Sourcing at MAGIC Highlights Americas
This season, the Americas—North, South and Central—were the featured pavilion at Sourcing at MAGIC, which opened on Aug. 21, one day before MAGIC, and ran through Aug. 24 at t...
OffPrice Offers Broad Mix
Off-price buyers got an early start when the OffPrice show opened its doors on Aug. 19 at the Sands Expo & Convention Center. The show, which ran through Aug. 22, featured a wide...
Curve Lingerie Show Steps Up Swim
CurveExpo, which produces upscale lingerie trade shows in Las Vegas and New York, continued to boost its swimwear offerings at the Aug. 22–24 run of CurveNV at The Ven...
Westfield Statford City Sums it Up for You
Yes, it's fantastic. Yes, I found it on The Hairpin. Yes, I wish I had that red suit. And that yellow dress. But mostly, I wish I was going to the Sept. 13 opening in London. It's sure to be fab....
Waterless Wash Demos at Project
LAS VEGAS—Wash houses use gallons of water and chemicals to get denim to that perfect distressed patina and ultra-soft hand. A Spanish research and development company, Jeanologia, is achievin...
X-Rite Holds Color Seminars Nationwide
X-Rite Inc., the parent company of Pantone, will host a nationwide one-day color seminar covering the basics of color and appearance, including measuring, viewing and understanding d...
Stop Staring! to Add Shoes, Accessories
Los Angeles–based Stop Staring! inked a deal with Beanstalk licensing agency and consultancy to extend the Stop Staring! brand into new categories. ...
MAGIC and Las Vegas Shows Packed with Product
LAS VEGAS—The breadth of goods on disp...
Port of LA, Department of Commerce Launched Program to Export LA Brand to China
LAS VEGAS—Several years ago, Moshe Tsabag tried to take his clothing label to China but had little success....
Vegas, Baby,Vegas
I’m walking—and working—the shows in Las Vegas this week. Seeing some great new brands and hearing some interesting news --like the front page news about Velvet Heart’s eye on China—and the Department of Commerce’s efforts to encourage partnerships between businesses in...
NetSuite Picks Up Where Spreadsheets Leave Off
Mountain Khakis was just a few years old when Chief Executive Officer Ross Saldarini realized he needed more than the combination of QuickBooks, Microsoft Excel and...
Brazil Fashion Abounds at Las Vegas Shows
Visitors to the apparel and footwear trade shows in Las Vegas will find a wide range of Brazilian brands, including contemporary collections, swimwear and footwear. ...
Hudson Teams With ISKO for Denim 'Knit'
Los Angeles–based premium-denim brand Hudson has a new woven denim fabric that looks like denim and feels like knit....
Light Traffic, Key Retailers at LA Market
There were orders placed, but traffic was light throughout the Los Angeles Fashion District during the Aug. 8–11 run of Los Angeles Fashion Market....
Recycled- Fiber Program Encompasses Manufacturers and Consumers
Unifi and Polartec want their textiles back. And your manufacturing scraps, too....
Denim Party People--Kingpins Coast to Coast
The recent New York run of the Kingpins denim show may have had a Manhattan rooftop pig roast and a bluegrass performance by employees of Bayer CropScience, but visitors to the show’s recent Los Angeles run left a more lasting impression...thanks to the trade...
Apparel News Daily Reader
Costumed Women of Comic-Con 2011 (Entertainment Weekly)Buyers' resolute thumbs up to Delhi Couture Week (Times of India)The Look magazine to promote Westfield Stratford City during...
Girdle to the Moon
SPACE ...THE FASHION FRONTIER: Hazel Fellows working on an Apollo mission space suit. Photo courtesy MIT Press and Txchnologist.The women who made Playtex girdles also sewed the spacesuits for the Apollo astronauts. Txchnologist, GE’s online magazine exploring all thinks futuristic and...
Kingpins Expands in New York to International Market
NEW YORK—The July 19–20 run of Kingpins, the boutique denim trade show organized by Olah Inc., stretched out this season across two floors of the Skyline Studios loft space ...
Texworld Starts Strong in New York
NEW YORK—Texworld USA, the New York–based textile show run by trade-show giant Messe Frankfurt, got off to a strong start for its July 19–21 run in Manhattan’s Jacob K. Javits C...
Carmageddon. The opportunity.
Carmageddon. It's not just a good reason to shop locally. It's a business opportunity. These T-shirt vendors were spotted by Karen Mamont--the former California Market Center exec--in her Sherman Oaks neighborhood. When she's not out and...
Princess in the City
Photo by Walter UrieIt was truly a meet-cute moment on Sunday when Great Britain's Duke and Duchess of Cambridge—better known to royal watchers as Kate and Wills—dropped by the
Harvesting the Power of Mall Walkers
Here’s a bright idea. British company Pavegen Systems has created a technology that turns footsteps into useable energy. A single footstep doesn’t generate that much energy, but by installing Pavegen’s technology in a heavily trafficked area….like, say, a shopping...
Before She Was Miss USA, She Was Indigenous
Photo courtesy of the Miss USA/Miss Universe website. Haven’t I seen you somewhere before? We just got word from Santa Rosa, Calif.–based fair trade and eco-friendly label Indigenous Designs that the newest Miss USA, Alyssa Campanella, is also...
Tarina Tarantino. Cover girl.
Well, look who’s on the cover of today’s Wall Street Journal: Los Angeles jewelry designer Tarina Tarantino. The Wall Street Journal’s Christina Binkley takes WSJ readers into Taranto’s “Sparkle Factory” (at the Cooper Design....
L.A. Fashion Market Draws Increased Attendance, But Buyers Remain Cautious
Showroom owners and sales representatives across the Los Angeles Fashion District reported increased attendance at Los Angeles Fashion Market, which drew a mix of major retailers, chain stor...
A Different Kind of Cattle Call
Here’s something you don’t see every day…(at least not in my 13 years working in the heart of the Los Angeles Fashion District)…a parade of cows.Marching to the rhythmic thunk of a cowbell, a small herd of protesters dressed as cows and...
Have Bag, Will Travel
Not leather, but luxe--Danielle NicoleIt’s Los Angeles Fashion Market and during my travels around the Fashion District, I dropped by The New Mart showroom for Isabella Fiore and Carlos Falchi to meet the newest member of the family under the Artisan House....
I Love L.A.
You know what I love about Los Angeles? Craftsmen bungalows. And industrial streetscapes. And the random appearance of Ferris wheels. Apparently so does Michael Sy, architect, graphic designer and—full disclosure--my longtime friend. Michael has a line of T-shirts,...
Messe Frankfurt's Texprocess Debut Offers Preview for 2012
FRANKFURT, GERMANY—Giant flatbed cutters sliced dense sheets of felt while other machines scanned a thick cow hide for imperfections before etching it with intricate designs. Rows of embroidery machine...
Brazil's Apparel Industry Is Open for Business, but Challenges Abound
BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil—Business is bustling in Belo Horizonte, Brazil’s third-largest metropolitan area and home to Minas Trend Preview, a fashion trade fair and series of runway shows in their...
Future's So Bright
Up next: Neon. So say the folks at Pantone, the color forecasting and standards company. Yes, I know, you’ve heard it before. But not from Pantone. Or, at least, not lately. Prepare for Dayglo to find its way into your home and wardrobe. The company launched its Pantone Fashion + Home nylon...
Clothes for thought
Now here’s something to think about.There’s a Japanese project called Neurowear that was founded to develop robotic fashion items (and other things) that are powered by brainwaves. The Neurowear site says its concept is the...
Lycra Style Helps Invista Reintroduce the Ready-to-Wear Fiber
Invista turns to biometric market research to fine-tune the message for its latest brand launch....
Forever 21's Space-Age Fashion Show
Virtual fashion show, you say? Please. Forever 21 did it one better. The Los Angeles-based, fast-fashion emporium went a little sci fi when it kicked off an eight-city tour for its holographic fashion show. That's right. Holographic. It’s more than virtual. It’s 3-D. In the...
Technology on Display
For its Spring 2011 designer campaign, Nordstrom worked with photographer Glen Luchford and artist Ruben Toledo to create a fashion spread that featured a bright ribbon of light running throu...
Leveraging the Supply Chain to Offset Rising Raw-Material Costs - Extendended
The recent rise in raw-material prices has manufacturers looking for alternatives—and answers. California Apparel News asked several industry insiders for strategies to leverage the supply chain to offset risi...
Nick Verreos, Style supastar
Fashion designer, “Project Runway” alumn, fashion pundit, FIDM instructor—and
Bustling Aisles at L.A. Textile Show
There were several new exhibitors and the aisles were crowded with designers at the March 28–30 run of the Los Angeles International Textile Show at the California Market Center....
Project Runway's Royal Challenge
How awesome would this be for a “Project Runway” challenge? Design the future queen of England’s wedding dress. Guest host: Vivienne Westwood. Sadly, with the royal wedding only weeks away and the 9th season of “Project Runway” only in the casting stage, it is not meant to be. But that...
Immediates, Items and Price Drive L.A. Market
Buyers are still placing orders closer to season, still considering prices carefully and still looking for the perfect items that will prompt consumers to spend. That was the word from the M...
AAFA Summit Takes Apparel Makers Inside the Beltway
WASHINGTON, D.C.—For the second consecutive year, the American Apparel and Footwear Association hosted an inside-the-Beltway Executive Summit that highlighted the key issues affecting apparel ...
Cue earworm! It's a small, small world!
It’s a world of laughter, a world of tears. It’s a world of hopes and a world of fears. There’s so much that we share, that it’s time you’re aware, it’s a small world after all. (I did that without Googling. And I’m no child.)To celebrate the 45th anniversary of Disneyland’s “It’s a Small World”...
Last chance to visit the happiest place on earth!
After four years, the House of Petro Zillia store on West Third Street in Los Angeles is closing tomorrow. When designer Nony Tochterman and her husband Yosi Drori opened their store in 2006, they designed a space that conveyed all the exuberance and sophisticated...
In praise of Lycra...
A detail of Horst P. Horst's famous (and fantastic) photo for MainbocherLet’s us all take a moment to give thanks for Lycra. According to the Lycra website, before the miracle stretch fiber was invented (by “a team of scientists” at DuPont), “consumers...
Apparel Makers Optimistic After Las Vegas Trade Shows
LAS VEGAS—The aisles were crowded as were the booths, where reps were running through collections and buyers wrote orders—but still, the reviews were mixed for the recent round of trade shows in Las Veg...
Japan Fashion Now--Go Now!
During my recent trip to New York to cover the men’s trade shows, I got a chance to check out the Japan Fashion Now exhibition at the Fashion Institute of Technology’s Museum at FIT. I loved it so much, I told a friend when she went to New York. And now—since the exhibition has...
Busy Start to 2011 at Fashion Market Northern California
SAN MATEO, CALIF.—Opening on a Sunday proved to be a good move for the exhibitors at Fashion Market Northern California, held Jan. 30–Feb. 1 at the San Mateo County Event Center, where...
Texworld Draws a Crowd
NEW YORK—Designers and piece-goods buyers braved a winter rainstorm to turn out on Jan. 18 for the start of Texworld USA’s three-day run in New York in a new location at the Jacob K. J...
