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
Union Bay Parent Co. Buys Howe, Hause of Howe Eyes Global Expansion With Seattle Pacific Sale
Seattle Pacific Industries, Inc., makers of the Union Bay label, purchased contemporary menswear label Hause of Howe for an undisclosed sum in a deal announced Oct. 9. Now, the Hunt...
Cotton Inc. Sponsors FIDM's Chairing Styles
New York–based cotton industry group Cotton Inc. has signed on as a sponsor of the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising’s seventh-annual Chairing ...
Former President, COO Returns to St. John
Bruce Fetter, who joined luxury knits maker St. John in 1997 and resigned from his posts of president and chief operating officer in March 2005 is back....
Lucky Brand Sues Target
Vernon, Calif.–based Lucky Brand Dungarees filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Target Corporation and Maximum Exposure Inc. on Oct. 4 in New York’s feder...
Getting the Jump on Tech With FBI, AIMS
A second group of students received certification in AIMS’ software programs from the Fashion Business Inc. as part of a free training program for apparel industry workers....
Swimwear Company Settles Legal Battle
After two years of legal tussling and five volumes of court documents, Maxine Swim Group Inc., now operating as Manhattan Beachwear, has settled its case against pr...
Juniors Denim Labels Scout the Next Frontier: $100 Denim
After a couple of years of playing “how high can we go?” with premium-denim prices, denim makers are turning their attention to a new niche: girls who love the premium look but lack premium cash. Sudden...
Shapely Shadow Releases SizeUSA Forms
Shapely Shadow Inc. of Malibu, Calif., has debuted a new line of dress forms that incorporate 3-D sizing data from TC2’s national sizing survey. It will be sold under the Fit...
Kellwood Co. Acquires Contemporary Brand Vince
Vince, the Los Angeles contemporary sportswear brand, has been bought by Kellwood Co., a $2 billion manufacturer of branded and private-label apparel based in Chesterfield, Mo....
Calif. Container-Fee Bill Vetoed
Apparel importers were relieved that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed a containerfee bill that would have charged $60 for every 40-foot container going through the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach...
Sue Wong Plans to Hit 'Big Apple'
Los Angeles–based eveningwear designer Sue Wong has announced the opening of her first New York showroom and the addition of two new sales executives to her team....
Apparel and Textile Imports Grew Slightly in July
Apparel and textile imports grew by 4.8 percent in July—or by 207.5 million square meters equivalent (SME)—compared with July 2005, according to the Commerce Department’s Office of Textiles and Apparel....
Life and Death Joins Blue Holdings
When Philippe Naouri and Alexandre Caugant, designers of Antik Denim (a division of Blue Holdings), launched a line of knits earlier this year, they said the venture would be complet...
International Textile Merges With Auto Unit
Wilbur Ross’ textile empire continues to grow....
A New Solution for Local Manufacturing
Full-package production is a concept more prominent in Asia and Latin America, but a new company, La Fondamenta, is now offering it in downtown Los Angeles....
