E-Tailers 80s Purple and Tobi Throw Down at Taco Tuesday
This Taco Tuesday isn’t your average...
Vessel Shortage to Turn Into Surplus Next Year
Retailers and apparel companies have been faced with a number of challenges this year to bring in merchandise on time for the holiday season....
Obituary: Former Apparel News Editor Michael Belluomo, 64
Michael Belluomo, former editor of the California Apparel News and former owner of Sportswear International, died unexpectedly of cancer on Sept. 10. He was 64....
Online Library Offers Access to Textile Design
A New York company opened a digital library of royalty-free, production-ready textile designs that can be edited and used to create custom fabric....
Backspace SF Closes
Veteran independent San Francisco boutique Backspace SF announced it was closing this week. “Boutiques are having a rough time now,” said Backspace owner Susan Jones. “People are saying,...
Oil Spill Fashion
The Nitro dress of Yotam Solomon's Oil Spill CollectionThe BP oil spill inspired a veritable industry of T-shirts protesting the disaster (remember the Spill, Baby Spill tee?) Los Angeles-based fashion designer Yotam...
Glendale Galleria Names New Senior G.M.
General Growth Properties named Chris Bilotto as the new senior general manager of the Glendale Galleria shopping center on Sept. 15....
O'Neill Announces Japanese Apparel Licensee
A new licensing deal will propel heritage surf brand O’Neill into Japan later this year....
K-Swiss' Accessories Deal
Los Angeles–based footwear brand K-Swiss has inked a deal with New York–based Active Energy, a division of Accessory Exchange, for an accessories collection under the K-Swiss brand. Active Energy will p...
Fluevog Debuts New Building
Canadian footwear designer John Fluevog opened a second San Francisco shop Sept. 16 at 253 Grant Ave. in the city’s Union Square district. Fluevog purchased the four-story building where the new bout...
A New Los Angeles Fashion Week Concept Is in the Works
A full-fledged Los Angeles Fashion Week in one big venue has been missing for two years now, but a small group of tenacious producers and organizers is working to resuscitate the concept in d...
Promotions at Joseph Abboud
New York–based JA Apparel Corp., maker of menswear under the Joseph Abboud brand, promoted Anthony R. Sapienza to chief executive officer, replacing Marty Staff, who left the company. Sapienza was previously president...
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NTD Lands Nest Egg
New York–based private-investment firm Nest Egg Management acquired a minority interest in NTD Apparel Inc., the Montreal...
Levi's Sandblast Ban Doesn't Make Waves in L.A. Production
Inside the behemoth American Dye House, a 60,000-foot facility in an industrial section of Los Angeles, dozens of workers are busy adding special treatments to some of the ...
