Informa Markets Fashion Postpones August Trade Shows, Announces Provisional Fall Dates
Apparel-industry trade-show organizer Informa Markets Fashion announced that it would postpone the August edition of its biannual Las Vegas events.
Mossimo Giannulli Pleads Guilty in College Bribery Scam
Designer Mossimo Giannulli and his actor wife, Lori Loughlin, best known for playing Aunt Becky on the sitcom “Full House,” which ran from 1987 to 1992, agreed to plead guilty for their involvement in the Operation Varsity Blues college-admissions bribery scandal that dominated national news in 2019.
Cotton Heritage Distributes Masks and Groceries To Hundreds
Cotton Heritage, a manufacturer of blank T-shirts and fleece located in Commerce, Calif., produced an event May 17 where it donated its masks, as well as groceries, to hundreds of people at its headquarters.
LAFD Fights Fire at Fabric Building
The Los Angeles Fire Department fought a fire at a downtown Los Angeles building owned by textile wholesale Lavitex earlier this week.
BDC Launches COVID-19 Crisis Response Fund to Aid Underrepresented Designers
Founded to cultivate design talent in the industry by elevating black designers and apparel makers, the Black Design Collective announced last week the launch of its COVID-19 Crisis Response Fund.
Reynaldo Aquino Strives for Simplicity With Hoodie Scarves
Reynaldo Aquino started his Fortis Orbis Atelier menswear brand by making outerwear; mostly jackets and vests, with the inspiration of dystopian worlds from science fiction.
JustFab’s Recipe To Serve Shelter-in-Place Styles
Los Angeles-headquartered direct-to-consumer brand JustFab has made a business out of reading consumers’ moods and serving styles that hopefully will reflect the season.
Centric Brands Files For Bankruptcy, Marquee Retakes BCBG License
The latest company to be forced into bankruptcy due to the COVID-19 crisis is Centric Brands Inc., which owns labels such as Robert Graham, Hudson and Zac Posen. It also makes and sells products for more than 100 licensed brands such as Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger, Nautica and Under Armour.
Levi’s Celebrates 501 Day With a Virtual Concert and Exclusive Collabs
May 20 is 501 Day, or the 147th anniversary of a patent that started the denim world as we know it.
State Senate Committee Approves New Garment-Worker Wage-Theft Bill
Labor leaders received a boost on May 14 when SB 1399, the Garment Worker Protection Act, was approved by four out of five members of the California State Senate’s Committee on Labor, Public Employment and Retirement. Now, SB 1399 moves to the Senate Appropriations Committee, no hearing on the bill has been scheduled.
July Edition of Miami’s SwimShow Canceled
Amid the planning of cities and states reopening for business across the United States, only plans for interaction on a small scale, such as curbside pickup at retailers, crowd-size control and socially distanced dining, have been considered during this stage of the COVID-19 pandemic.
April Retail Sales Drop 16.4 Percent Due to COVID-19 Shutdowns
Retail sales in the United States for April dropped 16.4 percent compared to March. April sales declined 21.6 percent in a year-over-year comparison, according to numbers released by the U.S. Census Bureau.
South Coast Plaza Unveils Curbside Shopping Program
California retailers got the green light to offer curbside service last week, where shoppers can park in front of a store and pick up goods. South Coast Plaza recently unveiled a curbside-shopping operation for its 2.8 million-square-foot center in Costa Mesa, Calif.
Fashion Superstar Virgil Abloh Helps with A Hip-Hop Merch Project
Need to add some oomph to a music-merchandise project? Just add a fashion superstar who is associated with a music-merchandise project.
Venturing Into the Virtual-Trade-Show Space
Since the onset of the COVID-19 shutdowns, much of the globe’s businesses deemed nonessential have strategized to conduct meetings, engage in commerce and reach consumers in ways executives could never have imagined. While trade shows across industries have increased their digital platforms over the last few years to ease attendee navigation of event layouts and facilitate meetings between exhibitors and visitors, new event strategies have led the apparel segment to go virtual.
