Apparel News Daily Reader
Norma Kamali still going strong (Photo from the New York Times)
Fashion:
Norma Kamali has survived three decades in the fashion industry (New York Times)
Green T-shirt competition to help defeat global poverty (Knitting Industry)
Bristol Palin's New Gig
Clothing Maker Iconix names Bristol Palin its new teen ambassador for the Candie's Foundation. (New York Times)
Step Inside the Model As Muse Exhibit (FabSugar)
Are Designers the New Celebrities? (Fashionista)
Shuttering Shop News—J. Ransom Closes Bricks and Mortar on La Brea (Blackburn + Sweetzer)
In Seoul, Korea's Menswear Has Soul (JC Report)
At the Outnet, the well heeled can click off with (relative) bargains (Los Angeles Times' Image)
Saudia Arabia: An Inner Beauty Pageant (Los Angeles Times)
Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute: The model as muse (Los Angeles Times' Image)
Matthew Williamson plays it cool for HM (Los Angeles Times)
Critical Shopper | Zadig Voltaire: Is There a Setting for High Strung? (New York Times)
Westfield Santa Anita celebrates opening of Promenade expansion (Los Angeles Times)
Industry/Business:
Wal-Mart to avoid criminal charges in stampede death (New York Daily News)
Swimskin has drag coefficient of a fighter jet (Knitting Industry)
Fredrick's of Hollywood CEO talks catalog comeback at ACCM (DMNews)
Panel agrees online metrics system needs fixing (MediaWeek)
Shoppers starting to open wallets a little wider (New York Times)
Barneys Strikes Back: No Plans To Close Stores (Racked)
Spending on luxury in tight times (Los Angeles Times)
The Blue Book of Fashion
In the resale business, which is enjoying a bit of a renaissance at the moment, the pecking order of designers is different from those of most department stores. (New York Times)
