MANUFACTURING
The Future of Apparel Manufacturing Is Already Here
| September 2, 2026
How ISAIC and TUKATECH are Building a Blueprint for Workforce Development, Demand Manufacturing, and Domestic Production
Tarrant Closes Mexican Facility
After a string of layoffs and closures at other facilities, Los Angeles–based Tarrant Apparel Group is closing its plant in Ajalpan, Mexico....
Menswear's New Concept: Contemporary
After years of steady sales of contemporary women’s apparel, men are getting in on the action...
Top Cos. to Present at AAFA Summit
Representatives of Nike Inc., the Authentic Fitness Corp., Li & Fung USA, the J. Jill Group and American Textile wi...
American Apparel's Healthy Business
Los Angeles–based blank T-shirt maker American Apparel is encouraging its 1,300 employees to be healthier while they work to be wealthier....
Grupo Aviara to License Cherokee Brand
Cherokee Inc. is heading south of the border....
Griffith Joins CMC Leasing Staff
The California Market Center in Los Angeles has hired Megan Griffith as director of leasing, fashion. Griffith will head up leasing for the women’s contemporary category, as well as for the sw...
CMC to Open quot;Street Couturequot; Section
The California Market Center in Los Angeles is opening a new section, dubbed “Street Couture,” for alternative and street clothing lines....
Hard Tail Launches Denim
Casual activewear maker Hard Tail is reentering the denim business with a new line of jeans, which bowed at the recent Intermezzo trade show in New York. The company, based in Santa Monica, ...
CMC's New Look for the 'New' Misses
The misses category at the California Market Center in Los Angeles is getting a new look....
Site-seeing in 2004
The California Apparel News’ Web site,
Isenberg, Sides to Open Street-Level Showroom
Two major showrooms are hitting the street in downtown Los Angeles’ Fashion District....
Mossimo Acquires Modern Amusement
Mossimo Giannulli is getting back to his Orange County roots....
Agenda and Alternative Brands Move Into CMC
Agenda—a trade show for alternative fashion, music and art—has signed on to stage shows during the April and October market weeks at the California Market Center in Los Angeles. The show will...
Kim to Serve as President of ACAC
Industry veteran Sam Kim has been elected the 2004 president of the Apparel Contractors Alliance of California (ACAC), the umbrella association of the Amer...
Beach Patrol Weathers Storm Damage
Carson, Calif.–based swimwear manufacturer Beach Patrol Inc.—maker of Esprit Beach, L.E.I., Baja Blue, Jag and Rebel Beach—suspended its operations...
