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
Kellwood Menswear Names Jeffrey Stein VP
New York’s Kellwood Menswear, a division of the St. Louis, Mo.-based Kellwood Company, recently named Jeffrey Stein vice president of sales and merchandising, according to Bob Skinner...
Diesel Finds New L.A. Home
Diesel U.S.A., the ultra-hip denim retailer headquartered in Italy, has moved its sales office from New Mart showroom #901 to 662 Robertson Blvd. in West Hollywood....
Energy Crisis Claims Anaheim Mills Corp.
The energy crisis continues to take its toll on the apparel industry as Orange County textile dyer Anaheim Mills Corp. this week joined a growing list of dye houses that have been forced to s...
DuPont Renames Non-Woven Division
The Wilmington, Del., fiber and chemical manufacturer has renamed its recently launched apparel non-woven division Neotis Studio. The company found that the previous name, Inova, was...
Fossil and Paul Frank Sign License Agreement for Paul Frank Watches
Richardson, Texas-based Fossil Inc. and Paul Frank Industries announced they have signed a worldwide license agreement granting Fossil the exclusive rights to manufacture, market and...
GMAC Levies $40 Million Suit Against Chorus Line, Levine Leichtman
GMAC Commercial Credit, LLC, filed suit last month against Levine Leichtman Capital Partners (LLCP), claiming that the private equity partnership defrauded GMAC on a $40 mil...
John Paul Richard Inc. and Indigenous Group Merge
After three months of negotiations, Calabasas, Calif.-based John Paul Richard Inc. has merged with Indigenous Group, maker of the Josephine Loka, ...
Cal Mart Names New Marketing Exec
The California Mart has hired Trish Moreno as executive marketing director. Moreno is an industry veteran who served as a consultant for Los Angeles-based contempor...
DuPont Launches Low Heatset Lycra, Non-Woven Division
Wilmington, Del.-based fiber and chemical company DuPont has launched a new version of Lycra with a lower heatset temperature for use in blends with fibers such as cotton, wool, Tenc...
Azteca Taps Lubells for New Denim Line Hippie Jeans
Designers Kim and Jeffrey Lubell are getting ready to launch a new contemporary designerwear collection, Hippie Jeans, in a partnership deal with private label manufacturer Azteca Pr...
Fashion Industry Joins Forces for Community Job Fair
Los Angeles’ downtown apparel businesses and community associations are joining forces this month to plan a job fair at the California Mart. The group is called the Los Angeles Connec...
YMLA Cancels Merger with Pacific Coast
Los Angeles-based young men’s apparel company YMLA has cancelled its plans to merge with San Francisco-based Pacific Coast Apparel Company as of May 2, 2001....
Former Renee Strauss Employee Demands Overtime Pay
Ana Celia Romauldo, a former employee of Renee Strauss for the Bride in Beverly Hills, Calif., held a press conference May 2 to call public attention to the celebrity bridal shop’s refusal to ...
Earl Jean Joins Nautica Enterprises
Nautica Enterprises Inc. announced this week that an agreement has been met to acquire Los Angeles-based Earl Jean Inc., a privately held, rapidly growing designer, manufacturer, wholesaler ...
SPELA Resources See Softer Side of L.A.
Apparel technology resources returned to Los Angeles for the bi-annual Sewn Products Expo (SPELA) last week to find that the local garment industry is eyeing new technologies at a cautious pa...
