California's Economy Sluggish, Says UCLA Forecast
Economic growth in California will stumble along at a sluggish pace for the rest of this year while unemployment won’t dip below 10 percent until sometime in mid-2013, according to the “UCLA And...
Band of Outsiders Makes Film About Being Outside of Fashion
Band of Outsiders' Scott Sternberg and The Little Squares have made "Being There," a rad little film that is part art project, part commentary on fashion and part sneak peek into Sternberg's secret desire to be a Lego man in a tuxedo. I may...
Internet-Tax Bill in Limbo
The fate of California’s controversial proposed Internet-tax laws hangs in a precarious balance....
English Laundry to Debut New Styles and In-Store Shops
It was goodbye to back office, hello to design for Defiance USA’s Christopher Wicks, the father of...
Kenneth Cole Taps Paul Blum as CEO
New York–based footwear and apparel maker Kenneth Cole Productions Inc. named Paul Blum chief executive officer, succeeding founder Kenneth Cole, who will continue as chairman and chief creati...
L.A. Fashion Market Draws Increased Attendance, But Buyers Remain Cautious
Showroom owners and sales representatives across the Los Angeles Fashion District reported increased attendance at Los Angeles Fashion Market, which drew a mix of major retailers, chain stor...
Hampshire Group Acquires Rio
New York–based Hampshire Group Ltd. struck a deal to acquire Honduras-based Rio Garment S. de R.L. for an aggregate purchase price of up to $23 million in cash and stock. Founded in 2...
Volcom Receives Antitrust Approval
Volcom Inc. and its new parent company, Paris-based luxury and retail group
Melrose East: What's Selling
Once the epicenter of Los Angeles’ punk and new-wave looks in the late 1970s and early 1980s, Melrose Avenue between Fairfax and La Brea avenues continues to be the address of scrappy, rock ’...
Gores Group Buys Scovill Fasteners
Los Angeles–based private-investment firm The Gores Group LLC is in the “final stages of acquiring” the assets of Scovill Fasteners, the 209-year-old company that makes engineer...
Teva Hires Action-Sports Exec.
Teva, a division of Deckers Outdoor Corp., has action sports on the brain. The shoe brand tapped Toshi Corbet, the former Red Bull athletic manager, as its...
As Is: Art Walk Downtown's Fashion Connection
So many designers have tried new angles on classic American looks. But Japanese-born Ayumi Shibata thinks she found a new wrinkle on one of the original American styles—Navajo....
F2 Runway Show Puts Fall In Focus
The “F2 Runway Show,” held June 13 in the penthouse of the California Market Center in Los Angeles, highlighted several innovative creations by up-and-coming designers venturing...
PRVCY Jeans Label to Relaunch
There are second acts for small brands. ...
Billabong Throws a Block Party--in Style
Standing in the VIP tequila bar line at last night’s Billabong’s Design for Humanity party, I overheard a blonde sweet-talking a guy by telling him that said she models and also has a fashion blog. Her wingwoman wore the coolest cut-up vintage T-shirt ever. Emblazoned with a wolves-howling-at-the-moon print, the tee had jersey fringe dripping from her...
