Checking Into Patrick Hoelck's 'Polaroid Hotel'
Multi-talented hitmaker Pharell Williams gets candid in Polaroid Hotel.It's been a very exciting past couple of weeks in the L.A. fashion scene as global style icons and rock and roll collided in a brilliant fusion of fun and fabulousness everywhere you looked...
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OMG! Lauren Conrad Launches Beauty Site! (Fashionista)W.E.R.Q.: Helen Mirren in Dolce Gabbana (TomLorenzo)Anna Dello Russo Wears...
"Beauty Culture" at The Annenberg Space for Photography
Backstage at the Paul Smith Women fashion show, London 09/13/2002, photo courtesy of Felicia WebbWhat is beauty and how is it defined in modern culture? That is what The Annenberg Space for Photography will attempt to answer in it’s next....
Fashion Speakers Share Insights
Brad Goreski, celebrity stylistHere's your chance to get the inside scoop on fashion's influence on Hollywood. And you have to travel no farther than Santa Monica to get it.The Art Institute of California - Los...
Rethinking Where and How to Source
There is an old saying in real estate, “you make a profit on a house when you buy it not when you sell it”. This goes for sourcing product as well. In fact when you really get down to it where you source determines...
Tim Gunn's Blunt Talk
Tim Gunn,left with Leah SalakJoking that his loose lips might land him in court, Tim Gunn, Project Runway co-host and Liz Claiborne chief creative officer, gave a rare display of dish on the show that made him famous. Tim’s foray into refreshingly frank talk took place on a hot afternoon April 16 at a runway show at...
Target Lands Levi's Denizen
Denizen, the global collection launched last year in Asia by San Francisco–based Levi Strauss & Co., is launching in the United States and Mexico this summer. Target stores will carry the collectio...
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...
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...
The Social Network: Monetizing New Media
One of the main topics at the recent 2011 Tech Conference West was how retailers can make money or at least build awareness of their product through social-media sites such ...
Retail Sales Grow for Quarter, Employment Concerns Linger
March marked the ninth consecutive month of retail sales gains, but analysts say rising gas prices could dampen shoppers’ spirits even as the job-market picture brightens....
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...
New President at 7 For All Mankind
Barry Miguel is the new president of Los Angeles–based premium-denim and lifestyle brand 7 For All Mankind, a division of VF Corp. Miguel, who fills the post vacated by Tophe...
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Fashion Freakouts at Lady Gaga's Miami Monster Ball (Miami New Times)John Galliano Sacked By His Own Label (Racked)Urban Outfitters Admits to Being...
Todd Rosen#039;s Rich In Clothing: A Bid for the New Normal
In the fashion wor ld, where eccentric clothing details are championed by designers and stylists, Todd Rosen felt the only way to break away from the pack was to make clothes with a look and fit that ...
