CMC to Host a Fashion Retrospective
The California Market Center will host “110 Years of Fashion/110 East Ninth Street: A Fashion Retrospective.” ...
Lenzing Introduces New Viscose for Cool Weather
Lenzing, the Austrian cellulose fiber manufacturer, has teamed up to market a German company’s product that makes clothes and underwear warmer to wear....
Derelicte Showroom to Anchor CMC's Area 4
The California Market Center’s Area 4 wing of chic, contemporary fashion showrooms will debut in September, but on March 2 the CMC announced Derelicte Inc., a leading menswea...
Livity Opening Flagship Store
Eco-fashion is more than a marketing concept for Al Gore fans. It’s a business model to build a thriving fashion company, said Isaac Nichelson, founder of the eco-brand Livity Outernational. N...
Sourcing and Textile Resource Guide
The L.A. International Textile Show at the California Market Center is a one-stop resource for premier textiles, design and production resources. During the March 15–17 run, hundreds of resources from ...
Feds to Bolster IP Protection at Home and Abroad
The federal government is requesting input from manufacturers and designers on how best to protect intellectual-property rights so that counterfeiters can be apprehended in the United States and overs...
GlobalTex Returns for Third Run in L.A.
GlobalTex returned for a third edition in Los Angeles in a new hall at the Los Angeles Convention Center, where the textile and sourcing trade show drew representatives from both large and sm...
Taking Eco From Outdoor to Premium
A trip to South America more than 15 years ago turned Scott Leonard’s vacation into a vocation. ...
A/X Armani Exchange Debuts Concept Store
The youthful, street-oriented A/X Armani Exchange opened its first concept store on March 3 at 157 N. Robertson Blvd., the former site of Armani Casa, also owned by its pare...
Class Trade Show Catches Post-Las Vegas Business
For Jason Bates, the most lucrative business takes place at the last minute. ...
Sears SF
Sears Holdings Corp., the Hoffman Estates, Ill.–based retail giant, will open a 25,000-square-foot apparel office in San Francisco. The new space is located on Market Street in the historic Phelan Buil...
Apparel News Daily Reader
Back It Up in Boulee (Racked LA)Urban Outfitters to Launch Bridal Goods in 2010 (Refinery 29)Vince Moves to Denim Land (FabSugar)Wet Seal Sees First Monthly...
Plus-Sized Cintas
Cincinnati, Ohio–based uniform company Cintas Corp. launched a collection of plus-size apparel for sizes 16W to 32W. The collection of corporate-identity workplace apparel includes skirts, slacks and blazers. Cintas a...
Invista Wages Ad Campaign Against Trademark Abuse
Invista is launching an advertising campaign to protect its brand names from being copied after two Italian court rulings came down against importers of counterfeit goods bearing Invista-bran...
Trade Growth Could Lead to Shortage in Ships
Cargo container traffic on the Asia to West Coast route will see modest growth this year after seeing a 16 percent drop last year, but whether there will be enough ships to handle all that cargo in a ...
