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Port Truckers Fight Back in Court

The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are expanding the reach of their Clean Trucks Program, but that isn’t stopping the American Trucking Associations from challenging certain aspects of it...

Resurrecting a Vintage Sale

Mark Haddawy and Katy RodriguezThe names on the racks are fashion classics: Chanel, Pucci, Christian Dior and Dolce Gabbana.The clothes at the Resurrection Los Angeles store at 8006 Melrose Ave. are vintage and a fashionistas...

Keith Richards, Fashion Designer

Keith Richards in a 1960s photoNo one will deny Rolling Stones’ Keith Richards was a great rock ’n’ roll guitarist. But did the iconic rocker neglect a career in fashion? In his stellar autobiography Life, which was published in late 2010, Richards talks...

Kick Off 2011 With Melrose Night

The powers of fashion and food trucks will combine once again for Melrose Night—a new monthly event aimed to bring out shoppers and help revitalize the famed shopping....

Apparel News Daily Reader

George Esquivel makes swanky bowling shoes for Spare Room, the brand new game lounge at the Roosevelt Hotel (Style Section L.A.'s The Spiel blog)Watch the Tom...

Apparel News Daily Reader

Labels – Them Atelier’s Innovative, Artistic Approach (Mondette)Jewelry Spotlight: Ninoosh (Style Section L.A.)Fashion Face-Off 2010: Lady Gaga vs. Katy...

No Jeans for Johnny & Angelina

The Atypical Tourist: Johnny Depp and the cast of The Tourist eschewed typical tourist uniforms in the film.There’s a romance in travel, but there’s nothing sexy about tourism. Take a trip to any tourist hot spot; think New York’s Times Square, Disneyland, Las Vegas Strip, and you’ll see...

Rodarte Exhibit Comes West

Black Swan's Natalie Portman and Laura Mulleavy on setMark your calendars, kids! The Mulleavy sisters will be presenting their first solo West Coast exhibit come March. Rodarte:State of Matters will show from March 4...

Vans Makes a Play for Consumer Awareness With Retail Store Collab

Communicating directly with consumers has been a growing focus for many action-sports brands. Social media, online stores, websites, blogs and contests have been universally...

Waterwear 2011: Balancing Act

Swimwear brands continue to evolve sourcing strategies to find the right balance between domestic and offshore production....

Apparel News Daily Reader

Street fashion: Rainy day wardrobes (Los Angeles Times Image)Norwegian Designers Ban Fur From Oslo Fashion Week (Styleite)Olivia Palermo Will Launch Her Own...

Nordstrom Strikes Deal With Peek...Aren't You Curious

Seattle-based specialty retailer Nordstrom Inc. struck a deal with San Francisco–based children’s apparel maker and retailer Peekhellip;Aren’t You Curious. Nordstrom took a minority stake in the 4-year-old compa...

Get Ready...It's Almost Time for the Art of Motion Picture Costume Design Exhibition

Oscar winning costumes for 2010 designed by Sandy Powell for "The Young Victoria." With the box office race heating up over the holidays and the Golden Globes just around the corner, the stage is set in Hollywood for a glamorous award season....

Laguna Beach, Calif., Businesses Reopen After Xmas Floods

Floods and mudslides on the night of Dec. 22 and the early morning of Dec. 23 destroyed Christmas business for many retailers in the exclusive beachside town of Laguna Beach, Calif., located more than...