Designer Schoolbags Packed With a Philanthropic Edge
For parents who are in the back-to-school mode, this schoolbag is for you.A San Francisco company, Schoolbags for Kids, has designed a great bag that is colorful yet practical. It's perfect for carrying...
The Cutting Room Floor at Shareen Vintage
video via Shareen Vintage blogIf you’ve never had the experience of having Shareen Mitchell put a belt on you, watching this may be the next best thing. Check out this video posted on the Shareen Now blog to peep on her stream of consciousness opinions and decisions on which items end...
7th Revolution Embraces Mainstream America
For Wes Billingslea, there’s a lot of fashion potential in middle America, and he’s not talking about luxury premium tees or fast-fashion tops....
Invista Goes After the Action-Sports Market
Skaters should toughen up. And get comfortable. That’s the thinking behind the latest product launch by fiber giant Invista. ...
Omega Collektiv's Starman Styles
Omega Collektiv's cocktail dress and leggings. Photo credit Felix Salzman/LookBook LAOmega Collektiv tried to storm the walls of a design ghetto with its fashion show on Aug. 3 Designer Ernie Omega wanted to prove avant garde clothes could be wearable with his label’s...
Velvet Brigade to Mix Commerce With Contest
With public obsessions over both fashion reality shows and social media showing little sign of waning, two former Macy’s buyers decided to mix the two in a new start-up e- commerce business....
What to Do About Fluctuating Cotton Prices
In the last year, cotton prices have been on a wild roller-coaster ride, surging to $2.30 per pound in March and then recently dipping back to close to $1 per pound. As a result, apparel manufacturers...
Swim Collective Debuts in Newport Beach, Calif.
The Swim Collective Trade Show made its debut at the Balboa Bay Club & Resort in Newport Beach, Calif., on Aug. 2.Hoping to fill the void left by San Diego’s Action Sport...
July Sales Solid
Broiling heat across much of America drove many consumers to air-conditioned malls in July, and the bigger crowds helped make July a solid month for sales, according to the International Coun...
Target to Pay $389,000 in EKB Textiles Copyright Case
Target Corp. has been ordered to pay more than $389,000 and attorney’s fees to Los Angeles–based EKB Textiles Inc. following a recent copyright-infringement trial in U.S. District Cour...
Gap Opens in Rome
San Francisco–based Gap Inc. opened its first Gap flagship store in Rome on Via del Corso. Last year, the company opened its first Gap and Banana Republic stores in Milan and launched an e-commerce web...
Levi's Gets strategic
San Francisco–based Levi Strauss & Co. named Beto Guajardo global vice president of strategy. Guajardo was most recently vice president of North America strategy for Avon. He also served as vice pr...
Premium-Denim Prices on the Rise
Premium-denim prices are back in style. When the recession put a dent in consumer spending, many denim manufacturers reacted by reducing prices. But it seems that the days of the $178 premium jean are...
Swimwear, Staples and Specialty at CurveNY
NEW YORK—After a successful introduction in Las Vegas last August, swimwear exhibitors bowed at the CurveNY trade show in New York. The show, which is produced by Riv-erside, Conn...
China/Costa Rica Free-Trade Agreement Begins
China has free-trade agreements with Peru and Chile in South America, but on Aug. 1, the international trade giant kicked off its first free-trade pact with a Central American country....
