Nordstrom Buys HauteLook
Seattle-based Nordstrom Inc. announced Feb. 17 that it will acquire Los Angeles–based HauteLook Inc., the online private-sale marketplace, for $180 million in stock....
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New York Fashion Week: Jeremy Scott brings the rave to the runway (Los Angeles Times' All the Rage)The Other Fashion Week Begins (The Wall Street Journal's Heard on the Runway) Tech...
Levi#039;s Tries Again
A federal appeals court ruled in San Francisco that Levi Strauss & Co. can try a second time on its claim that Abercrombie...
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Local Labels, Surprises-A-Plenty at Station (Racked LA)Jeremy Scott Releases Three Electric Watches For Swatch (Refinery29)Hervé Léger...
How the Other Half Lives
"I pay retail! Wheeeeeeeeeee!" Image courtesy of WSJ.comIf you work in the fashion industry, chances are your closet is full of goodie bag scores, sample sale finds and gifts from friends/brands. In other words:...
And the Grammy for Fashion...
From right, Ron Robinson's Karen Meena, with the Recording Academy's Christina Sepulveda, center, and Suzy Ann Machado. Photo credit: Felix Salzman/LookBookLA.With the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards becoming a hazy memory (Now, who did win the Grammy...
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Events – Lekuin Trunk Show At Cocoe Voci’s Atelier (Mondette)Rodarte Goes To The Wheat Fields As We Fall Head Over Heels (Again) (Refinery29)The Old West...
Katharine Kidd: Dramatically Draped Dresses
The Katharine Kidd contemporary designer label debuted last year with a collection of dresses designed and produced in Southern California...
All-Star NBA Event Gets Fashionable
This weekend, downtown Los Angeles will be packed with die-hard basketball fans ready to see their favorites playing in the various events that culminate with the NBA All-Star Game at the Staples Center this Sunday. Even...
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Peep Nightcap's Rad New Spring Lookbook (Refinery29)New York Fashion Week Fall-Winter 2011: Gregory Parkinson's luxe color and pattern play (Los Angeles...
Investor Nabs Majority Share of English Laundry
New York–based private equity firm Bluestar Alliance announced Feb. 14 that it planned to acquire a majority interest in English Laundry, a Los Angeles–based lifestyle label that sell...
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New York Fashion Week: Riviera Club finds fertile ground in Napa Valley (Los Angeles Times' All the Rage)Early Shows Draw Scouts and Mentors (Wall Street Journal)Grammy Awards...
Bebe's TV Fashion Gambit
From left, model Jana Sintschnig, Kime Buzzelli, 90210 costume designer, Erica Wertheim Zohar, of American Groove, and model Brianna Barnes.Bebe is going nuts over show biz. In December, Bebe held a party for its line, Kardashian by Bebe for reality TV faves the Kardashian sisters. On Feb....
TUuml;V Rheinland to Open Testing Facility in Arkansas
Boston-based TUuml;V Rheinland will open its first North American testing facility in Bentonville, Ark., where it will offer a range of testing services for consumer goods, including apparel,...
Cherokee Heads to Russia
Van Nuys–based Cherokee Inc. struck an exclusive multi-year licensing deal with a Russian retailer. The deal with CJSC Tand...
