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
Connell Finds Bliss
Bay Bliss Inc., a moderate resortwear maker in Sausalito, Calif., has hired Mary Margaret Connell as national sales and marketing manager. In the new position, Connell will report to Natalia ...
Carole Little Rolls Out New Lines, New Direction
Carole Little is getting back into the brand game with the launch of a new apparel company. Her reemergence in the fashion industry comes after a detour that separated the designer from her eponymous ...
Customs Misses Deadline for New Rules
The government has delayed issuing new customs regulations for shipping cargo by train, planes and trucks. The rules were supposed to have been issued by Oct. 1....
Apparel Makers Prepare for Post-2005 Sourcing
MIAMI BEACH, Fla.—Make no bones about it: China is the sleeping giant that will likely be filling most of the orders placed by American clothing makers and retailers when import quotas for textiles and...
Moves at Zinc
Junior contemporary line Zinc is expanding....
Industry Focus: Buying Offices
Fueled by frequent-flyer miles and information gleaned from trend reconnaissance, buying offices are at once fashion psychics, publishing houses and devout capitalists poised to exploit the latest tre...
Self Esteem Goes Vintage, Doubles Showroom Space
Los Angeles–based junior apparel maker Self Esteem has signed several licensing deals to use the vintage toy and candy brands Du...
LAEDC Report Targets quot;At Riskquot; Companies in County's Apparel Sector
Despite considerable challenges such as the workers’ compensation crisis, minimum-wage hikes and rising property taxes, the majority of Los Angeles businesses are remaining in the area, and some are ev...
Business Blueprint
How to succeed in business—specifically the apparel business—was the topic of an allday seminar series hosted by apparel training nonprofit organization Stit...
Creditors Petition for Surf & Turf's Bankruptcy
Three unsecured creditors of Surf & Turf of California Inc., owed more than $500,000, filed an involuntary bankruptcy petition against the apparel manufacturer on Sept. 17....
Nike Inc. to Pay $1.5 Million to Settle Free-Speech Case
Athletic giant Nike Inc. has agreed to pay $1.5 million to settle a case that challenged the boundaries between commercial speech and free speech....
Goldman Joins Major
Michael Goldman has joined Los Angeles–based textile company Major Textile Imports Inc. as vice president of sales....
Payback Time for Chorus Line
Almost two years after it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, Chorus Line Corp. is preparing to pay unsecured creditors 10 percent to 20 percent of their original claims or $2 million to $3 mill...
Hanover Group Set for So. Cal.
The Hanover Group Inc., which advises companies that want to do business with Africa, will relocate from San Francisco to Los Angeles on Nov. 1....
Gold Sells Black Chandelier to Nexia
Conceptual fashion designer Jared Gold announced this week he is negotiating the sale of his apparel company, Black Chandelier Inc. (BCI), to Salt Lake City–based di...
