As The Webster opens its tenth location in Palm Springs, Amiri and the luxury retailer join forces for a capsule collection that captures the feel of the desert city.
On February 24, 2022 the United States Supreme Court delivered a ruling in a major copyright dispute case between Swedish fashion retail company, H&M, and wholesale fabric design company, Unicolors.
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Listen 7 min MORE Sean Zahedi stands next to one of his knitting machines at Lafayette Textiles in Vernon. “My father used to have his own dye house. But because of rising labor costs, environmental regulations and water, it moved to Nicaragua,” he says. Photo by Benjamin Gottlieb.
Sean Zahedi grew up in his father’s textile factory in Vernon, playing in the rows of finished fabric as a young boy. He remembers when Lafayette Textiles had some 200 employees spinning yarn, monitoring knitting machines and dyeing clothing.
But when he came back to work for his father in this 55,000 square foot factory about four years ago, he found a smaller operation on the verge of closing down.
Algorithms vs. humans: Who s better at predicting fashion trends?
These days data is plentiful, useful and fast. But some in the industry warn that old fashioned merchants are undervalued at a crucial time. Published April 29, 2021 Courtesy of Stitch Fix
Apparel retail, an industry segment that has been in turmoil since well before the pandemic, is poised for a reset as the pandemic shows signs of easing in the U.S.
Already, there are signs of hope: In March, clothing sales soared 105% year over year. Market intelligence platform Edited recently found that prices at the luxury end are actually rising and not just in streetwear. But apparel brands and retailers are grappling with many unknowns. The pandemic has probably entrenched consumers already-building preference for less dressy attire and willingness to buy clothing online, so it s hard to judge how dressier apparel and brick-and-mortar stores will b