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....
Local Economists See Slightly Sunnier View Ahead of Us
For once, people are saying something positive about the economy....
Apparel News Daily Reader
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...
Class Moves to a New Time and Place
Class Trade Show makes its Hollywood debut....
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...
Spending Up
The economy seems uncertain, but American consumers are increasingly opening up their wallets with discretionary spending, accordi...
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...
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...
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...
Guess Takes on Big Apple
Guess? Inc. is living large in its New York flagship store, which debuted Feb. 17. ...
Olah to Market Two Cotton Brands
Olah Inc., the New York–based global textile and apparel development and marketing firm and producer of the Kingpins denim sourcing trade show, has signed a...
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...
Sears Chairman Buys Stake in Gap
Edward Lampert, the investor best known for merging Kmart Corp. in 2005 with Sears Roebuck Co. and now its chairman, announced he and his affiliated investment firms have ac...
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...
