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The Desktop Revolution: How xTool is Democratizing Industrial-Grade Apparel Printing
| May 1, 2026
In the traditional apparel manufacturing landscape, the bridge between a creative concept and a finished garment has long been guarded by high entry barriers, complex industrial workflows, and prohibitive costs. However, a seismic shift is occurring. xTool, which has rapidly ascended to become the world’s second-largest DTF (Direct-to-Film) brand by GMV, is dismantling these barriers.
Citizens of Humanity Partners Break Up
After starting two denim companies together, Michael Glasser and Jerome Dahan have ended their partnership at Citizens of Humanity, a high-end blue jeans line founded last year....
Waldman Joins L.A. Intimates
Kellwood Co. Vice President of Operations Don Waldman has been promoted to president of the L.A. Intimates Group, one of the brands in the St. Louis–based company’s intimate apparel division....
More Showrooms for San Pedro Wholesalers
The area known as The Intersection in Los Angeles— where the California Market Center, The New Mart, the Cooper Design Space and the Gerry Building meet—has...
K2 Relocates HQ
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True Religion Denim Settles With Contractor
True religion Apparel Inc., a Los Angeles company that makes True Religion Brand Jeans, announced on Sept. 21 that it settled a lawsuit with its contractor, The Indigo Group USA Inc. True R...
Local Manufacturers to Urge Extension of TPL
A group of U.S. manufacturers are planning to meet on Sept. 29 in Mexico City in an attempt to reinstate a tariff preference program under the North American Free Trade Agreement....
Southern California Ports Struggle With Boost in Wal-Mart Freight
The Holiday shipping season is turning into a lesson in patience....
CFA Seminar Covers 'Tariff Engineering'
Apparel quotas may be going away in 2005, but tariffs and duties will still be around....
Credible Contemporary
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Dirtbag Clothing Aims at Music Industry
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NuBra Maker Sues N.Y. Innerwear Co.
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World of Fashion Design Has New Challenges
Los Angeles fashion school graduates are facing a new set of challenges thanks to growing global competition and the bright spotlight currently on the city’s fashion scene....
Court Rules That Seven for All Mankind Owes Former Partners More Than $55 Million
Los Angeles manufacturer Peter Koral, maker of the high-end blue jeans label Seven for All Mankind, is weighing his options after a court ruled he must pay his former partners $55.5 ...
Goldschmied Remains in L.A., Plans to Launch Sportswear, Denim Line
Italian denim designer Adriano Goldschmied, who recently left denim maker Koos Manufacturing Inc. in Los Angeles, plans to launch his own line of sportswear and denim for the Fall 2005 season...
Los Angeles Becoming a Mecca for Premium Denim Makers
When Chris Gilbert was casting about for top-notch sewing facilities to shape his high-end blue jeans, the president of Paper Denim & Cloth in New York decided the East Coast would not be...
