L.A. Fashion Week Spring 2011: Fashion Minga

Fashion for everybody could be the slogan for Fashion Minga. The independent fashion event debuted in 2009 as a place where VIPs and fashion fans could see emerging designers for free—they jus...

L.A. Fashion Week Spring 2011: Valerj Pobega

Valerj Pobega’s designs have been recognized by Gen Art and are carried in top boutiques such as Church and TenOverSix. This season, the designer...

L.A. Fashion Week Spring 2011: Kelly Nishimoto

Kelly Nishimoto celebrated five years in the fashion biz with a

Truck-Driver Program Off Again at Port

A wrench has been thrown into the Port of Los Angeles’ plans to require that only employee truck drivers, and not independent operators, pick up cargo at the docks....

New Execs for New Titles at Jones

New York–based The Jones Group named Rodney Hutton as chief merchandising officer of Anne Klein Brands and Daniela Bocresio...

Frederick's of Hollywood Sells Manufacturing Division

For some time now, Frederick’s of Hollywood, known for its racy lingerie, has been transforming itself from a vertical operation to a retailer and brand name....

L.A. Fashion Week Spring 2011: CFDA Vogue Fashion Fund

Intermittent rain scuttled plans for an outdoor runway, but, still, actresses, stylists and fashion insiders packed into an upstairs room at the Chateau Marmont in Hollywood...

L.A. Fashion Week: Lauren Elaine

Designer Lauren Elaine showed her

L.A. Fashion Week Spring 2011: Jen Awad

“Dolls After Dark” was the theme for

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Store Gazing – Bold Colors And Gothic Looks At Ige, Known And Mister Freedom (Mondette)Boy Crazy: The Best-Dressed Dudes In L.A. (Refinery29)A Little Bird Told Me:...

L.A. Fashion Week Spring 2011: Fremont

Fremont designer Devin Carlson found inspiration during his five trips to India in the last year, and world-traveler aesthetic was...

Domestic Production Brings Challenges for Ogle

“Every week I get phone calls from people we’ve worked with at [local] dye houses and contractors. They’re cutting their staff, they’re cutting their hours, they’re closing their doors,...

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What To Expect Before Christmas At Santa Monica Place (Racked LA)House tour of designer Anthony Franco’s Silver Lake home (Apartment...

Puma and Hit + Run Party Tonight

Puma Social Club, Puma' pop-up shop at the Sunset Tower Hotel in West Hollywood, is closing tonight with a big bang. Puma and Hit + Run, purveyors of cool custom screen-printed T-shirts, are pairing up for a closing party. Should be....

L.A. Fashion Week Spring 2011: XR Collection by Richard Bowman and Xavier Othon

Among the many surprises of Los Angeles Fashion Week is this: The Sephora store at the Hollywood & Highland shopping complex in Hollywood makes a great runway space. Th...