Sizzlin' South Beach:Miami Dives Into Swim Week

Sofia Vergara's sister, singer Veronica Vergara, opened Cosmo's "Summer Splash" fashion show and cocktail party in Miami.Cosmopolitan En Espanol’s “Summer Splash” kicked...

Ambig Hires Marvin Springer

Santa Ana–based Ambig Clothing, formerly known as Ambiguous, named Marvin Springer national sales manager. Most recently, Springer was in charge of Southwest sales and key a...

Jones to Launch Nine West Fashion Sneakers

New York–based The Jones Group struck a worldwide licensing agreement with Los Angeles–based Philip Simon Brands Group Inc. for a line of fashion sneakers under the N...

Finance Resource Guide

Bibby Financial Services is a worldwide market leader in business cash-flow solutions to small- and medium-sized companies. With offices in eight North American cities and 13 countries around t...

H&M Increases Beverly Center Sq. Footage

H&M Hennes&Mauritz AB will be expanding at Los Angeles’ Beverly Center. ...

Stacia Debuts Santa Monica Boutique

Popular knitwear line Stacia is making at retail comeback on July 16....

Mod Rock: Volcom Debuts Spring '12 with Posso on the Runway

photo by Gary Copeland“We’ll do the best we can and whatever spills into the parking lot, we’ll do it

Hong Kong Fashion Week Shows Highlight Up-and-Coming Designers

HONG KONG—Emerging talent was displayed front and center at the four runway shows that marked Hong Kong Fashion Week, held July 4–7....

Fibre Arts: This Bag's for You

At the Fibre Arts Design Studio in Palo Alto, Calif., the motto that runs through the creative space is endemic to the business:“Designs for a Greener World.” ...

Uniqbill's Art Walk Fashion

From left Billie Summers,Krystl Gardner and Houstina Summers. Krystl is wearing a Cowgirl Heaven dress from the fall 2011 collection.More fashion boutiques are taking a gamble on downtown Los Angeles. On July 14 Uniqbill boutique...

Apparel-Industry Jobs on the Rise in California

The manufacturing industry in Los Angeles County is still treading water as it recuperates from the recession, but apparel factories and contractors have bucked the trend and boosted their payroll num...

CK Headed to India via Warnaco

New York–based The Warnaco Group Inc. struck a joint venture with Brand Marketing India, Warnaco’s distribution partner in India, to market and di...

Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim Kicks Off in South Beach

Miami Swim Week kicked off last night with poolside parties, runway shows and Kristin Cavallari wearing the world’s first glass bikini.Above: Diesel Cruise 2012; Below :Kristin Cavallari in a SKKY Vodka-inspired bikini, photos by John EckmierDiesel opened Mercedes-Benz...

Slow but Focused Buying at Hong Kong Fashion Week

HONG KONG—The word out in the vast halls of Hong Kong Fashion Week, where mostly Chinese manufacturers set up booths, is that competition is tapping at their doors from northern Chinese factor...

Royal Visit to L.A.

Great Britain’s Duke and Duchess of Cambridge toured the Inner-City Arts campus in downtown Los Angeles on July 10, the final day of their North American tour. Los Angeles childrenswear maker—and longt...