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MarcNew YorkDebuts Steamy '50 Shades of Grey’ Ad (Elle) Shoe Fashion Week To Launch in September (The Huffington Post)What’s Giorgio Armani have up his...
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Mondo Guerra: Designing for a Positive Life (Huffington Post)Fashion show aims to lift stigma on the disabled (MSNBC)Austin Fashion Week: Anslee...
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Kate Middleton Gets £300K ’Bonus’ for allowing weddingdress to be gawked at (The Cut/New York)Christian Louboutin's Anita Heel (The New York...
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Kate Moss in Rag Bone's Campaign (Elle)WatchMcQueens New Futuristic Video (Elle)Designers Are Extending Summer Season Into Fall (Wall Street Journal)Street...
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J Crew's New Jeans (The New York Times)The Stylish Side of China (The New York Times)Fall's Fiercest Nail Polish Trends (Refinery29)'The Bachelorette' Finale Showcases Emily...
Attracting Costume Design Students at Comic-Con
Some creative types gather round the fire hydrant at Comic-ConIf you were looking for new students to attend your costume design classes, where would you go? If you said...
Banana Republic Flying High
Waiting to take flight on Virgin America, based in San FranciscoBanana Republic's design team in San Francisco will be soaring after the new uniforms they designed for Virgin America...
Challenges Continue to Stifle California’s Economic Recovery
Retailers this month received a morsel of good news: Gas prices at the pump have fallen off a cliff and are down more than 70 cents a gallon....
The Many Looks of Peruvian Alpaca
Dog in Lima, PeruThe world of alpaca clothing has many looks.Frances Harder, president of Fashion Business Inc., in Los Angeles, found that out recently during a nearly...
Apparel Companies Eye Myanmar as Next Sourcing Spot
Before it was prohibited to import from Myanmar, U.S. apparel companies brought in as much as $409 million a year in clothing from that Southeast Asian country, which lies northwest of Thailand....
Little-Known Facts About Protecting Fashion Collections
The Dolce Gabbana gown donated recently to Woodbury UniversityHaving a collection of vintage fashion pieces has its headaches. You can't just hang them in the closet.There is a very...
Fashion Market Northern California Finds Retailers Working Hard for Their Money
SAN MATEO, Calif.—After 12 years of owning a smallwomenswear store in Grass Valley, Calif., Debbie Dejesus packed up her merchandise,purchased a used white delivery truck and hit the road....
Billabong's Sneak Peak at Spring 2013
If you're hankering to see what Billabong's cooked up for its Spring 2013 collection, you might want to attend its upcoming Design for Humanity fund-raiser on July 25.The event is at Paramount Studio's back lot...
International Roxy Winners Are Announced
For the last four months, Roxy has been conducting an international contest to find three girls to live the life of the Roxy Girl.And the winners are in after nearly 5,000 submissions from more than 80 countries. Roxy...
TV's Fashion Star Show Hunting for Designers
Do you believe you're the next hot designer but nobody knows it yet?Here's your chance to break into the big time. NBC's 'Fashion Star' television show is casting for its next season that...
Los Angeles Fashion Market Kicks Off With Party and Fashion
What would Los Angeles Fashion Market be without a party and fashon show to mark the debut of four days of buyer visits to the various showroom buidlings in downtown Los Angeles?This...
Holiday Mood Set for L.A. Fashion Market
Just in time for the upcoming Holiday fashion market in the Los Angeles Fashion District, is this stunning display of fur vests made by Dolce Cabo, headquartered in Los Angeles.The display was the idea of Michael...
Cotton Prices Drop, but Will Apparel Prices Follow?
Last year, apparel manufacturers were struggling with cotton prices, which had skyrocketed to an all-time high of $2.197 a pound in March. ...
The BeachMint Club Adds Intimates
The social commerce company BeachMint is about to get a little sweeter.The Santa Monica-based site that offers celebrity-curated merchandise at direct-to-consumer prices has added a new division...
Georges Marciano's Former Properties Up for Sale
Just as the Guess apparel company is celebrating its 30th anniversary in Los Angeles this year, the former Beverly Hills homes of the Guess? founder, Georges Marciano, are up for sale by the trustee of...
Lady Gaga Looks to L.A. for Vintage Fashion Inspiration
Lady Gaga wearing vintage Versace in TaiwanLady Gaga is known for her various fashion metamorphoses.She can play the conservative; and then she can be seen sporting a meat dress made of raw beef slices.But the...
Shippers Weighing East Coast Versus West Coast Ports
Looming labor problems shaping up at East and Gulf Coast ports this fall have apparel makers, retailers and other shippers scratching their heads and wondering whether they should send their holiday s...
Where is the Best Department Store in the World?
Selfridges' flagship store on Oxford StreetThe ballots have been counted and the vote is in for the best department store in the world.You might have thought it was Harrods, which is a good guess. But the honors have been...
Nicole Richie Next in Line at Macy's
Nicole RichieThere's been a long line of designers who have joined forces with Macy's to do collaboration collections.The latest on the list is Los Angeles-centric Nicole Richie, the reality TV star turned...
Book Highlights Los Angeles as a City of Style
Everyone knows we're a city of stylish people. Now someone has chronicled exactly what makes L.A. fashionistas so unique.In a book called "City of Style," Melissa Magsaysay dissects that look into various chapters that include trends...
Peru Looks to Latin America to Grow Apparel Exports
LIMA, Peru—The heavy industrial looms inside the Creditex weaving facility are pumping out high-grade cotton fabric that soon will be found in men’s dress shirts sold under th...
Color Trend Goes Wild in Peru
So you think there's a lot of color and animal prints in this season's trends?In Peru, they have been using color and animal prints as long as people have been wearing clothes.I recently was in Peru attending PeruModa and...
How to Protect Yourself from the Brand Pirates
How do you protect your brand if hundreds of Chinese websites are selling knockoffs of your premium-denim jeans? ...
Ready for the Fashion Blog Conference?
The Annenberg Community Beach HouseSounds like the perfect way to spend a Monday by the beach talking about fashion.Lucky Magazine is hosting its very first West Coast-oriented Fashion and Beauty Blog conference...
Burgeoning Teen Retail Chain Shutting Doors After Tragic Accident
German entrepreneur Rainer Schulz was an old hand at setting up fast-fashion stores across Europe under such nameplates as Forever 18 and Colloseum....
New L.A. Website Offers Only American-Made Apparel
For years, Noelle Nguyen took most of her production for private-label blue jeans to far-flung factories overseas, where prices were lower than in the United States....
Mannequins Don't Talk
Executive Editor Alison Nieder might be channeling Thing from The Addams FamilySo, many of our readers probably wonder what we do when we're off...
Putting a Little Heart & Soul Into a Good Cause
A look for the recent HeartSoul collectionFashion has many uses. For the people who make the HeartSoul juniors label, it's a way to raise money for a worthy endeavor.I bumped into Paula Schneider, the new...
Economy on Track to Grow With Solid Retail Sales
If the U.S. economy were a car, it would be rolling down the highway of finance at 55 miles per hour instead of traveling at the speed limit.
Joe's Jeans to Open New Store in Florida
Los Angeles premium-denim brand Joe's Jeans has another door to open.The company revealed it will be unveiling its 23rd retail store at the high-end Aventura Mall in South Florida on April 20. The 1,500-square-foot space...
Apparel Industry Recovery and Challenges
With the U.S. economy predicted to grow faster this year than in 2011, apparel companies are starting to feel that better times are ahead....
Fashion Business Inc. Gets New Space
It's moving day for the people over at Fashion Business Inc.The business incubator for up-and-coming apparel companies is shifting its digs within the California Market Center.For the past three years, the...
Big Birthday Bash for Jerry Leigh
Harajuku Lovers T-shirtIt's not often you hear about an apparel company that has been around for 50 years under the same owners.But Jerry Leigh Inc., founded in 1962, is getting ready to light the candles and celebrate its 50th anniversary....
Bisou Bisou Designer Starts Yoga Wear Line
Michele BohbotIt seems that everyone is into yoga these days. Even your grandmother.And a lot of smart apparel makers are following this trend by branching out into yoga wear. The latest to join the yoga apparel club is...
Stars Shine for Valentino Store Opening on Rodeo Drive
Kim KardashianValentino has a lot to celebrate.The Italian fashion house is marking 50 years in business. In addition, it opened its new flagship store on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills last night. Anyone who is anyone...
AAFA Summit Highlights Trends and Challenges in the Apparel and Retail Field
WASHINGTON, D.C.—For apparel and footwear makers, China is still the place to be even though Chinese wages are expected to double in the next five years....
L.A. Apparel Company Enters the "Shark Tank" on ABC TV
A look from the GoGo Gear collectionMake sure you tune in tomorrow night (March 23) to watch ABC's "Shark Tank."One of our very own Los Angeles apparel company owners, Arlene Battishill of GoGo Gear, and her partner,...
Cherokee Arrives in Russia
If you're traveling through Russia and see a few billboards that look familiar, you have Cherokee to thank for that.This week, the California company entered the Russian market. Cherokee branded apparel for men, women...
Superdry Label Expanding to Santa Monica
The Superdry store in Las VegasThings are changing for the Superdry label, that British brand that use Japanese graphics and vintage Americana to make urban casual clothing.Superdry USA, which is distributed in the...
Looking for Project Runway Designers
So you want to be a famous fashion designer? You want millions of Americans to see your imaginative creations?Fear not. There is hope. The people at "Project Runway," the TV show that has designers going...
Discover the Inspiration Behind the Designers
Just in time for Los Angeles Fashion Week and everything that goes with it. Fashion Group International is having its annual celebration called "Meet the Designer and the Muse."It recognizes some of L.A.'s best designers and...
Models Wanted for L.A. Fashion Week
Here's a chance for up-and-coming models to break into the fashion world.Los Angeles designer Anh Volcek is working with Nyx Models to find women between the ages of 16 to 25 who can model her sophisticated...
Christian Audigier Still Trying to Sell Two Properties
How tough is the housing market? Maybe Christian Audigier, the former guru of Ed Hardy apparel, could tell you. He has been trying to shed a couple of properties without success.In May he listed his spectacular...
Robert Rodriguez Adds a New Edition
A look from the Spring 2012 collection for Robert Rodriguez Collection Los Angeles designer Robert Rodriguez is expanding.He already has his Robert Rodriguez Collection of contemporary wear, his Robbi ...
Chinese Vice President Signs Cotton Contracts in L.A.
Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping accepts a replica of a China Shipping Line vessel at the Port of Los Angeles.(Photo courtesy of the Port of Los Angeles)Chinese Vice President Xin Jinping toured the Port of Los...
