Donola's Inspiration Collection
Isabelle Donola's collection based on Katherine Langlands' art. Photo credit. Felix Salzman/LookBookLAWhen Brazilian expat designer Isabelle Donola saw Katherine Langlands’ paintings, she communicated her enjoyment of the art in the best way the...
Surf's Up in Canada
Canada continuies to build momentum as an integral territory for surf and action-sports lifestyle brands. ...
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Pepsi...and Coke In The Store Window
Pepsi Throwback shirtThe Coke versus Pepsi wars will never be over. Their latest battlefield: Kitson. The high profile pop culture/fashion shop on Robertson Avenue produced a big event for the 125th anniversary of Coca Cola in May. It was studded with...
"I'm With the Brand": Custom Boardshorts Part II + Vans
In follow-up to our (hypothetical) Apparel News boardshorts last year, Santa Monica-based custom shorts maker Shortomatic bro-hugged with Vans to spawn Vans Powered by Shortomatic. The template is Vans’ Era Classic boardies that follow similar style lines of...
Alleged Apparel-Smuggling Ring Indicted
Nine people who imported mostly denim jeans from China were indicted by a grand jury for using a Los Angeles–area foreign-trade zone (FTZ) to allegedly avoid paying millions of dollars in import duties...
10.Deep's Camouflage Rule: Don't Blend In
Venerable streetwear brand 10.Deep is set to unveil its most camouflage-heavy collection in Las Vegas. Just don’t expect regulation army from the 15-year-old brand....
Apparel News Daily Reader
Costumed Women of Comic-Con 2011 (Entertainment Weekly)Buyers' resolute thumbs up to Delhi Couture Week (Times of India)The Look magazine to promote Westfield Stratford City during...
Pattern Bar Gambles on Fashion Nightlife
From left, Pattern Bar's Eduardo Castillo and Alex MezaThose complaining there’s nothing to do in the Fashion Intersection after sundown will have one less reason to complain. Pattern Bar, a Soho-style watering hole and restaurant made for...
Monah Li Is Back: New Line, Movie In Works
Monah LiMonah Li had turned her back on fashion. After a career made prominent by some appearances in some Los Angeles Fashion Weeks, her self named label seen on high profile people like Salma Hayek and Nicole Kidman, and launching the now inactive Coalition of Los Angeles Designers,...
Girdle to the Moon
SPACE ...THE FASHION FRONTIER: Hazel Fellows working on an Apollo mission space suit. Photo courtesy MIT Press and Txchnologist.The women who made Playtex girdles also sewed the spacesuits for the Apollo astronauts. Txchnologist, GE’s online magazine exploring all thinks futuristic and...
Design Piracy Debate Continues
The debate over whether a fashion design can be copyright protected continues with groups on both sides trying to secure additional provisions to bolster their positions. Earlier this month, a group of representatives from the fashion industry
Hellz Takeover at FourTwoFour on Fairfax
Fairfax Avenue’s male-dominated streetwear block gets a ladies touch with the Hellz Pop-Up shop at FourTwoFourOne of Lanie Alabanza-Barcena’s previous retail experiences—at Contempo Casuals—didn’t last long. “I worked there for one day!” said the queen bee...
Robert Graham Expands to Denim
New York apparel company Robert Graham, headed by Michael Buckley, former president of True Religion in Los Angeles, is launching a premium-denim line that will use Japanese and Ital...
Macy's Passport Names Cee Lo Green as Headliner
Macy’s annual fund-raising shindig at the 85-year-old Orpheum Theatre in downtown Los Angeles will be hopping with the music of singer and songwriter Cee Lo Green....
