Party Crawl on Melrose for Fashion's Night Out
One of L.A.’s premier shopping districts—Melrose Ave.—had a definite party atmosphere last night at Fashion’s Night Out Los Angeles. From Fairfax stretching...
Doneger's Blain Starts New Contemporary Lines
After five years at trend forecaster The Doneger Group, Janine Blain has left as the company’s vice president/general merchandise manager to start two contemporary women’s lines....
Livity Announces More Stores
Livity Founder Isaac NichelsonLivity Outernational is going international. Just five months after the grand opening of Livity’s 1,800-square-foot flagship store on 2401 Lincoln Blvd. in Santa Monica, Isaac...
Wet Seal Buyback
The board of directors of Foothill Ranch, Calif.–based The Wet Seal Inc. authorized a stock-repurchase program of up to $25 million. The program represents about 7.7 percent of the company’s total marke...
Forever 21 v. Express Decision Illustrates Copyright, Trade Dress Challenges
A recently concluded dispute between retailers Forever 21 and Express illustrated the challenges of copyright and trade-dress claims. ...
Class Trade Show Returns With New Exhibitor Mix
Class, the boutique menswear-centric contemporary trade show, rounded out the Spring 2011 trade show season. Held Sept. 1–2 at the Santa Monica Civic Center...
3rd & Army: Colorfast's Answer to Street
Colorfast’s exhaustive selection of T-shirts, sweaters and sweatpants in a rainbow of colors goes on rack after rack at its office in Los Angeles. Colorfast doesn’t miss a T-shirt trend and off...
Bankrupt Rock & Republic Pursued by Landlords
Rock & Republic, the Los Angeles premium-denim house in financial hot water, faces an important court date next month to ease its climb out of bankruptcy. ...
Hollywood Readies for Its Retail Close-Up
Nina Garduno, an influential former buyer for Fred Segal, opened her latest boutique FREECITYsupershopsupermat, in Hollywood, on Sept. 7, a signal that the once-tough neighborhood mi...
Settlement in L.A. 'Sweatshop' Suit
Garment contractor Seventeen Inc., formerly dba Q&I Inc., has settled a lawsuit brought against it by Los Angeles City Attorney Carmen Trutanich’s office for allegedly failing to ...
MartinMartin Label Debuts First Store
Los Angeles independent fashion brand MartinMartin has been a frequent fixture on the runways of Los Angeles Fashion Week. On Sept. 10, MartinMartin sets up something of a p...
O'Neill Launches Headphone Collaboration
This month, O’Neill debuts a new line of headphones in collaboration with Netherlands-based Royal Philips Electronics. The four-style collection was designed with the hard-wearing act...
Robert Graham Debuts Venice Flagship Store
The Robert Graham label built an international business on colorful, detailed men’s shirting, and when its first flagship debuts in Los Angeles on Sept. 10, the New York–based brand is guarante...
Tailor Goes Beyond Bespoke
After more than 20 years making bespoke suits for A-listers, veteran tailor David August Heil gave himself a proverbial look in the mirror and thought, “If I could do this business again, what ...
Moore in at Reef
VF Corp., owner of the Carlsbad, Calif.–based Reef brand of surf sandals and swimwear, went in-house with its pick for a new president. In July, Jim Gerson, Reef’s president, stepped...
