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Hyosung Names New Marketing Director, New U.S-Based Executives
Textiles
New execs at Hyosung in U.S. offices.
Year in Review: The Year in Trade Shows
Trade Shows
For San Juan Capistrano, Calif.–based trade-show producer Emerald Expositions, 2017 was an eventful year.
2017 Newsmaker: Gerber Technology Brings Ideation Conference to LA
Technology
Gerber Technology has been hosting its user conference in various cities around the country since 1998, but this was the first year the Tolland, Conn.–based maker of apparel equipment and software brought the event to California.
2017 Newsmaker: DSTLD Commits to Crowd-Funding and Pop-Up Shops
Retail
Los Angeles–based direct-to-consumer label DSTLD is continuing its brand-building efforts by rolling out a series of pop-up shops across Southern California.
2017 Newsmaker: Ilse Metchek, California Fashion Association
Manufacturing
Looking for apparel industry statistics? Call Ilse. Business intelligence? Call Ilse. Advice about the impact of upcoming legislation on apparel manufacturing or trends in domestic versus offshore production? Call Ilse.
Artistic Milliners Introduces Sustainable Indigo Dye Process
Textiles
A dirty secret of the denim business is the amount of water, chemicals and energy it takes to get that classic indigo blue. Pakistan denim mill Artistic Milliners hopes to change that with Crystal Clear, a newly introduced process that the company is calling “the cleanest indigo dyeing process.”
Cone, Lenzing and Unifi Partner for Future Black + Denim With Recycled Materials
Black Recycled Denim
Fiber makers Lenzing and Unifi have teamed up with fabric mill Cone Denim to introduce Future Black+, a denim made with Unifi’s recycled Repreve fibers andLenzing Modal.
U.S. T-Shirt Factory Receives GOTS Certification
Manufacturing
Sundog Productions, a 25-year-old apparel manufacturer in Fairfax, Va., recently was certified as a fully integrated GOTS factory by the Global Organic Textile Standard.
CMC Shifts to Three-Day Market
Trade Shows
Starting in 2018, the California Market Center will shift its Los Angeles Fashion Market schedule to a three-day format.
Farewell, Fashion Police!
After more than two decades, E! television’s “Fashion Police” aired its final episode on Nov. 27 at 8 p.m.
