MyBestFit Targets Research, Sales
Since its debut in September, the My-BestFit body-scanner kiosk has scanned nearly 15,000 women from its perch at the King of Prussia mall outside Philadelphia. It is currently the only MyBestFit sc...
Six for S.F. Fashion
Sure, there’s the Giants baseball cap, otherwise it’s futile to pin down a specific San Francisco look. Yet it was on this Quixotic quest I traveled when I walked around Fog City on April 13. The real reason for the trip was to check out great...
Bloomie's Green Spot
Just in time for Earth Day, Bloomingdale’s SOHO, the retailer’s store in Manhattan’s SoHo district, will debut The GreenShows Spring Ecolux Designer Pop-Up Shop. The shop, organized in partnership with eco event...
Levi's Film Workshop Opens at MOCA
Imagine attending a four month long interactive collaborative film workshop with some high tech film making equipment and some of most talented filmmakers and artists in the business. Well….that’s exactly what Levi’s has created. Following on the heels of its successful Print Workshop in San Francisco and Photo Workshop in New York, the iconic denim brand is set to debut...
Centric Lands $7.5 Million in Venture Capital
Centric Software announced a deal that closed on $7.5 million in venture-capital funding that has been earmarked to “fuel ongoing product- and business-development efforts,” said Chief E...
Los Angeles Apparel Exports Climb
In the last three years, apparel exports from the Los Angeles area have climbed 40 percent as manufacturers look to overseas markets to boost sales. And the opportunities are only growing....
K-Swiss Lands Jillian Michaels
Westlake Village–based footwear and apparel brand K-Swiss launched a capsule collection created in partnership with “The Biggest Loser” trainer Jillian Michaels. The 13-piece apparel line...
Dita Von Teese's Lingerie
Burlesque star Dita Von Teese will design a collection of lingerie as the first in a series of collaborations with Lime Door, a Melbourne, Australia–based branding agency and management consultancy. Th...
Tim Gunn and Lucky Brand in the O.C.
Lucky Brand, the Los Angeles– based division of Liz Claiborne, is teaming up with Tim Gunn, Liz’s chief creative officer and star of “Project Runway,” for a fashion show at the Lucky store...
Velvet Lands Investor, Plans Retail
Culver City, Calif.–based contemporaryapparel maker Velvet Inc. sold an undisclosed “significant interest” to Snow Phipps, a New York–based private-equity firm. Terms of the deal ...
Off-Price Booms as Overstock Supply Shrinks
The off-price market has been booming throughout the recession and recovery. But just as demand for off-price merchandise is skyrocketing, the supply of it is becoming scarce in America....
Apparel Companies Turn to Mobile for Marketing, Production
Going mobile is the next frontier for many apparel retailers, brands and manufacturers. Mobile technology—from mobile applications for shoppers and “augmented reality” applications that deliver c...
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Nick Verreos, Style supastar
Fashion designer, “Project Runway” alumn, fashion pundit, FIDM instructor—and
Street Style
Downtown L.A.'s Fashion District has always had an effervescent buzz of creative energy swirling through it, but lately the stylish 'hood is increasingly...
