Kingpins Amsterdam Encompasses the Denim Industry From Fiber and Fabric to Design Development and Finishing
Denim in Amsterdam
Now in its second year in Amsterdam, Kingpins organizers have determined a few keys to success in running the boutique denim-sourcing trade show.
The Ins and Outs of Brand Building With Licensing, Investment and Social Media
Manufacturing
Nearly 200 apparel-industry executives turned out to discuss brand-building strategies that ranged from social-media practices and licensing opportunities to gauging when to seek outside investment.
Indian Summer Tempers Buyers at Fashion Market Northern California
Trade Show
SAN MATEO, Calif.—Buyers were literally taking the temperature outside to see how much merchandise they needed as they visited the three-day Fashion Market Northern California show to browse Spring 2016 fashions.
Asher Fabrics Opens New Locations, Adds In-House Knitting
Asher Fabrics
Asher Fabric Concepts has a new home. The company recently moved into its newly renovated space at 950 S. Boyle Ave. in the Boyle Heights section of Los Angeles.
Designing a Cleaner Bikini
Textile Tech
Swimmers, surfers and other watersport enthusiasts tend to be good stewards of our oceans. Imagine if you could help clean the ocean just by diving in. That’s what engineers at the University of California, Riverside, have done with their new reusable material they’re calling Sponge.
LA Market Report
We just wrapped up coverage of the sprawling Los Angeles Fashion Market, which included five wholesale showroom buildings in downtown L.A., as well as six independent trade show.
Ashton Michael: The Edge of Pink
Los Angeles Fashion Week
Ashton Michael doesn’t want to be typecast as an “urban goth” designer. So when the Los Angeles–based designer was designing his Spring 2016 collection he challenged himself to work with “two things I detest: cargo pockets and pink.”
FBI All Aboard: Fashion, Awards and a Big Check
Los Angeles Fashion Week
It was a hot night in downtown LA when Fashion Business Inc. hosted its fifth-annual All Aboard Runway Show at Union Station.
Select Returns to CMC’s Fashion Theater
Trade Shows
The California Market Center once again hosted the Select show, featuring contemporary apparel, accessories and jewelry resources in the CMC’s Fashion Theater.
Expanded Offerings at Designers and Agents
Trade Shows
Buyers crowded the aisles at the Oct. 12–14 run of Designers and Agents at The New Mart, which saw an expanded mix of returning and new exhibitors.
Coeur Bows in New Location
Trade Shows
This season, lifestyle trade show Coeur moved to the Alexandria Ballrooms for its Oct. 12–14 run.
Fashion Industries Guild Goes to the Movies
Cedars-Sinai
For its annual fund-raiser for the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, the Fashion Industries Guild changed things up a bit.
Hot Weather Creates Challenges and Opportunities at LA Market
Trade Shows
Unseasonably high temperatures and unusually high humidity greeted buyers and exhibitors attending the recent Spring 2016 Los Angeles Fashion Market, which ran Oct. 12–15 in downtown Los Angeles.
AS by DF Honored at Fifth Annual FBI All Aboard Fashion Week Show
All Aboard Fashion
Denise Focil, designer of the AS by DF and ASTARS collections, received the Moss Adams Fashion Innovator award on Oct. 13 at Fashion Business Inc.’s All Aboard LA’s Fashion Platform runway show and fundraiser for the nonprofit business organization.
Fab for Fab
Work in Style
Fast-growing e-commerce site JustFab has a brand new headquarters in El Segundo, Calif.
Showroom Profile: Citizens of Humanity
New Lines
Los Angeles–based premium-denim lifestyle line Citizens of Humanity recently unveiled a dramatic new look for its 4,000-square-foot West Coast showroom at the Lady Liberty building in downtown Los Angeles.
Showroom Profile: The Hanger showroom, Dakota Showroom
New Lines
Sharing the same space, Selena Slogar’s The Hanger showroom and Christie Danielson’s Dakota showroom each has its own aesthetic. The Hanger primarily carries Australian lines, and many of Dakota’s collections are from the United Kingdom.
Showroom Profile: Hatch
New Lines
After more a decade in The New Mart, the Hatch showroom has moved to the Cooper Design Space.
Sue Wong Opens LA Fashion Week
L.A. Fashion Week
Sue Wong opened Los Angeles Fashion Week with her Oct. 5 runway show at Art Hearts Fashion at the Taglyan Complex in Hollywood.
FBI Gears up for 5th Annual All Aboard
Fashion Business Inc. returns on Oct. 13 to Union Station in downtown Los Angeles for the fifth-annual All Aboard Runway Show and presentation of the Moss Adams Fashion Innovator Award.
Mergers, Acquisitions and Reorganizations: Finance Leaders Take a Look at the Months Ahead
Finance
We recently caught up with several finance-industry executives to talk about merger-and-acquisition opportunities and the challenges of balancing a business in the current economic environment.
Textile and Apparel Representative Ida Myers, 88
Textiles
Longtime textile and apparel sales representative Ida Myers died on Sept. 25. She was 88.
Quarterly Report: Baby Boomer and Millennial Impact Leads the Economic Forecast for LAEDC
Finance
The economy is gearing up for a major shift as the huge baby boomer generation enters retirement and the even larger millennial generation begins taking a greater position in the workforce.
Exhibitor Shuffle at LA Textile Show
LA Textile Show
The layout during the Sept. 28–30 run of the Los Angeles International Textile Show continued to evolve since the California Market Center debuted a newly renovated part of the 13th-floor A-wing last season that eliminated enclosed suites to make room for more open-format booths.
Filene's Shifts from Bricks to Clicks
e-tail launch
Discount retailer Filene’s Basement shuttered is doors in 2011, but now the retailer is relaunching as an online-only site.
JCP Plus Bohbot
Collection Launch
Designer Michele Bohbot recently unveiled the new plus-size collection for Bisou Bisou by Michele Bohbot, which is sold exclusively at JCPenney stores.
Best Vested
Fashion Collab
Torrance. Calif.–based AS by DF created an exclusive style for Calypso St. Barth.
Coeur Tradeshow Moves to New Location in October
Trade Shows
Coeur, the bicoastal accessories and lifestyle show, is moving its Los Angeles show to the Alexandria Ballrooms in downtown LA for its Oct. 12–14 run.
Fashion Meet Tech at Melange Live Event at The New Mart
Technology
The worlds of fashion and technology merged at the launch of Melange Live, a conference that explored new developments in e-commerce, mobile/digital payments, brand building using social media and new innovations in wearable technology.
Nanotex: Putting the Function in Fabric
Textiles
Performance characteristics such as moisture management, water repellency and odor control are familiar territory for consumers of activewear while enhanced performance features are relatively new for casual apparel and ready-to-wear.
Obituary: Designer Carole Little, 79
Manufacturing
Designer Carole Little passed away on Sept. 19 at her home in San Diego following a long illness. She was 79.
Jeremy Scott: Designer, Documentary Subject
Fashion on Film
Fashion followers can take a peek into the world of Jeremy Scott in the documentary “Jeremy Scott: The People’s Designer,” which bows in theaters today.
ASICS America Hires Footwear Veteran to Replace Retiring CEO
Manufacturing
ASICS America, the Irvine, Calif.–based U.S. arm of Japanese footwear brand ASICS, hired Gene McCarthy to replace ASICS America Group President and Chief Executive Officer Kevin Wulff, who is retiring at the end of the year.
Tim Gunn to Keynote Gerber Ideation2015
Technology
Attendees at Gerber Technology's upcoming Ideation2015 technology conference will get a chance to hear from “Project Runway” star Tim Gunn, who will give the keynote address at the Oct. 29–30 software conference for the fashion, apparel, accessories and footwear industries in Las Vegas.
Designer Rosie Assoulin Joins Alvanon Mentorship Program
Technology
New York designer Rosie Assoulin has joined the Mentorship Program at Alvanon, the software and sizing solutions company.
YogaWorks Has Eye on California for Retail Rollout
Retail
Santa Monica, Calif.–based yoga studio and retailer YogaWorks recently added to its portfolio with the purchase of three studios in San Francisco; Palo Alto, Calif.; and Boston.
Yogasmoga Opening Stores in Northern California, East Coast Locations
Retail
New York–based yoga lifestyle brand and retailer Yogasmoga is continuing its retail rollout with new stores opening in the Northern California cities of Corte Madera and Walnut Creek.
Better Look Sharp, L.A.
Student Contest
Victorinox, the maker of the iconic Swiss Army knife, today kicked off a student contest to redesign the Swiss Army knife handle with inspiration from New York or Los Angeles.
Melrose is Hosting a Sidewalk Sale
Retailers along Los Angeles’ Melrose Avenue—on the stretch between Fairfax and Highland—will participate in a sidewalk sale on Sept. 26.
Hoop Dreams
Uniform Style
Designers looking for vintage sports inspiration would be wise to make a trip to Springfield, Mass., where they will find a huge collection of vintage (and contemporary) uniforms at the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
Under Armour Taps Centric for PLM
Technology
Baltimore-based athletic-apparel company Under Armour Inc.> has selected Los Gatos, Calif.–based Centric Software Inc.’s product lifecycle management (PLM) solution Centric 8 PLM.
Gerber, COMESA Launch Technical Training Program in Mauritius
Technology
Gerber Technologies, the Tolland, Conn.–based equipment and software solutions company, teamed up with the COMESA (Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa) free-trade area to establish a new program for technical assistance and training in the African nation of Mauritius.
New Lines and New Business at WWDMAGIC
WWDMAGIC
Waves of buyers traversed the Las Vegas Convention Center for the Aug. 17–19 run of WWDMAGIC in Las Vegas, where young contemporary, juniors and accessories brands showcased their current collections.
Tennis Anyone?
Tommy Hilfiger hosted tennis match between professional tennis player Rafael Nadal and models Chanel Iman, Constance Jablonski and Noah Mills.
Back to Fashion School
Celeb Style Education
Actor Antonio Banderas is studying fashion design at Central Saint Martins in London.
CurveNV@MAGIC Debuts ‘Relaunched Show’ in New Location
CurveNV@MAGIC
Upscale lingerie and swimwear show CurveNV has been part of the Las Vegas landscape since 2007, but in a partnership with MAGIC parent UBM Advanstar, the show moved from its prior home at The Venetian to a new space in theLas Vegas Convention Center.
Pooltradeshow Moves Upstairs
Trade Show Report
This season, the Pooltradeshow moved back upstairs to run alongside Project for the show’s Aug. 17–19 run at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center.
New Categories, Configuration at Project, Project Women’s and Tents at Project
Project Women's
Retailers visiting the trade shows at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center found the scene buzzing with activity—and new exhibitors—during the shows’ Aug. 17–19 run.
