Parfait by Affinitas
Since it was launched four years ago, City of Industry, Calif.–based Affinitas has been the answer to youthful and flirty lingerie for the boutique shopper on a budget. Starting with Fall 2010, Affinitas...
CIT Survey: Guarded Optimism For X-Mas
Retailers are feeling optimistic for the upcoming holiday season, said a CIT Group Inc. survey released recently....
The 10 Worst Things About the New Design Piracy Bill
Senate Bill 3728 was introduced on Aug. 5, 2010, by Sen. Charles Schumer (D–N.Y.). The stated purpose of the bill is to “protect those designs which are so original as to approach art rather tha...
Retail Analytics Promise to Tame Information Revolution
Today, retailers have more information than ever about their businesses, but making sense of the flood of information coming their way requires software tools to interpret the vast amounts of data gat...
Apparel to Haiti
In an effort to help Haiti recover from a devastating 7.0 earthquake earlier this year, U.S. Secretary of State Hilary Clinton sig...
Company Profile: Lavit Lingerie
The three sisters who founded Lavit lingerie in 2004 admitted they did not know “the first thing about intimate apparel.” The brand was launched as a project between Vivi Baril,...
RFID Market to Hit $6 Billion in 2011, Report Says
ABI Research, an Oyster Bay, N.Y.–based market-intelligence company specializing in emerging technology, released a report that the overall radio frequency identification (RFID) market—including asset ...
Protection for Fashion Design: How We Got There
Since early August, the U.S. apparel and footwear industry has been buzzing about legislation recently introduced by Sen. Charles Schumer (D–N.Y.)—with the support of the American Apparel & Footwea...
Design Piracy Law: Industry Voices
In August, lawmakers introduced a
Superdry Debuts West Coast Store
The British brand Superdry is on the move in the United States....
SIMA Boot Camp Focuses on New Media
Members of the Surf Industry Manufacturers Association gathered Sept. 22 at the Ocean Institute in Dana Point, Calif., to explore the opportunities and challenges of “new media”—...
Apparel News Daily Reader
Find Some New Fall Favorites with Popomomo (Racked LA)7 For All Mankind’s 'Trouser jean Happy Hour' (Los Angeles Times' All the Rage)But Would Jackie...
Via Luna: Designing the Details
Lucy Oganessian envisions that the Via Luna printed-mesh, leopard-print bodysuit she designed would be worn with a tailored blazer and pencil skirt. Another lacy bra connected to a high-waisted, microfiber g...
Businesses Prep for New Health Law
President Obama’s healthcare reform law took effect across America on Sept. 23, and in downtown Los Angeles, members of a speaking panel advised executives and human resources managers about how to nav...
Navigating the Challenges of EDI
More than 20 years ago, Electronic Data Interchange, better known as EDI, replaced the paper-pushing drudgery of delivering freight bills for major retailers....
