Faith & Magic at Nordstrom

Faith Evans at Magic Johnson Foundation Nordstrom event. Photo credit Felix Salzman/LookBookLAWith RB vocalist Faith Evans singing, with philanthropic power couple Magic and Cookie Johnson presiding, the Nordstrom at The Grove retail center...

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Demi, Halle, and Claire Go Glam For the Costume Designers Guild Awards — Who's Most Fab? (FabSugar)Weekend Shopping Style: 7 Looks We...

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Donna Karan collaborates with an indigenous artist as part of 'Nomad Two Worlds' art exhibit (Los Angeles Times' All the Rage)Tom Ford gets personal (Los...

Apparel Makers Optimistic After Las Vegas Trade Shows

LAS VEGAS—The aisles were crowded as were the booths, where reps were running through collections and buyers wrote orders—but still, the reviews were mixed for the recent round of trade shows in Las Veg...

Macy’s Next Designer

Milan-born Kinder Aggugini describes his style as Sid Vicious meets Coco Chanel. His reacute;sumeacute; lists gigs with Calvin Kle...

Betsey#039;s Pink Patch

At New York Fashion Week, the fun and unconventional designer Betsey Johnson announced the debut of Betsey Johnson Pink Patch, her...

Free Trade, Sourcing and Cotton on Agenda at USA-ITA

Cotton production in the United States should rise by 5 percent later this year and by 9.8 percent in China. But whether that and an overall 6 percent bump in the world cotton crop will put a lid on s...

Betsey’s Pink Patch

At New York Fashion Week, the fun and unconventional designer Betsey Johnson announced the debut of Betsey Johnson Pink Patch, her...

Macy#039;s Next Designer

Milan-born Kinder Aggugini describes his style as Sid Vicious meets Coco Chanel. His reacute;sumeacute; lists gigs with Calvin Kle...

Levi’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...

James Perse Jackets Recalled for Flammability

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is recalling 6,700 men’s and women’s jackets imported under the James Perse label....

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....

Lo-Fi Gets Extraordinary + Rough Roses

Kelly Cole at Kelly Cole Extraordinarium.Kelly Cole has been around the block and he is returning to boutique land.Fashion folks might know Cole for designing a belts line called Lo-Fi and for running a vintage concert T-shirt biz (want that Stones T-shirt...

The West Is Dead: Menswear With a Mission

Premium-denim menswear line The West Is Dead is more than West Coast–based. The West is its mission...

Local Economists See Slightly Sunnier View Ahead of Us

For once, people are saying something positive about the economy....