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
Hard Tail's All-American Tale
Hard Tail owner Dick Cantrell is from an era that valued honesty, integrity and the American dream—a time, perhaps not so long ago, when business was done on a handshake and clients became old...
Dyers, Textile Firms Frustrated Over Energy Pricing
Despite the recent plunge of natural gas prices, most of the apparel industry’s beleaguered textile and dye-house owners will still be paying exorbitant prices while much of the region will be enjoying...
Team Tactics Launches Branded Line
Cerritos, Calif.-based Team Tactics, a private-label denim company, has launched its first branded line, called Level Ninety-Nine, bringing in Neal Gaydos, formerly...
Jolna, Azteca, Lubells Dispute Over Denim Lines
Sun Valley, Calif.-based Jolna Design Group has filed a lawsuit against former executives Jeffrey and Kimberly Lubell and private-label denim manufacturer Azteca Production Internati...
Harkham, Swat/Fame Form Joint Venture for Jonathan Martin Label
Uri Harkham, founder of Harkham Industries, which includes the Jonathan Martin and Hype labels, recently announced a joint venture with Swat/Fame for Jonathan Marti...
Cal Mart Considers New Options, Tenants
Visitors to the California Mart during the June 1–5 market week may have noticed several new additions to the building. These additions have been introduced under the leadership of Cal Mart’s n...
Plus Sizes: Upsized or Fashion-Forward?
Columbus, Ohio-based Lane Bryant entered the plus-size apparel market at the end of the nineteenth century, a time when women seeking mass-produced larger sizes had few options. Today, the pl...
Warnaco Files Voluntary Petition Under Chapter 11
Licensing heavyweight the Warnaco Group Inc. announced earlier this week it would voluntarily petition for protection under Chapter 11, citing an economic downturn, heavy competition and weak...
Industry Preps for Job Fair
California Mart and Dress For Success, a non-profit low-income job assistance program, recently presented the first installment of a tax-benefit seminar as part of LA Connec...
Private Label Company Lands J.Lo Denim Line
It doesn’t get much more high-profile than Jennifer Lopez, so it’s no wonder that Ron Mata and Omar Lee of Alhambra, Calif.-based Merries International, Inc. are ecstatic abou...
Junior Maker Tyte Shifts Production Offshore
Los Angeles-based junior apparel maker Tyte Manufacturing has moved the bulk of its production from the domestic market to Mexico and China in a move to increase their competitiveness in the ...
BCBG Halts Men's Line
Max Azria, founder, designer and president of the BCBG Max Azria label, announced last week he will shutter his menswear division before the Fall 2001 shipment. The Vernon, Calif.-based compa...
TALA Relaunches Expanded Web Site
The Textile Association of Los Angeles (TALA) has relaunched its Web site [
California Job Growth Slowing, but Momentum Good in First Quarter
Jack Kyser, chief economist at the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation (LAEDC) reports that while the growth of the California job market is slowing down, the economy is still...
Hot Kiss' Tsabags Honored by So Cal Counseling Center
Hot Kiss owner and president Moshe Tsabag and his wife, Gabrielle, were honored by the Southern California Counseling Center (SCCC) with the Wallis Annenberg Founders Award at the center...
