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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Waterwear 2011 1 Sol Swimwear: Finding Your Inner Soul
The contemporary woman is the focus of 1 Sol Swimwear, which launched in September 2010 with the idea of making stylish suits designed and sewn in Southern California...
Xmas 2010 Apparel Retail Sales Report
Call it a Christmas comeback....
New Employment Laws Shape the 2011 Workplace
The beginning of the year brings its usual flurry of new state and federal laws that govern the workplace and apparel manufacturing....
Promotions at Aeropostale
New York–based retail chain Aeropostale Inc. named three new management appointments. The company’s president, Michael J. Cunningham, will expand his responsibilities to include planning and allocation, constru...
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...
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....
2010 In Memoriam
California Apparel News remembers those in the fashion world who died in 2010....
