Livity Remodels Its Eco Style
New exterior for Livity Outernational flagshipReady for the eco-Home Depot? The organic Urban Outfitters? That’s how Isaac Nichelson describes the remodeled Livity Outernational flagship store which took a bow Nov. 5 at 2401 Lincoln Blvd. in Santa Monica....
Return of The Limited
Limited CEO Linda Heasley, standing, speaks at debut of Glendale Galleria shop. Seated from left are stylist Jeannie Mai,author Nicole Williams and Elliot Staples, Limited's design chief.After a 14-year hiatus, The Limited-brand opened a store at Glendale Galleria retail center in Glendale, Calif.A grand opening fete was held Nov. 9...
Ice Palace Takes Beverly Center
Beverly Center's Ice PalaceThe Royal/T restaurant and gallery will feature pop-up shop devoted to the movie Tron on Dec. 19, but BeverlyCenter has taken the lead to win the game of movie promotion one-upmanship.On Friday, the Los...
Jobs Forecast Shows Improvement in California
Things are looking up for more jobs in California....
Otis Announces Mentors & Debuts 27 Years of Fashion Online
photo courtesy of Otis.eduOtis College of Art and Design is known for its fabulous year-end fashion shows. And next years seems to be shaping up to be equally as fabulous. Otis has just announced that Cynthia Rowley, KaufmanFranco and...
Stylish Debut for Beverly Hills Fashion Festival
Beverly Hills Fashion Festival kicked off yesterday with a series of runway shows and pop-up shops that drew a fashionable crowd.Organized by Leanna Lewis and Barbara Graff, the event featured runway shows by Elie Tahari, Teresa Rosati and...
Here's the pitch: Judy Jetson meets 'Tron'
MIT's Gravity Loading Countermeasure Skinsuit, photo from Popular ScienceResearchers at MIT are working on a new spacesuit that will help astronauts stave off bone loss during the prolonged exposure to zero gravity during long space flights. The suits are engineered...
The Future of Vernon, Calif., Under Renewed Scrutiny, Businesses Wary
On the heels of the Bell, Calif., salary scandal, neighboring Vernon has found itself a target of investigations and demands from local politicians that the small Los Angeles County city be disbanded....
ASR, We Hardly Knew You
When news broke this week that ASR would be shuttering its doors, we were super bummed. The show, part trade show, part party circuit, was an industry mainstay. It used to feel like the beating heart of the...
Pop-Up Tron Shop
Glendale-based Disney Consumer Products will kick off the Dec. 17 opening of its “Tron: Legacy” film with a pop-up s...
San Francisco's Fillmore Uneasy About New Stores
San Francisco’s retail neighborhoods have a reputation for keeping the big brands out....
Texas Gets Torrid
City of Industry–based Hot Topic will open a new Torrid store for plus-size juniors at The Centre at Preston Ridge in Frisco, Texas. The store will carry Torrid private-label apparel, as well as Source of Wisdom, Frag...
Revolution At Banana Republic
Crowds at South Coast Plaza's Banana Republic Revolution storeAn estimated crowd of 800 shoppers stormed South Coast Plaza’s Banana Republic Nov. 4 to see its new Revolution concept store.The two-story emporium was the site of Banana Republic’s “After...
ASR Bows Out, Action-Sports Brands Look for New Strategy
The Action Sports Retailer Trade Expo, the biannual trade show for the surf and skate business, on Nov. 3 confirmed reports that it has canceled all future events. The news, according to sources, was...
Gilt, CFDA Party in Hollywood
Martine Assouline, Cameron Silver and Mimi CrumeThe CFDA, Gilt Group's Gilt Home and Assouline, publisher of the new book "American Fashion Designers at Home" by Rima Suqi, threw a fabulous party Nov. 4 at Palihouse in West...
