party on Oct. 31. Venerable premium fashion boutique LASC is offering...
Bohemian Society Spring 2012
Bohemian Society presented a rock-infused runway show on Oct. 14 at Concept Los Angeles Fashion Week at ACE Gallery. The event included a live band and an array of tribal, b...
Santee on a Saturday
LA Observed has a fun video of Saturday shoppers at Santee Alley in L.A.’s fashion district. It’s always crowded during business hours, but especially so on the weekend. The video captures just a bit of the breadth—and depth—of merchandise...
Getting Down With Eddie
Eddie Bauer has reinvented the down jacket, which is only fitting, since the man who founded the Seattle-based company invented it in the first place. Or, at least, he--the Eddie Bauer--landed the first American patent for the down jacket, called the Skyliner. To...
F2 Runway Show Spring 2012
The F2 Runway shows always exhibit an independent streak, but the three designers presenting at F2 at the Focus Trade Show Oct. 17 at the California Market Center a...
Alana Hale Spring 2012
Concept Los Angeles Fashion Week was in full swing on Oct. 14 at the ACE Gallery, with Alana Hale’s new Spring 2012 collection kicking off the evening....
