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ARGYLE Haus Supports Emerging Brands With Incubator Launch
By Dorothy Crouch, Contributing Writer | October 3, 2025
Los Angeles–headquartered design house and manufacturer ARGYLE Haus of Apparel has launched its Fashion Incubator as a program that provides comprehensive domestic planning, development, production and promotion for emerging brands.
LA Designer Michael Costello Expanding into Retail from His Downtown Post
The numbers tattooed on Michael Costello’s arm—12614—say it all. On Jan. 26, 2014, Beyoncé wore the designer’s white lacy and semitransparent gown to the Grammy Awards, and in just one night she pushed the former “Project Runway” contestant to the top of the celebrity-designer map.
BCBG Max Azria Receives Bid to Take It Out of Bankruptcy
Negotiations that started in May lead to a bid that will take the Los Angeles label out of bankruptcy.
Equestrian Designs Taps New Reps in the Mid-South, New England
Santa Barbara, Calif.–based Equestrian Designs has new representation in Texas and New England.
A New NAFTA Is Having a Ripple Effect in Los Angeles
With changes in the North American Free Trade Agreement in the wind, Los Angeles blue-jeans factories have been fielding more inquiries from denim labels thinking about switching production from Mexico to California.
Premium Denim Line Works With Skingraft Brand to Knock Homeless Crisis
Los Angeles County’s homeless crisis has skyrocketed in the past year, with 57,794 individuals counted as homeless by the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority. It’s an almost 23 percent increase over 2016.
St. John Knits Gives Pink Slips to More Than 100 Workers
In an effort to cut production costs, St. John Knits is laying off 130 workers effective on June 26.
Max Azria Named CEO of Bug-Zapping Light Company
More than one year after being forced out of his Los Angeles clothing company, Max Azria has been named chief executive of ZappLight and its parent company, Clean Concept.
FBI Moves Out of CMC
After nine years at the California Market Center, Fashion Business Inc., the educational nonprofit for start-up and growing fashion companies, is moving into a shared office space called CTRL Collective.
Max Azria Named CEO of Bug-Zapping Light Company
More than one year after leaving his Los Angeles clothing company, Max Azria has been named chief executive of ZappLight and its parent company, Clean Concept.
Funko Acquires So Cal–based Fashion Accessories Company Loungefly
Pop-culture consumer products company Funko LLC has acquired Loungefly, a Southern California–based contemporary fashion accessories company that produces products under licensed brands such as Disney, Marvel, Star Wars, Sanrio and Pokémon.
Leading the Los Angeles Fashion District in a New Era
Every day, seven tons of trash are collected in the Los Angeles Fashion District, up from six tons a day last year.
S.M.N. Plans To Offer the ‘Real’ Premium
S.M.N. Studio sells men’s denim that retails from $200 to $600, but the pricing is not a repeat of the go-go days of Los Angeles’ premium-denim business from a decade ago when denim labels typically asked consumers to pay hundreds of dollars for a pair of jeans, according to Jazmin Kim, cofounder of S.M.N.
The Leverage Makes Millions from Overlooked Market
During a time when conventional wisdom says that retailers are not making big merchandise orders, The Leverage fashion house reported making millions of dollars from an overlooked boutique market.
Key Industry Issues on the Agenda at AIMS360 Empowerment Conference
Don Nunnari first began working with True Religion when the premium-denim brand was in its infancy.
