California Apparel News

At the WWIN (Women’s Wear in Nevada) show, tables were filled with buyers perusing collections and taking notes or writing orders. The show, which fills several hotel ballrooms at the Rio All-Suites Hotel & Casino, is popular with lines that sell to the misses, resort and plus-size customers. Specialty-store buyers across the West traditionally show up to look for new brands or meet with their traditional vendors.

“It is always consistent. It doesn’t really vary that much,” said Steve Levinson, sales rep for the new line Dressorí, which designs art-influenced printed tops from its Van Nuys, Calif., headquarters.

Tey-Art/Tabask—a line of alpaca sweaters, hats, socks and mittens made in Peru—was having one of its most successful WWIN shows. “Monday was the best day because there was a captive audience,” said Scott Kay, the company’s vice president of sales, referring to the fact that the show, running Feb. 16–19, opened a day before the MAGIC Marketplace shows debuted at the Las Vegas Convention Center. “It was like a metronome at our booth. Every 30 minutes, someone would come by, then would stand up and someone else would come by.”