Apparel News Daily Reader
Now open: The Golden Boutique in Santa Monica (Photo courtesy The Golden State)
Fashion:
Too Cool for Pool - The Golden State Boutique Opens (Daily Candy)
Milan’s Men’s Fashion (The New York Times)
Making a kick-ass men's clothing store: Inside The Industry (Examiner)
Prada Transformer, Seoul - The Flesh, Mind Soul Film Festival (We Are The Market)
Paris S/S 2010 - Yves Saint Laurent (We Are The Market)
Company of We brings e-commerce to the mens (We Are The Market)
Net-a-Porter Teams Up With Oscar (Coutorture)
Fur Statement Shoulders Find Their Way (Coutorture)
Pop-Ups: A Preview of Claw Money's Fred Segal Stash (Racked LA)
Project Runway's Leanne Marshall Unhappy with Bluefly? (Racked)
Barbie's 50th Anniversary Continues As Heidi and Bulgari Jump On Board (Racked)
Launches Releases: Juicy Couture Attempts Edginess with Bird (Racked)
Five minutes with Band of Outsiders's Scott Sternberg (W Magazine)
Guess who Patricia Field wants to style now? (GraziaDaily.co.uk)
High-end jewelers suffering (Timely Demise)
Apartment Therapy Interview: Trina Turk Part 1 (Apartment Therapy)
Industry/Business:
Tourism industry is L.A. County's No. 1 job generator, report shows (Los Angeles Times)
Dress Barn to Buy Tween Brands
Discounter Dress Barn targets professional women with its 841 namesake stores and younger women with 716 Maurices stores. Tween Brands, of New Albany, Ohio, operates 908 Justice stores that target seven- to 14-year-olds with low-priced fashion items like dresses and graphic t-shirts. (Wall Street Journal)
Retailers Seek Brands from Outside the Family (Wall Street Journal)
Nike Net Off 30% on Restructuring Charges (Wall Street Journal)
HM Posts 6.4% Rise in Net on Strong Sales Growth (Wall Street journal)
Agave's Hollywood jeans now call Northwest home (OregonLive.com)
Etailer IGIGI adopts fast fashion for a recession remedy (Fibre2Fashion)
CPSC Extends Info Collections on Baby Products, Carpets, Sleepwear, Mattresses (Sandler Travis Rosenberg)
