Project FAE Seeks to Unlock Post-Consumer Feedstocks for Textile-to-Textile Recycling
| April 27, 2026
Fashion for Good has launched Project FAE—Feedstock Activation Europe
Surf Group Moves Image Awards
The Surf Industry Manufacturers Association has announced a major venue change for its annual Image Awards, the awards ceremony that honors the top brands and retailers in the surf i...
Seven For All Mankind President Leaves for New Job
Topher Gaylord, president of premium-denim brand 7 For All Mankind for nearly 18 months, is leaving the Los Angeles company to take a new position with Mountain Hardwear Inc. ...
S.F. Co. Offers Sustainable Sourcing in Africa
Brands looking for organic, sustainable and fair-trade sourcing have a new option this month. Sustainable Global Sourcing, a new San Francisco–based social venture, has opened its first apparel factory in Liberia and...
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 ...
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...
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...
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 ...
Taking Eco From Outdoor to Premium
A trip to South America more than 15 years ago turned Scott Leonard’s vacation into a vocation. ...
Agave Adds Licensed Sweaters, Belts
Agave, the premium-denim brand that takes its inspiration from California, will debut a range of men’s fine-gauge and engineered knits for Fall 2010. Produced under a licensing agreement with Vancouver, Cana...
T-Notes Resource Guide
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IT 'Insourcing,' E-Tail Expansion at Kellwood
Kellwood Co.—one of the nation’s largest apparel suppliers and owner of brands such as Vince, David Meister, Sag Harbor and Koret—made a bold move last year when it embarked...
Reef Launches First Fair-Trade Project
Reef, the Carlsbad, Calif.–based sandal and swimwear maker, is taking its first steps into fair-trade footwear with the Ugandal, a women’s leather sandal made with paper beads...
LAEDC Report Indicates Measured Recovery for Economy, Apparel and Retail to Lag
The good news is the economy isn’t expected to get worse this year. The bad news is the economy isn’t expected to get much better....
Marc Jacobs Sues Ed Hardy
New York designer Marc Jacobs is taking Ed Hardy and a licensee to court over a purse the designer says resembles his own 3-year-old handbag creation....
Quiksilver Loses Latest Round Over Roxy Name
After eight years of battling Quiksilver Inc. in federal court, a small Los Angeles manufacturer has won the right to resume making clothes under its Roxywear label....
