Apparel News Daily Reader
Men hit the catwalk in Milan (Photos courtesy FabSugar)
Fashion:
Milan Menswear S/S '10 Heats Up the Catwalk (FabSugar)
Shopping: Quilted Clothing and Accessories (Coutorture)
Shopping: Six New Denim Jackets (Coutorture)
MFW: Prada doctors the script on black and white for Spring/Summer 2010 (Los Angeles Times' All the Rage blog)
Volcom celebrates women's denim line with a Friday night party (Los Angeles Times' All the Rage blog)
Words Which Make Black White (Gnarlitude)
Storecasting: Another Christian Audigier Property Replacing Ed Hardy on Melrose (Racked LA)
Ask Racked: Is James Perse Designing Furniture? (Racked LA)
LAist Goes Shopping: Japan LA Pop Culture Shop (LAist)
Funemployed: Irina Blok (Josh Spear)
Nicole Richie’s second collection to include clothes and shoes (GraziaDaily.co.uk)
Christian Audigier taps LaChapelle to shoot Ed Hardy campaign (Hollywood Life)
Summer style inspiration: strapless dresses + flats (Garance Dore)
Stylish like no other: Anna Dello Russo (Jak Jil)
A Confession About the ‘D’ Word at Cavalli (The New York Times)
Paul Smith Sale Shop: Where Happiness Is on Clearance (The New York Times)
Industry/Business:
Mexico TPL-1 Filled; Further Entries Dutiable at Normal Rates (Sandler, Travis Rosenberg)
CITA Makes DR-CAFTA Short Supply Determinations on Certain Woven Fabrics (Sandler, Travis Rosenberg)
Pakistan Roz Program to include apparel textile products – AAFA (Fibre2Fashion)
Hilo Hattie sold to clothing manufacturer (Pacific Business News)
Another clothing retailer to close O.C. store (Orange County Register)
Tenenbaum confirmed as CPSC chair (Just-Style)
Driver denies DUI manslaughter in crash. He faces 19 years in prison if convicted of all charges stemming from fatal accident that killed founder of clothing company. (Daily Pilot)
Tightening credit puts a squeeze on business owners (Los Angeles Times)
Losses of factory jobs in California blamed on regulation (Los Angeles Times)
More consumers expected to celebrate Fourth of July. According to the National Retail Federation, 89 million Americans have patriotic apparel and 14 percent of consumers plan to purchase patriotic merchandise this month. (Los Angeles Times' California Consumer blog)
ELuxury to shut retail operations Friday; closeout sale underway (Los Angeles Times' California Consumer blog)
In Tough Times, Companies Coddle Their Regulars. Better Terms of Credit, Free Services Are Offered to Loyal Customers; 'We Are On Our Best Behavior' (Wall Street Journal)
Police Arrest 25 in Paris Jewel Heist, French police have arrested 25 suspects in a $118 million heist of jewels last year on one of Paris's most fashionable streets and have recovered some of the loot. (Wall Street Journal)
Retailers cut back on luxury orders (Bloomberg)
Some retailers cut back on plus sizes, others add them (StarTribune.com)
Consignment stores flourish (BusinessWeek)
Study: Consumers less likely to go back to big-spending ways (AdWeek)
