Los Angeles Fashion Week: California Market Center Contemporary Collections
The fashion vibe revved up on the runway when the California Market Center staged a Fall 2011 fashion show for five contemporary lines with showrooms in the building....
Los Angeles Fashion Week: Alternative Apparel
Alternative Apparel debuted its Fall 2011 collection March 15 at Palihouse in West ...
Los Angeles Fashion Week: Lavuk
“Infinity” was the theme of Lavuk designer Natasha Gindin’s latestc...
Donna Mizani's Fashion Week
Model wearing a Donna Mizani Fall 2011 dress at Mizani's Fashion Week installation.With a smoky black and white video of celeb Kristin Cavallari modeling her fashions screening above, designer Donna Mizani produced an installation show for her Fall 2011 line of sexy...
Macy's Downloads New Mobile Technology
Macy’s shoppers are now able to attend personal audiences with designers such as Rachel Roy—if they use their smart phones....
McLaughlin Resigns From Hot Topic
Betsy McLaughlin, chief executive of pop-culture mall retailer
AP Takes Aim at Nordstrom, Zumiez
The Associated Press filed suit in U.S. District Court in New York against retailers Nordstrom and Zumiez for selling apparel using the now-familiar Barack Obama “Hope” graphic created b...
Ciminelli Joins Apparel News
David Ciminelli has joined the staff of California Apparel News as web editor....
CFDA Nominees Named
The Council of Fashion Designers of America will honor Lady Gaga, Celine’s Phoebe Philo, Daily Telegraphy’s HilaryAlexander, InStyle’s Hal Rubenstein and photographer Arthur Elgort at its CFDA Fashion Awards, ...
Santa Barbara Retailer Blue Bee Shutters
Blue Bee Inc., one of the most highprofile designer and contemporary specialty retailers of Santa Barbara, Calif., went out of business, said Marty Bebout, a co-owner of the Blue Bee compound...
Nordstrom to Move to Americana at Brand From Glendale Galleria
For 30 years, Nordstrom has been one of the prominent anchors of the Glendale Galleria retail center in Glendale, Calif. But that’s about to change....
Messe Frankfurt and MFG.com Partner Up
Messe Frankfurt North America, the U.S. arm of the international trade show giant, has formed a partnership with online sourcing site MFG.com....
Jerry Leigh Acquires Fortune Fashions
Jerry Leigh of California announced itacquired Fortune Fashions Industries— the Vernon, Calif.–based maker and distributor of branded, licensed and private label T-shirts—for an undiscl...
Sue Wong Takes the High Road in Fashion
Sue Wong, second from right, with models showing her Fall 2011 collectionWhat would Los Angeles Fashion Week be without a spectacular show by Sue Wong, one of the doyenne's of L.A. fashion?The queen of fashion held court March 18 at her...
Junker's Fashion Week Hell
Dressed in Junker's latest; from left Elizabeth Aston,Sarah Roberts,Rebecca Douglas,Carla Harvey.A fashion show in Hell. Of course there were problems.Los Angeles-based Junker Designs produced a show of its rock ’n’ roll fashions in Hell, Norway (the word Hell probably means...
