ASD Show Specializes in Immediate Items

LAS VEGAS—ASD—the long-running business-to-business trade show that sells general merchandise including souvenirs and novelties, makeup, affordable fashion accessories, jewelry, electronics, sporting ...

Something for Everyone in This Contemporary Collection

For the kickoff of Los Angeles Fashion Market, the California Market Center on Aug. 9 presented a “Contempo...

Forever 21 x Brian Lichtenberg Celebrate Collab With Rooftop Bash

For its first designer collaboration, fast-fashion retailer Forever 21 partnered up with L.A. designer Brian Lichtenberg for a collection of tees and tanks. To celebrate the launch, the collaborators threw a rooftop soiree at the Beverly...

Designer Launch Pad Takes Off

Up-and-coming brands took to the runway during one of three fashion shows held during Los Angeles Fashion Market at the California Market Center....

Eva Varro, Johnny Was Debut at Santa Monica Place

Most of the tenants for the new Santa Monica Place mall are well-known vertical brands, such as 7 For All Mankind, True Religion, Nike, Ed Hardy,...

MyBestFit's Tech Flies From Airport to Dressing Room

The same technology used in airport-security screening is being used to help consumers find the perfect-fitting pair of jeans....

Assisting Apparel Companies Behind the Scenes

Rob Greenspan spent 30 years with accounting firm Moss Adams, working with some of the best-known brands in California’s apparel business. ...

Sundek Returns to the West

Surf brand Sundek is back in California after years away from its West Coast roots. ...

Help for Haiti Apparel Center

On Aug. 11, a new training center opened in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, where more than 2,000 workers will be trained each year. The Ha...

Donna Mizani: Risk and the Little Black Dress

The little black dress is a staple of every fashionable woman’s closet, but new fashion designer Donna Mizani thought she’d take a few risks with it....

Perry Ellis’ Gulf Initiative

Miami-based Perry Ellis launched Project Beach, a fashion-focused initiative to raise awareness and funds for the Gulf of Mexico o...

REI Moves

Seattle-based outdoor apparel and gear retail co-op REI will open a new store in Santa Barbara and move its current store in Santa...

James Perse's New Hollywood Shop

James Perse's Hollywood store debuted the weekend of Aug. 14.The gritty corner of North Highland Avenue and Santa Monica Boulevard in Los Angeles’ Hollywood section is just beginning to revitalize. However, high-quality...

LiAM: Beautiful People's Answer to Cashmere

Veteran Los Angeles contemporary knits brand Beautiful People has expanded to include cashmere under its new line, LiAM. The collection consists of 12 unique bodies that mirror the o...

Action, Surf & Sport Resource Guide

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