FIDM Exhibition Highlights Textile Design
Textile and knitwear design will be on display at the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising student textile design exhibition, which runs Oct. 5–Dec. 16. The work of 17 students graduating...
New Execs at Cherokee
Cherokee, the company in Van Nuys known for licensing its brand names to Target Corp. and other stores, hired two new people to develop branding and marketing. Sally Mueller has been brought on board for the ...
Denim Veteran Orly Dahan Launches Stone Craft Denim
After years creating some of California’s most fashionable jeans, denim pioneer Orly Dahan started to feel bored with basic denim and was looking to do something different. ...
The Last Push Is On for Three Free-Trade Agreements
If all goes well, the pending free-trade agreements with South Korea, Panama and Colombia could be a done deal by Halloween....
New Era To Open on Melrose
New Era will open a store in this Melrose Heights building later this year.The recession has been as tough on Melrose Heights as any fashion district in Los Angeles. In mid-2010, more than nine empty storefronts pockmarked the Height’s...
BofA to Charge Debit Card Fee, Retail Trade Groups Angered
Retail trade groups and consumer advocates expressed outrage when
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Tim Gunn makes it work (Local IQ)Nordic Fashion Biennale in Seattle (Seattle Times)Gaga stylist disappoints at Paris fashion week...
Macy's Embraces Pink Fashions to Join Fight Against Breast Cancer
INC International Concepts Long Sleeve Hooded Breast Cancer Awareness Pink Ribbon Tee, created specially for Macy's, for October's Breast Cancer Awareness month.Macy’s has joined up with The Breast Cancer Research Foundation...
Two-Faced at Fashion Week
Anabela Belikova from IMG, shot by Greg Kessler before the Gucci show at Milan Fashion Week (makeup by Pat McGrath for CoverGirl, hair by Luigi Murenu)T magazine’s website has a weirdly addictive before-and-after feature of...
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Latest hip-hop trend: Men in women's clothes (Celebrity Circuit)Rachel Zoe Does Not Pack Light (Elle)Everyone Is Wearing Mary Kantrantzou (The Telegraph)Drugs, Murderers, And...
Beverly Hills Gets Italian Fashion in Theater
Karl Lagersfeld created this colorful dress for the Fendi labelAfter making the rounds through Rome and Milan, the exhibit called "Il Teatro alla Moda", or "Theater in Fashion" will be landing in Beverly Hills,...
Do These Shoes Make My Butt Look Big?
Thanks to the LA Times for the heads up and the pic!You can still walk your way to fitness, you just shouldn’t expect your shoes to do all the work. Footwear and fitness giant Reebok International has agreed to refund $25 million to consumers in a settlement agreement...
Lululemon Shimmers,Glimmers
Lululemon's Age of Aquarius--on a shimmering sign!When Robertson Boulevard's Rock Republic boutique shuttered, I was ready for the next tenant to rip down the store's glorious shimmering mirror awning. Thankfully, Lululemon Athletica kept...
DWTS: Busby Berkeley and the Italian Boot
Award-winning choreographer Marguerite Derricks’s piece in hommage to Busby Berkeley (photo by Adam Taylor/ABC) Hi Everyone,Well, the second elimination is over.The show started off with a testosterone-laden performance with only the male pros. The ladies loved it—and...
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Film, fashion, music meld at nD Festival (The Tennesean)Milan Fashion Week: Armani presents a Princess-perfect collection (Hello!)Gucci Feeds its Florentine Roots (The New...
