Apparel News Daily Reader
All the glitz and glamour at the Costume Institute Gala (Photo from FabSugar)
Fashion:
Costume Institute Gala Red Carpet Roundup! (FabSugar)
Actresses Are Edging Out Models on Magazine Covers (New York Times)
Blue Steel. The Muse at Costume Gala? Zoolander! (New York Post)
Alaïa Pulls His Dresses From the Met Gala (On the Runway)
Canadian Designer Greta Constantine (StyleBubble)
DSquared2 Want Your Attention on Paper, Radio and TV (Fashionologie)
Ann-Sofie Back Takes Heads Designer Role at Cheap Monday (We Are The Market)
Bearded Tschorn: Counter-culture collaboration by Vans and R. Crumb (All the Rage)
Tuesday AM Clickage: Met Gala Edition (Racked LA)
Save Our Store! B.NY Struggles to Avoid the Fate of Its Santa Monica Neighbors (Racked LA)
The Model As Muse: Embodying Fashion (Coutorture)
Quote Of The Day: The Good News From Michael Kors (Coutorture)
Industry/Business:
Colombia Upbeat About Moving Free Trade Agreement Forward (Sandler Travis Rosenberg)
President Obama Plans to Shutter Offshore Tax Havens (Washington Post)
Surf and skateboard shop in San Clemente needs to stand out (Los Angeles Times)
Filene's Basement Seeks Chapter 11 Protection (Wall Street Journal)
Metro's Loss Widens as Sales Fall
Germany's largest retailer, Metro AG, reported a sharp drop in first quarter earnings. Metro opperates the Kaufhof and Inno department stores and the Galeria outlet stores. (Wall Street Journal)
Manifesto for Magazines (We Are The Market)
In case you missed it: Full transcript of Volcom’s April 30 earnings call. Good stuff. (Seeking Alpha)
Retailers lobby against interchange fees (Roll Call)
