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
Tarrant Workers Want to Unionize
More than 700 garment workers are trying to organize their own union at one of Tarrant Apparel Group’s Mexican factories that sews blue jeans for such reta...
Vans Reissues Plat Shoe, Adds Gloss
Joining the wave of manufacturers trying to lasso in the teengirl market, Vans Inc. announced it is bringing back a shoe style that was popular in the 1990s. The Vans...
Double Dutch
Von Dutch owners in bitter dispute over hipster brand ...
S.F. Workers Stage Labor Day Rally
About 100 factory workers gathered near San Francisco’s Chinatown on Sept. 1 to show their support for Proposition L. The initiative, which will appear on the Nov. 4 ballot, proposes to increase the mi...
Expo for Fashion Start-Ups Planned
The BADExpo Fashion Conference, created to “focus aspiring designers on the business of fashion,” is scheduled for Sept. 12–13 at the Flatotel in New ...
Paragon Becomes Porini USA in Distribution Deal
Westlake Village, Calif.–based Paragon Business Systems Inc., which provides business management solutions to the apparel industry, has officially become the America...
Red Tiger Trading Looks to Launch Indie Contemporary Labels
Lucky Brand Dungarees founders Gene Montesano and Barry Perlman and Chief Financial Officer Trent Merrill are experts in building a contemporary denim niche brand. They care...
Safer Acquires Hampton Printing Co.
Newark, N.J.–based Safer Textiles has acquired the assets of Johnson City, Tenn.–based Hampton Transfer Prints Inc. from Flynt Fabrics Inc., which filed for bankruptc...
Dallas Group Finds an Alternative to World Trade Center
A group of Dallas-based showroom owners have struck a deal with real estate developer Brook Partners Inc. to establish 100,000 square feet of showroom and office space at the firm’s Southwest...
Tarrant in Deal to Lease Its Mexico Operations
Los Angeles-based private label manufacturer Tarrant Apparel Group, which produces blue jeans for The Limited, The Express and J.C. Penney Co, wants someone else to...
ARC Expands in Gardena
American Recycled Clothing LLC is moving to a new facility in Gardena, Calif....
Cal Poly Students Find an Ally in American Apparel
Fashion students rarely get a grasp of the “real world” of apparel production until they graduate and get jobs, but Los Angeles manufacturer American ...
Hot Kiss Heads to China
Los Angeles–based junior apparel maker Hot Kiss Inc. has signed a long-term licensing agreement with Zhejiang Xuege Fashion Co. Ltd., the retail arm of one of China’s largest ...
New L.A. Distributor for Dirtbag Clothing
San Francisco–based Dirtbag Clothing Inc. has struck a deal with Los Angeles–based Black Market Jewelry to distribute Dirtbag’s contemporary T-shirts, hats and other sportswear throughout Black Market’s...
Sweater Company Expands to New Digs
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