Cautious Outlook at L.A. Textile Show
There was plenty to see and plenty to do at the Oct. 27–29 run of the Los Angeles International Textile Show, but many exhibitors reported lower traffic, fewer buyers and more-cautiou...
L.A. Market Better Than Expected for Many
Faced with an uncertain economy and an increasingly anxious consumer, many vendors and retailers revised their expectations for the Los Angeles Fashion Market Spring 2009, typically one of the calend...
Martin Martin, Berandi Join Boxeight
Word on the street is that Martin Martin will return to Los Angeles Fashion Week as part of the Boxeight lineup. Husband-and-wife design team Eric Martin and Diane Moss Martin were a longtime highlight on the Los Angeles Fashion...
Scott + Schott = Motorcycle Chic
For his Sept. 30 runway show in Paris, Los Angeles–based designer Jeremy Scott teamed with New York–based outerwear label Schott to put his own twist on the classic American motorcycle jacket. Schott is best known for its...
The Slow Ramp-Up to L.A. Fashion Week
Los Angeles Fashion Week is less than a month away and news about who is showing is just barely trickling in.So far, we’ve received word about three shows at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at Smashbox Studios: Las Vegas–based Lana Fuchs Couture, Oct....
Welcome!
Welcome to the new ApparelNews.net blog.It seemed like the best time to launch the blog, with Apparel News staffers off covering stories around the world. Fashion Editor N. Jayne Seward and Contributing Writer Jamie Sharpe are in...
Las Vegas Sizzles With New and Old Apparel Trade Shows
During a slow economy, retailers are often advised to provide added incentive to their customers—to sell the sizzle as well as the steak....
Surprising Turnout for N.Y. Textile Shows
NEW YORK—Roving packs of designers and buyers traversed New York during the city’s de facto Textile Week, browsing the international offerings at Texworld USA, Premie...
Fashioning School Spirit
Jannette Klein and Brother International put a fashionable focus on student competition and Mexico’s design community....
Recent Trademark Decisions Could Impact Apparel Brands
Think your trademark registration is secure? A growing series of aggressive decisions by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) and the courts on the issue of fraud in the trademark application p...
Louis Verdad Inc. Loses Battle With Factor
A Los Angeles Superior Court judge granted a default judgment against Louis Verdad Inc. in a case brought against the Los Angeles designer by his former factor, Kracksmith I...
Security Textile Merges With QST-L.A.
Two of Los Angeles’ major interlining and pocketing suppliers are joining forces. Security Textile is merging with QST Industries’ Los Angeles office, and the two will form a ...
Hunting for Newness at L.A. Textile Show
Designers and fabric reps turned out for the April 14 –16 run of the Los Angeles International Textile Show atthe California Market Center with a realistic outlook....
New Homeland Security Rules Target 'No-Match' Immigrant Workers
A new federal rule aimed at eliminating illegal immigrants from the American workforce is poised to affect employment drastically for many California apparel manufacturers in the coming months. ...
Directives West Merges With The Doneger Group
Los Angeles–based buying office Directives West will become an independent division of New York–based The Doneger Group on March 1, when the two retail consultancies officially join fo...
Imprinted Sportswear Show Takes on a Green Focus
There was a green tint to business at the Jan. 18–21 run of the Imprinted Sportswear Show, held at the Long Beach Convention Center in Long Beach, Calif. ...
California Financial Community Sees Challenges, Opportunities on the Horizon
There’s little question that 2008 will be a challenging year for apparel manufacturers and consumers alike.There were few bright spots in the 2007 holiday sales season, and many manufacturers will likely have signi...
Christian Weber to Split With U.S Backers, Moves to Italy
Christian Weber, the founder and creative director of Los Angeles– based designer label CW Christian Weber, has split withhis U.S. backers, Alliance Apparel Inc., a Korean-American co...
Local Trim Cos. Band Together to Bolster Business
A group of trim suppliers in Los Angeles has joined forces to let California apparel makers know they’re tired of seeing their business go offshore....
Organic Exchange's Efforts Gather Steam
With 330 attendees from 39 countries, the Organic Exchange’s annual conference, held this year in Monterey, Calif., was a record success for the 5-year-old organization....
The Mayor at Market
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa spent four and a half hours in the Fashion District on Oct. 27 visiting the
Attendance Up at L.A. Textile Show Despite Crowded Calendar
Traffic was unexpectedly brisk at the Oct. 15–17 run of the Los Angeles International Textile Show at the California Market Center, where long lines at the registration counter contin...
Mom2B Returns to L.A. With Larger Event, Fashion Shows
Mom2B, the new trade show for maternity apparel and pregnancy-related products, returned for its second season in Los Angeles to the Cooper Design Space....
Sewing With Renewed HOPE in Haiti
The heat was stifling in the cavernous space in an industrial park near Port-au-Prince’s international airport. Yet many of the 600 workers in the Caribbean Apparel Manufacturing S.A...
Something for Everyone at Las Vegas Shows
The wide-ranging sprawl of fashion trade shows spread out even further this season when the massive MAGIC Marketplace opened in Las Vegas, offering something for every apparel and accessorie...
A Buyer's Market in Las Vegas
It was a buyer’s market in Las Vegas as the giant MAGIC Marketplace set up shop with its ever-growing coterie of satellite shows....
WGSN: Scouting Global Trends From the Desktop
Imagine scouting trends on the show floor of Bread & Butter’s Barcelona trade show, then dropping into a few boutiques in Los Angeles to find out who’s hot and who’s flying under the radar. ...
More Contemporary En Route to CMC With New Area 4
In a quest to find more room for contemporary showrooms, the California Market Center is looking to break new ground to expand beyond its existing 130,000 square feet of contemporary space on...
Gearing Up for a Crowded Trade Show Scene in L.V.
It’s that time of year again, when a huge swath of the apparel industry descends on Las Vegas for the massive MAGIC Marketplace and its concurrent satellite shows. ...
The Evans Group: Global Initiative, Local Results
Contractor finds growth among L.A.’s designers—and workers from the international community. ...
Trends Help Draw an International Crowd at L.A. Fashion Market
Business was surprisingly good at the June 8–12 run of the Los Angeles Fashion Market at the California Market Center, The New Ma...
Next-Generation Textiles
Studio Bert Forma carries on the tradition of seeking new lines and new business ...
French Lessons
Solstiss/Bucol brings a little French savoir-faire to Los Angeles ...
Busy Days at L.A. Textile Show
Traffic started strong and continued on throughout the April 16–18 run of the Los Angeles International Textile Show at the California Market Center. ...
Fashion or Faux: Copyright Law Heads Back to Congress
The American fashion industry is gearing up for a fight as lawmakers in Washington, D.C., prepare to reintroduce a piece of legislation that seeks to extend copyright protection to fashion design....
Premire Vision Draws a Crowd Despite Overlap With N.Y. Shows
PARIS—There was plenty to see at the Feb. 20–23 run of Premiegrave;re Vision Pluriel, the umbrella name for the five fabric and fiber exhibitions held at Parc d’Expositions in Paris Nor...
MAGIC Has Lots of Competition in Las Vegas
Exhibitors reported a busy first day at the MAGIC Marketplace, which ran Feb. 13–16 at the Las Vegas Convention Center and the Las Vegas Hilton. From the de...
Plenty of Buzz at MAGIC, Satellite Shows
LAS VEGAS—
Service Adjustment: Lip Service Shifts Gears
Type in the words “Lip Service clothing” into the search engine Google and you get 15,500 results. There are currently 686 classic Lip Service items for sale on eBay. And on the popular onli...
Maternity, Baby Show Bows at Cooper
The top floor of the Cooper Design Space hosted the debut Jan. 23–24 run of Mom2B, a trade show for buyers and manufacturers of pregnancy-related products....
Strong Turnout at ISS Long Beach
Nearly 6,000 people walked the aisles at the Long Beach Convention Center on opening day of the Jan. 19–21 run of the Imprinted Sportswear Show, held in Long Beach, Calif....
Waves of Business at L.A.Textile Show
Business always seems to come in waves at the Los Angeles International Textile Show. And the Oct. 30–Nov. 1 run of the show at the California Market Center was no exception,...
Exporting Italian Style
California is a small but intriguing market for many of Italy’s textile makers....
Kingpins' First L.A. Foray a Success
The Kingpins’ first show in Los Angeles was deemed a success as 15 denim suppliers, laundries and trim companies proved to be a draw to many of the city’s best-known premium-denim brands....
Windsor and Project Runway's Verreos Head to the Prom
Los Angeles–based young contemporary retailer Windsor will unveil a collection of dresses in January under the Nick Verreos for Windsor label....
Third Season of Milano Unica Brings European Crowd, Some U.S. Cos.
MILAN—The third season of Milano Unica, the large European textile trade show, drew a crowd of European attendees, as well as a smattering of American buyers....
MAGIC Leads the Pack in Crowded Vegas Show Scene
LAS VEGAS—When the MAGIC Marketplace opens, the satellites feel it. That was the scenario once again in Las Vegas during the Aug. 28–31 run of MAGIC and the concurrent trade shows....
Brisk Business at MAGIC, Project and Satellites
Pool prepares to move to LVCC lot ...
Basic Training
Retail consultancy sends managers to ’camp’...
Taking the Sample Offshore
When Herb Yussim decided to get out of the private-label business, he reviewed his assets: a lifetime of apparel production experience, numerous contacts in the contemporary and young designer market ...
