Helmut Lang and Theory Moving to LA's Brentwood Fashion Market

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$2.99 VOlUMe 69, nUMber 46 OctOber 25–31, 2013 The Voice of The indusTry for 68 years Helmut Lang and Theory Moving to LA’s Brentwood By Andrew Asch Retail Editor

High-profile contemporary brands Helmut Lang and Theory will open stores in Los Angeles’ exclusive Brent- wood enclave in Spring 2014. The two companies will open in a new development called Brentwood Place at 13038 San Vicente Blvd., near the corner of San Vicente Boulevard and 26th St. Construc- tion will start this week on the new building, said Daniel Blatteis, co-chairman of Blatteis & Schnur Inc., the de- veloper of Brentwood Place. It is the first new project to be built in Brentwood in recent memory. Blatteis & Schnur constructed the district’s last new commercial building, Maggie Barry Continuous Mansour scott XR Collection Brentwood Town Center, which debuted in 1992. The 9,500-square-foot Brentwood Place will be located adjacent to Brentwood Town Center and across an alley from Brentwood Country Mart, one of the most-popular

la fashion week ➥ Brentwood page 4 Los Angeles brands la spotlight Trade show reporT were center stage during the recent run Fashion Market of LA Fashion Week, Northern California which ran Oct. 3–23 at events spread out Going Gangbusters across the city. For highlights from the By Deborah Belgum Senior Editor shows, see pages 6 SAN MATEO, Calif.—The ever-growing Fashion Mar- ket Northern California just got bigger. and 7. The five-times-a-year show broke all records with 252 exhibitors showing at the Oct. 20–22 event, held at the San Mateo Event Center. One year ago, there were 222 exhibitors. Organizers said buyer traffic was running equal to last year but did not give specific numbers. The show’s executive director, Suzanne De Groot, was upbeat about buyer traffic for the three-day Spring ’14 fashion market that caters to specialty boutiques located primarily in Northern California, Oregon and Washington. “The show has been doing very well,” she said. “We are Dena Burton definitely a little bit up from last year.” Buyer traffic was robust the first day, a Sunday, but many

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01,3,4.indd 1 10/24/13 7:51:03 PM news Iro, Ruti Join Bustling Fashion District on Abbot Kinney in LA’s Venice Neighborhood

Abbot Kinney Boulevard in Los Angeles’ The Venice Iro will offer the brand’s main Abbot Kinney’s lively street scene has Kinney Blvd., adjacent to the Ruti boutique. Venice district is quickly becoming one of the collection. It also will sell the brand’s new been a magnet for independent boutiques Margaret O’Leary runs 10 boutiques on the city’s most-popular shopping streets, and the line of Iro Jeans. The jeans line’s first de- this summer. Canadian brand Roots Canada West Coast. latest addition to the diverse thoroughfare is livery is November. Iro is in the midst of a Ltd. moved a shop into a bungalow at 1505 While Abbot Kinney has attracted better Iro, a Paris-headquartered fashion brand that global rollout of branded boutiques. It runs Abbot Kinney Blvd. in June. Unlike its store priced, contemporary stores, “fast-fashion” will move into the former space of the Mys- six stores in Paris and maintains boutiques at 371 N. Beverly Drive in Beverly Hills, retailer Heavenly Couture opened a bou- tic Journey bookstore at 1319 Abbot Kinney in Rome, Madrid, Zurich, and Beirut. It soon the Venice store mostly sells Roots’ leather tique at 1358 Abbot Kinney Blvd. in June. Blvd. will open stores in London and Munich as jackets. Currently, Roots only maintains two The company sells stylish women’s appar- The high-end Parisian brand’s store will well as a line of shops in Korea, Zuta said. stores in California. el for $16 or less, and it runs 19 locations take a bow in February 2014, the same time Another recent entry to Abbot Kinney is San Francisco–based brand Margaret across California, according to the company its upcoming Beverly Hills store will open, Ruti, a multi-brand store specializing in Is- O’Leary opened a boutique at 1410 Abbot website.—Andrew Asch said Rahav Zuta, U.S. brand manager and raeli designers. The boutique opened at 1410 Abbot Kinney Blvd. on Oct. 1. The new Volcom Back in LA Area store looks similar to the Volcom, one of the major core sports brands from one of Los Angeles County’s most pop- Ruti boutique that opened based in Orange County, Calif., is bringing its ular beaches, the shop will focus on beach at 1406 Montana Ave. in retail back to Los Angeles County. clothes during summers. nearby Santa Monica, Ca- The company opened a Volcom boutique The Third Street Promenade store was lif., in June 2012. There’s on Oct. 15 at 1340 Third Street Promenade designed for an urban ambiance. There is a graphic of a gold disc in in Santa Monica, Calif. The street is one of little wood in the boutique. Rather, there is back of the cash wrap, and the Los Angeles area’s premiere shopping exposed brick, metal fixtures and a “heri- the rest of the store offers districts, and it hosts shops for vertical retail- tage” wall bearing posters from Volcom’s the ambiance of an indus- ers including American Apparel, All Saints 22-year history. The store’s design was made trial loft space. Ruti’s Ven- Spitalfields, Anthro- unique with an “ac- ice space formerly housed pologie, H&M, Hard cordion” door, which RUTI VENICE: Interior of the Ruti boutique in Venice the fitness club Circuit Tail and Forever 21. can be pushed into Works. Los Angeles Coun- the boutique’s wall. chief executive officer for Iro USA. Iro Bev- Like the four sister Ruti stores, the Venice ty last saw a Volcom “The front of the store erly Hills will move into 325 N. Beverly shop sells Tel Aviv–based designers includ- boutique in 2011, flows into the street,” Drive, which currently houses a shop for pio- ing Maya Negri, Alembika and Noritamy, when the brand closed Taylor said. “It will neering multi-brand retailer Ron Herman. said Shelby Crane, the manager of Ruti in its Los Angeles shop bring more people While the Beverly Hills store will feature Venice. “We feel at home with Venice’s on La Brea Avenue. in.” marble floors, Zuta said that the design for the eclectic, artistic nature. Ruti’s clothing is The store was shut- The shop was de- Abbot Kinney store would be much different. unique and eclectic like the Venice lifestyle,” tered because retail signed by Volcom’s “We’re going to design it to fit with the Crane said in a company statement. Along traffic on the street in-house team and spirit of the street,” Zuta said. “It will not have with shops in Venice and Santa Monica, Ruti declined, said Rocky Paris-based architect marble floors. It will be polished concrete. I runs boutiques in San Francisco as well as Taylor, Volcom’s ROLL IN: Volcom opened a store on group Interbrand. Santa Monica’s Third Street Promenade. want to blend in. I don’t want to stand out. I Berkeley and Palo Alto, Calif. The company North America re- It will serve as a space for inspiration and The new shop’s in- want to let the clothing speak for itself.” is headquartered in Palo Alto. tail director. La Brea experimentation for the boardsports and terior will serve as a continues to be the fashion company. (Courtesy of Volcom.) prototype for upcom- address for prominent ing Volcom stores, retailers such as American Rag. said Eric John, Volcom’s vice president of Volcom is a division of Kering, a Paris- global retail. headquartered conglomerate that also owns The new store will also serve as a space Puma, Electric, St. Laurent, Balenciaga, for inspiration and experimentation for Vol- Stella McCartney and Brioni. Volcom com’s executives and designers, based in opened a 2,200-square-foot Third Street Costa Mesa. Promenade store to show the entire breadth “The proximity allows us to try new things of its collection, which ranges from men’s and have events,” John said. “It allows the mad and women’s to juniors and children’s fash- scientists in the creative department to interact ions and accessories, along with retail-only with one of Volcom’s premier retail stores. collections such as T-shirts bearing graph- They’ll develop and learn what impacts the ics from local artists. Because Third Street products have on our customer and learn how Promenade is located a few blocks away to better serve our customer.”—A.A. True Religion Adds to Management Team The new owners of True Religion, taken “I am thrilled to join True Religion at private nearly three months ago, have added such a key moment in the company’s evolu- two top management team members to the tion and to work with such an exceptional premium-denim company, based in Vernon, and forward-looking team, including many Calif. people I’ve worked with previously,” Giu- Rosella Giuliani, formerly with Gap liani said. “Denim is my passion, and I Inc. and 7 For All Mankind, has been ap- look forward to building on True Religion’s pointed vice president of merchandising. strong reputation in the premium space to The appointment, announced on Oct. 23, is reach our customers.” effective immediately. She reports to Chief Horak previously worked at Guess Inc. Merchandising Officer Lynne Koplin and for 12 years, most recently as senior vice will be working with the company’s new president of global planning and allocation. creative director, Gary Harvey, to shape He has held senior planning and allocation True Religion’s merchandising across the positions at The Wet Seal, Warner Broth- company’s various platforms. ers Studio Stores and Victoria’s Secret. Joining the denim company on Nov. 4 At a July 29 special meeting, True Religion will be Steve Horak, whose job title is se- shareholders approved the company’s acquisi- nior vice president of planning and allocation by TowerBrook Capital Partners, based tion. He will be responsible for the brand’s in New York and London. The purchase price product distribution and will report to Eric was $32 a share, or $824 million. Bauer, the company’s chief financial officer True Religion was founded as a blue- and chief operating officer. jeans company in 2002 by Jeff Lubell and Giuliani was previously the creative di- his now ex-wife, Kym Lubell Gold. rector and vice president of merchandising One day after completing its acquisition of and design for the 1969 denim label at Gap True Religion, TowerBrook Capital Partners Inc. Before that, she was vice president of named David Conn as the blue-jeans maker’s global merchandising and design at 7 For chief executive officer. Most recently, Conn All Mankind, another Los Angeles premi- was president of VF Corp.’s retail licensed um-denim label. brand groups.—Deborah Belgum

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02.news.indd 2 10/24/13 7:53:59 PM news Calendar Fire Damages Showroom in the California Market Center Oct. 25 Fab Counsel online Palm Springs Fashion Weekend Approximately 40 firefighters and 12 fire trucks re- Water from the sprinklers flowed down to the main Hard Rock Hotel Nov. 8 sponded to a California Market Center showroom fire floor and flooded the Citibank branch below. CMC Palm Springs, Calif. that occurred the morning of Oct. 24 on the second floor workers were mopping up water as fast as they could. Through Oct. 27 Black & Blues Ball, honoring of the building in Los Angeles, authorities said. Sheets of plastic covered a stretch of teller windows. The Kevin Sullivan of Wells Fargo and The fire in the Creative Concepts showroom in suite smell of smoke hung in the air. Oct. 27 Frank Kaufman of Moss Adams The Grove of Anaheim China Sourcing Fair A272 was started when a sales- Anaheim, Calif. person walked in around 9 a.m. Asia World Expo Hong Kong Nov. 12 and flicked on a light switch, Through Oct. 30 prompting an electrical spark CALA to go flying and burn clothing Oct. 28 The Expo Building Denver samples, said Peter Jacobson, Coast Through Nov. 13 owner of the space, which The Moore Building houses the Creative Concepts Miami Nov. 24 showroom and Jacobson’s Through Oct. 29 DG Expo distribution company, Fash- Nov. 4 San Francisco Hilton ionLink. Jacobson has been San Francisco Lazr Through Nov. 25 in the building for more than Cooper Design Space 30 years. “A light blew out,” Los Angeles Jacobson said as he was walk- Through Nov. 5 ing down a smoke-filled hall- CALA way. “Thank God nobody was DAMAGE: An electrical spark from RAPID RESPONSE: Nearly 40 firefighters were Westin St. Francis a light fixture ignited samples in called when the alarm rang that a fire had San Francisco There’s more hurt.” the Creative Concepts showroom, broken out at the CMC. on ApparelNews.net. Capt. Rick Godinez of the according to fire officials. Through Nov. 5 Los Angeles Fire Department Nov. 6 For calendar details and contact said several companies responded to the call, received at “We are calling our people in to assess the damage,” information, visit ApparelNews. 9:08 a.m., and arrived a few minutes later. The closest said Albert Pulido, the bank’s manager. The bank’s doors “How to Start a Fashion Line on net/calendar. a Budget” webinar presented by fire station to the CMC is located at Seventh and Wall were open and they were trying to help as many custom- streets, but other fire companies from South Central Los ers as they could, but they were directing most customers Submissions to the calendar should be faxed to the Calendar Editor at (213) 623-5707. Angeles, Boyle Heights and close to the University of to other Citibank branches in downtown Los Angeles. Please include the event’s name, date, time, location, admission price and contact Southern California responded. “A switch blew, which CMC President Jaime Lee said the building is working information. The deadline for calendar submissions is the Tuesday prior to Friday publication. Inclusion in the calendar is subject to available space and the judgment of blew a hot piece onto a rack of clothes,” Godinez said. with LAFD investigators to assess the exact cause and the editorial staff. “The sprinklers pretty much knocked the fire out.” circumstances of the fire.—Deborah Belgum

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FMNC Continued from page 1 States. Wholesale prices range from $60 to $115. “I have a closing hour from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. to serve free wine be- lot of company brands from the United States, and that is a tween 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. while buyers shopped the extra vendors said it dropped off during the next two days as a plus,” Muller noted. hour. On Tuesday, buyer parking, which normally costs $10 transportation strike affecting the area’s BART commuter Roni Arteaga, the West Coast sales manager of Los An- a day, was free. rail service caused the area’s highways to be clogged with geles–based XCVI and Wearables by XCVI, said she had Jo Ellen Newton, owner of Coco Gets Dressed in Port- motorists. a super-busy Sunday. Monday was more mellow. Wearables, land, Ore., said this is her favorite market. “This is the show “Sunday I had the best day I’ve ever had in San Mateo. which has more classic silhouettes, wholesales for $29 to I make time for. I come here twice a year,” she said. I was so busy I didn’t even look up,” said Melody Fast of $45, and XCVI is more trend-driven and wholesales for $34 Carol Munson does most of her retail buying in San Ma- Melody Fast Sales in the California Market Center in Los to $75. The label has gotten some buzz recently for having teo. “I fill up my whole store with the merchandise I buy Angeles. She represents womenswear lines including Art of been seen earlier this fall on the TV show “America’s Next here,” said the owner of Fifth Street Clothing Co., a bou- Cloth, Mill Valley and Oh My Gauze. “On Monday it was Top Model.” “I have opened up four new accounts. So there tique she has owned for 36 years in Chico, Calif. “All the consistent but not as crazy.” are people shopping,” Arteaga said. labels I like to stock are here—Eileen Fisher, Barbara Traffic was so much of a concern on Monday that one re- Lesser, Karen Kane and JAG Jeans.” tailer skedaddled out of the show at 1 p.m. to avoid a loom- Location, location, location ing traffic nightmare. Budget watch The vast exhibition floor was almost a tale of two trade Everyone agreed that Fashion Market Northern Califor- shows. Some aisles were hopping with buyer activity. Other nia—a venue for womenswear lines, accessories, footwear, Northern California is an attractive market for brands that aisles were quiet. And no one could explain why this was jewelry and loungewear—is one of the better-organized cater to a casual lifestyle with an artistic flair. It is also an area happening. “The traffic is really off,” complained Lori shows and has proven to be in an easy location for buyers where the economy is bolstered by growing tech companies Marchand, whose Impulse Moda showroom is located at and representatives to attend. and tech innovations. Facebook’s headquarters are a few the Gerry Build- miles down the road in ing in downtown Los Menlo Park, Calif., and Angeles. “I thought it Google’s headquarters was going to be jam- are a few miles far- ming.” ther away in Mountain Nearby vendors View, Calif. agreed with her. “We For the most part, are wondering if the store owners at the BART strike has af- show were upbeat fected the show,” said about the economy Judy Kurgan, whose and felt their customers Judy Kurgan Sales were back to spending showroom is in the money on clothes. But California Market retailers were still play- Center. ing cautious with their STYLE WALK: A sampling of the labels being THIRD TIME: This is only the third show Judy ART WORLD: Melody Fast said her artsy lines But three aisles sold at the fashion market Kurgan has attended in San Mateo, but it has sell well because they are unique and appeal to budgets. over, Linda French— helped boost sales of the three lines she brought. Northern California’s customers. “Customers are feel- who represents labels ing confident. They are including Stop Staring!, Color Me Cotton and Effie’s For years, it was located in San Francisco at The Con- shopping. They are happy, and they are spending money,” said Heart—barely had time to talk. “I’m slammed,” she said, course, a South of Market artsy district that was long on Melanie Goodpasture, who recently bought the Silk Moon dashing to pluck several dresses off clothing racks to show urban chic but short on convenient parking and easy access. Gallery, a boutique in the artsy town of Sebastopol, Calif. buyers. In 2008, the show relocated to the San Mateo Event Cen- But she is still being conservative and stocking her Pat Muller was hunched over her worktable, doing paper- ter, which has an extensive asphalt parking lot that can ac- 3,000-square-foot store with casual and ethnic items that work to keep up with the orders she had placed. “This has commodate hundreds of cars and is located close to the 101 sell for under $100. been a fabulous show. I’ve worked with several boutiques, Freeway. Coco Gets Dressed’s Newton sees shoppers spending catalogs such as Gump’s and TravelSmith, and opened up In the back of the event floor is a restaurant that serves more. But she too is being cautious about price points, keep- new accounts,” she said. reasonably priced lunches. And at 3 p.m., the show’s orga- ing her items under $200. Her outerwear lines, including fleece-heavy Janska, are nizers wheel a food cart around with free cookies. Coffee, “We are very much a boutique store. We don’t sell a lot colorful and made in the USA. Her Goddess Gear is made tea and lemonade are available in the back. of basics,” she said. “We do dressy. But if it is dressy, it has of natural and organic fibers and also is made in the United This year, the organizers decided to extend Monday’s to go with denim.” ●

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“They like to buy full Continued from page 1 Brentwood wardrobes,” Garth said. retail centers in the neighborhood. However, there is a ceil- Theory will take two-thirds of the new ing on this growth story, space of Brentwood Place, Blatteis said. said veteran commercial Helmut Lang will take the other third. They real estate broker Chuck will be the only tenants of the new project. Dembo of Dembo Realty. Theory did not answer requests for com- “There are a lot of mon- ment by press time. eyed people around there,” Retailers are hungry for more space in he said of Brentwood. Brentwood. The upscale neighborhood is “But there’s a lack of retail home to many of LA’s best-known names in space.” The commercial entertainment, sports and business, includ- strip of San Vicente and ing Tom Brady, Gisele Bundchen, Arnold 26th St. only is comprised Schwarzenegger, Rick Caruso and Steven of a few blocks, and the re- Unionmade Champion Unionmade / Gitman Unionmade / Patagonia Unionmade / Unis Spielberg. tail spaces are small. High-profile retailers Intermix and The lack of growth potential keeps down said. “It’s a lot of locals, Scoop NYC moved into the neighborhood price. A square foot of commercial real es- a lot of Japanese and New in 2012, and clothing brand Velvet moved tate costs $8 in Brentwood’s premier areas, Yorkers.” the corner of San Vicente and 26th St., said Recently, Unionmade’s Jay Luchs, executive vice president of New- shoppers have been buying mark Grubb Ellis Knight Frank. How- soft fleece such as Cham- ever, space in the highly popular—and more pion by Todd Snyder. spacious—Abbot Kinney Boulevard retail “Todd restyled it all,” Bar- district goes for $10 to $12. ket said of the New York– based designer’s re-do of Unionmade the classic athletic brand. “There’s vintage washes, Unionmade will open a boutique at The but he kept it straightfor- Jenni Kayne collaboration Jenni Kayne collaboration with My Grove retail center next year. The San Fran- ward. He brought back the with My Line Line cisco–based boutique retailer made waves old logo, and he has done when it opened its first Southern Califor- some crew necks with pockets. It’s an updat- ally great with the T-shirt collection we did A rendering of Brentwood Place. (Courtesy of nia store at Brentwood Country Mart in ed basic. It’s the easiest thing in the world to with My Line,” she said of the collaboration Blatteis & Schnur.) 2011. wear.” The sweatshirt retails for $130. with the T-shirt brand. “I think people appre- Co-owners Todd Barket and Carl Chi- Khaki pants do great year round at Union- ciate pieces that are classic but still chic.” in earlier this year. ara wanted a neighborhood that was off the made. A top seller is the Los Angeles–based The lightweight T-shirts are constructed Australian women’s brand Flannel beaten track as well as a building with inter- Save Khaki United brand. It retails under from linen and cotton, and some of them opened a pop-up shop at 220 26th St. in esting architecture. They found Brentwood $100. “It’s a straight, easy fit,” Barket said. have asymmetric hems to add some spice. September. Manager Kristen Garth said the Country Mart, which was ready to take a “It’s democratic. It fits most body types.” The T-shirts retail for $85 to $95. brand would like to stay in Brentwood be- leap from offering neighborhood shops to Another line of chino pants catching a lot cause the wealthy shoppers typically like to high-profile retail. of attention is Unis. The label is headquar- Flannel stay and shop in their neighborhood. When They’ve been pleased with the results. tered in New York, but some of the manu- they do shop, they spend a lot of money. “It’s a balance of shoppers here,” Barket facturing is in Los Angeles. “Unis is slim,” Australian brand Flannel has been mak- Barket said of the chinos, which undergo ing contemporary fashions since 2009, but special washes. Among the most popular it recently set up shop in America with a Unis silhouettes is the “Gio,” Barket said. boutique at 1223 Abbot Kinney Blvd. in De- “It is tapered and slim. It’s for a younger cember 2012. Last month, the brand opened guy, for sure,” he said. It retails for $198. a pop-up boutique at 220 26th St., which is Patagonia’s classic lightweight down across the street from the Brentwood Coun- vests have been popular at Unionmade. “It’s try Mart. not super heavy. It’s winter outerwear for The most-popular item there is the brand’s Los Angeles,” Barket said. “Gray and black “Essential Long Dress.” The silk maxi dress tend to always be popular. There’s a really retails for $560, said store manager Kristen good jewel tones this year.” The vests retail Garth. “It is very flattering, and it suits all for $169. body types,” she said. “People The oxford shirt is a clas- love it because they can dress sic silhouette for Brentwood’s it up for events or make it ca- men. One of the most popular sual for everyday wear.” brands is Gitman Vintage. “They always do a classic ox- Intermix ford in blue and white. That is a day-in and day-out best- Intermix helped make seller,” Barket said. Boosting Brentwood a retail hot spot its popularity is that it is made when it moved into the Brent- in America and it is offered in wood Country Mart in March novelty patterns. It retails for 2012. $185. Recently, top-selling items at its 2,000-square-foot store Jenni Kayne include Helmut Lang blazers, Iro leather jackets and relaxed The Jenni Kayne fashion blouses from A.L.C. brand opened two boutiques One A.L.C. top that has in Santa Barbara’s exclusive been very popular is a sleeve- Montecito district recently. less tank in a leopard print, The brand’s Brentwood Coun- which retails for $298. An- try Mart shop opened in March other top-seller has been the 2012, and it buzzes with activ- Helmut Lang “Linear Drape” Print + Online + ity. Kayne said the shop’s best- blazer, which retails for $650. selling clothing item is simple Also popular is a sweater from Archives = Total Access and elegant. Paris-based brand Iro that re- “We’ve also been doing re- Flannel tails for $548. ● Get Yours Today and Save 75%! POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: CALIFORNIA APPAREL NEWS, Customer Service, PO Box 4419, Orlando, FL 32802. CALIFORNIA APPAREL NEWS®: (ISSN 0008-0896) Published by TLM PUBLISHING INC. APPAREL NEWS GROUP Publishers of: California Apparel News®, Market Week Magazine®, New Resources®, Water wear®, New York Apparel News®, Dallas Apparel News®, Apparel News South®, Chicago Apparel News®, The Apparel Visit www.apparelnews.net News (National), Bridal Apparel News®, Southwest Images®, Stylist® and MAN (Men’s Apparel News®). Proper- ties of TLM PUBLISHING INC., California Market Center, 110 E. Ninth St., Suite A777, Los Angeles, CA 90079, (213) 627-3737. © Copyright 2013 TLM Publishing Inc. All rights reserved. Published weekly except semi-weekly first week of January, second week of July and first week of September. 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01,3,4.indd 4 10/24/13 7:52:15 PM Fashionfaces Spotlighting the industry’s innovators and influencers

Marty Moran: Meet Buhler’s New CEO

There’s a new man at the top at Buhler Quality Yarns, the A family trade? what the expectations should be. Nobody could fool you. veteran purveyor of fine-count yarns, founded in Switzerland No, my dad was in hydraulic pumps. in 1812 and with a domestic facility launched in Jefferson, Mill workers must be great characters. Georgia, in 1996. After 30 years at the helm of the premier Not the same at all. So, how did you wander over to textiles? Most of the people who work in a cotton mill are down- cotton fiber company, which includes US Supima cotton, I grew up in Gastonia, North Carolina, which was a huge to-earth, great, hardworking people. When you go to a mill, Lenzing Micro TENCEL®, and Lenzing MicroModal®, the textile center, had a huge history in textiles and yarn spinning. people have always been there 20 and 30 years. They’ve seen much-respected Werner Bieri has retired. Enter Marty Moran, I knew I wanted to go to North Carolina State. I had a lot of managers come and go. They’ve been in the mills for multiple late of the now-late RadiciSpandex Corp., as CEO. Moran, friends whose parents were in the textile industry, and they generations and have grown up in the mills. They couldn’t be who has a B.S. in Textile Management from North Carolina were going to the textile school. I was considering engineering, friendlier or nicer to you. State University and proudly hails from that state, has spent but then the textile school came to my high school recruiting. his 20-plus-year career in the spinning business, starting, Their presentation was neat, and interesting—there was a lot Oh come on, are you saying they didn’t prank the college appropriately enough, in cotton. After his hiring in June of more to textiles than clothing and sheets and towels. Space boy? this year, Moran happily installed his wife, 15- and 12-year- shuttle tiles were a textile product, for example. You’d hear stories about people getting sent to the parts old daughters and 10-year-old son in Hoschton, just north of One of the things the textile school promoted was the room to look for bolt stretchers or sky hooks. They don’t Atlanta. Now, if only he could find some decent ’cue…. placement and salaries you could get right out of school. exist. It would depend on how nice the supply room guy was But yeah, people would say, “What are you doing going into whether you’d find out if you’d been pranked. textiles?” I’ve always been a practical person. I’d say, “How I swear this didn’t happen to me, but once they sent a new can you argue with 100 percent placement?” guy for a T-R-Double E. The person in the supply room said, “Find out if they want an O-A-K or an E-L-M.” The new guy Coming to Buhler was a bit like coming home for you, was going back and forth on this fool’s journey. though. Didn’t you start out in a cotton company? Yes, this is coming home for me. My first job was in cotton You sure it wasn’t you? spinning. I understand cotton spinning more than I understood I think I might have been sent for a bolt stretcher once. spandex spinning, which involved many chemicals. When everybody starts laughing when you get to the supply room, you get it. Idiot. Working in a cotton mill has to be fascinating. It’s exciting for me to be going back. I got a job in a cotton You know, the Swiss don’t prank. They are by the book, no nonsense, but very nice to work for.

Now for the real question: Who has better barbecue, Georgia or North Carolina? Marty Moran joined Buhler in July. That’s not fair. I’m going to get in trouble here. The real “Most of the people who question is whether North or South Carolina has the best barbecue. North Carolina has the best barbecue in the country. First off, we must acknowledge that you have stepped into In fact, my oldest daughter is very upset with the fact we can’t some very big shoes following Werner Bieri’s retirement. work in a cotton mill are Of course. I knew Werner from some of the textile find barbecue here as good as in North Carolina. But we had a organizations, and so I had huge respect for him. When down-to-earth, great, barbecue lunch brought in here not long ago, and it was pretty Werner spoke, people listened—he carried a lot of weight good. when he would voice his opinion. When I found out about this hardworking people. position and the possibility of my getting this job, I thought, Wow, following someone like Werner would definitely be a When you go to a mill, challenge. people have always been Has it been? We have different personalities and management styles. I thought that would be interesting as well, coming at it as a there 20 and 30 years.” different type of manager. But I’ve been well received at the company. Werner has been available as a resource to me, and he has been terrific. He just got the Supima award, which — Marty Moran they’ve given only six times in 58 years. It’s a great sense of pride for us that he was thought of that highly to get that CEO, Buhler Quality Yarns award.

Did he give you advice? I think it’s not been advice as much as, “Here’s why we did this, where my thought process was when we did that.” As things have come up, I’ve been able to talk to him about why mill the summer of my senior year. The plant manager took things were done a certain way. I’ve gotten explanations as me to the department manager and said, “Put him through we’ve gone along. the management training program.” I thought that sounded The Moran family, clockwise from Marty: Jenny, Alaina, Carson, pretty good. First step was, they gave me a shield for my face, and Riley Let’s step back a bit in time to your days at North Carolina a pair of gloves, and an axe. I had to start busting wires off State University. You’re the Wolfpack, right? bales of cotton. I thought, this is a strange introduction to Sounds like you are pretty comfortable already. The Wolfpack. management. For two weeks, I opened cotton bales, then Yeah, I feel comfortable. The company is in good shape and for two weeks I threw cotton into the hopper so it could on good footing. I’ve been handed the reins to something that be carded, then two weeks of roving, maintenance on the You majored in textile management. Just how big is the is running really well, and that’s a nice situation to be in. I’m frames—I went all the way through the plant that summer. textile Wolfpack at NC State? putting some of my own management stamp on it but not When I graduated, I got a job immediately at Dixie Yarns. The entire textile school is pretty big. NC State is one of the shaking things up too much because it is already working so It was the same thing, only months in every department, not top textile schools in the country for sure, and probably in the well. weeks, working through all the processes. world. There was textile management, textile technology, and It being so similar to what I’ve done, a manufacturing textile engineering. Basically, I had a business management process I understand, a great team already in place, and I found degree with a concentration in textiles. I would say it was Sounds like the best possible education. some barbecue that is passable—I have calmed down very almost a vocational type of education. You come out with a The best way is to do the jobs. You get pretty good at quickly and am very comfortable. marketable skill. them, not as good as the professionals, but when you were supervising them, you knew what they were going through,

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new resources Boswell: Ready-to-Wear Fast Break Liberty Sage: Rhapsody’s New Contemporary Line Waraire Boswell, who is 6 feet 7 features leather details. The line’s After almost two decades of only inches tall, built a career by designing “Lear” suit features a blazer made manufacturing juniors fashions, Los made-to-measure suits for the NBA- out of jersey material, and the “Baron Angeles–based Rhapsody Clothing sized guy. Athletes such as LeBron Camo” shirt is a black-collared shirt Inc. is making its first venture into the James were outfitted in the designer’s made from Japanese cotton with a contemporary market. self-named label, Waraire Boswell, as subtle camouflage pattern. Wholesale Liberty Sage took a bow at Coterie well as Me by Waraire Boswell. price points range from $80 to $90 trade show in September. It will make its Now, Boswell hopes to build a for shirting, $450 for leather bottoms first shipment on Jan. 30. Bryan Kang, business for people of all sizes. He and $880 for suits. His fashions are Rhapsody’s president and chief execu- recently debuted a ready-to-wear label currently sold on his website (www. tive officer, said that the time is right to called Boswell. The designer hopes waraireboswell.com). sell a contemporary line because con- that it will mix the elegant, the fashion The ready-to-wear line also offers sumers want a contemporary alternative forward and the casual. women’s versions of these styles. compared with the fast fashion that has The Boswell ready-to-wear line The designer will be expanding been wildly popular over the past few offers the “Workmen” shirt. Its front his business beyond ready-to-wear. years. pockets were inspired by the uniforms In 2014, he plans to open a boutique “They enjoyed disposability,” Kang of the people working on Detroit as- for his lines. For more information, said of consumer choices in the recent sembly lines. However, the blue-collar contact (213) 955-5750 or info@wbi. past. But times and tastes have changed. aesthetic is laced by luxury. The shirt me.—Andrew Asch “Our customer wants silk, not polyes- ter.” Contemporary styles, typically de- fined as better-priced clothes for wom- link print, a maxi-dress with a variegated stripe, a en, is different enough from juniors, which are con- knee-length tunic dress, and denim-driven tops. sidered clothes for teens and pre-teens. The markets Baltazar hopes that Liberty Sage will eventually and manufacturers for juniors and contemporary be a lifestyle brand. Gene Zuckerman, the brand’s rarely mix. national sales manager, hopes to place it in better While some of the world’s best-known fashion department stores. brands are labeled as contemporary, there is still op- Liberty Sage’s core wholesale price points range portunity in the crowded market, said Ilse Metchek, from $48 to $68, and its entire range goes from $42 president of the California Fashion Association, to $80. Rhapsody cast a very wide net for its target a prominent trade group. “The timing is right be- market. It will range from young women to those in cause teen spending on fashion is slowing. There’s their middle age. “Women in their 40s and 50s have an oversupply of teen fashion,” she said. the buying power,” Zuckerman said. In June, Kang hired a contemporary designer, Kang said that women from all age groups will Mario Baltazar, to lead his company’s contempo- be attracted to Baltazar’s designs. Baltazar hopes rary initiative. For its debut collection, Liberty Sage to attract multitudes of women to the line because will offer 50 styles. It’s intended to outfit women for it will be easy to wear. “The fit is made to make the office and casual dress. every wearer comfortable,” Kang said. “Necklines The line’s styles include a tuxedo-style jacket that are not too revealing and skirts that are not too THE DESIGNER: Waraire Boswell at his Los Angeles studio and pant, a chiffon overshirt, a T-shirt with a chain- short.”—A.A.

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06-7LAFW.indd 7 10/24/13 8:51:29 PM made in california Coming Soon Beluva: San Francisco Based, San Francisco Made Firuze Hariri launched her Beluva collection in 1996, but the designer and chief executive officer has a rich history in San Fran- cisco’s fashion community. As a freshman at San Francisco State University in 1977, Hariri opened her first store—called Firuze—on Union Street. Her second store, in nearby Sausalito, followed. Both are still running, selling Hariri’s Beluva collection along with other merchandise. “That’s one of the keys to success for us,” Hariri said. “We have the store, we test [new items], and if they sell we put them in the line.” A few years ago, Hariri designed an item that has sold well and became her signature piece, an easy-to-wear, easy-to-care-for crinkled top, made from microfiber and available in a range of styles, patterns and colors. “The fabric has a memory, and it keeps the crinkle in it—it will never come out,” Hariri said. “They are all hand-washed and no pressing is needed. They are extremely practical because you can crumple it, stick it in your suitcase and go traveling. If you need to wash it, just wash it by hand and it dries very fast. You don’t have to do much with it, and you always look good. Career women are on the road or at work; they want to look good and not fuss about it so much.” The shirts are wholesale priced at about $65. Beluva is carried primarily by specialty retailers including B. Real and Reeds in California; Evelyn and Arthur, Dazzled and Foxy Lady in Florida; Von Maur in Iowa; Stonewear in Connecticut; Studio in Massachusetts; and Julian Gold in Texas. In addition to the tops, Beluva also has reversible jackets made from the same crinkled microfiber material. “We have always produced in San Francisco,” Hariri said. “I live in San Francisco, so I definitely want to keep an eye on production.” But that’s only part of the reason she keeps her production local. Even though she acknowledges it would be cheaper to send her production to Asia, Hariri prefers to support the remaining manufacturing community in San Francisco. “In the long run, it works for everybody,” she said.—Alison A. Nieder

Jacob Davis: Denim From Street to Stage

By day, Jason Briggs and Jason Ferro rush spirit and attitude of entrepreneurship.” between the sewers and denim wash houses in For Spring 2014, Jacob Davis expanded Los Angeles, putting the finishing touches on its denim base to include a full collection of their contemporary menswear brand, Jacob men’s sportswear that is also made in Los An- Davis. By night, the two are on stage playing geles. Trade Shows Section in the band Whitley Heights. “We want to stimulate the economy,” Their double lives give them added insight Briggs said. Jackets and shirts are still root- into menswear market ed in denim, such research. as tailored trucker “We are designing jackets, indigo-dyed for our friends,” Ferro and washed woven said. “The aesthetics shirts, and casual Get into the next come from that, but we plaid shirts. get ideas from where The collection is we travel and what we sold at retailers such Trade Shows Special Sections think is missing in the as Bloomingdale’s retail world.” and Fred Segal. Briggs and Ferro Naturally, Ferro with advertorial met when they were and Briggs have both twenty-some- tested the jeans on things in Laguna themselves to ensure Nov. 15, 2013 Beach, Calif., and they the jeans’ durability shared a living room after wash process- that became an art stu- ing and comfort after dio turned rehearsal non-stop wearing on room engulfed by a workdays that turn In addition to a six-month shelflife, drum set and musical into late nights on instruments. the town. Ferro went on to “Denim is excit- this popular section receives bonus specialize in denim ing again,” Ferro and served as global said. “It’s great be- denim director for The cause the fabric has distribution at dozens of shows. Gap, and has held come to a point that director positions at Guess, Levi’s and Hol- you can’t tell the difference between stretch lister. Briggs owned his own private-label and rigid. With stretch before, it didn’t look design and production company, Diverse masculine.” Production, which had a clientele of major Jacob Davis’ newest denim styles employ surf-industry labels. the “mechanical comfort” of stretch denim that Ferro and Briggs united to launch Jacob still looks rugged. “It gives you the stretch but Davis men’s jeans for Fall 2012, named for doesn’t give you the spandex-y look,” Ferro the relatively unknown tailor who invented said. “I have stacks of denim. You know what call now for special rates riveted jeans in the early 1870s. I wear? Two pairs of stretch. It feels good and Terry Martinez (213) 627-3737 x213 apparelnews.net “We have that heritage card,” Ferro said. looks good.” But “it’s never been a heritage brand. We For more information, visit www.jacobda- focus on the spirit of what he stood for—the visusa.com.—Rhea Cortado

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08.MIC.indd 8 10/24/13 8:25:38 PM surf report Apparel News Group Quiksilver Sells Snowboard Business Mervin Manufacturing

Quiksilver announced it is shedding Mervin Manufacturing Quiksilver, based in Huntington Beach, Calif., deals primarily in 1945-2013 Inc., which makes snowboard products, in a sale to Extreme Hold- branded apparel, footwear and accessories that appeal to the surf and Sixty-eight years of news, ings Inc., a strategic holding company in Pennsylvania. snowboard crowd. fashion and information The business deal, announced Oct. 23, did not give a sale price but In May, Quiksilver announced a multi-year profit-improvement CEO/PUBLISHER TERRY MARTINEZ is an all-cash transaction. plan to turn around the company from an entity that had a net loss of Quiksilver acquired the snowboard maker in 1997 for $4.3 million $10.76 million in fiscal 2012 to a company that makes money. Executive Editor Classified Account Executives plus the assumption of $3 million in bank debt. The company said it intends to use the cash to strengthen its ALISON A. NIEDER Zenny R. Katigbak Mervin Manufacturing, located in Carlsborg, Wash., had sales of brands, grow sales and make the company more efficient. Senior Editor jeffery younger Deborah Belgum Classified Accounting $32 million for the previous 12-month period. The company was ad- Quiksilver has branched out to buy other industry-related com- Retail Editor Marilou Dela Cruz vised by Altamont Capital Partners. panies before. In 2005, when the economy was riding high, Quik- Andrew Asch Service Directory Account Executive Mervin’s brands include Gnu, Lib Tech and Bent Metal. Found- silver acquired the Rossignol Group, a French maker of skis and Editorial Manager John Irwin June Espino ed in 1977 by snowboarders Mike Olson and Pete Saari, the com- snowboards, for $320 million. Three years later, as the economy Production Manager contributors Kendall in pany will continue to manufacture Quiksilver’s Roxy brand of snow- started to decline, it sold it to Chartreuse & Mont Blanc for $100 Ben cope Volker Corell art director boards. million.—Deborah Belgum Rhea Cortado Dot Wiltzer John Eckmier production Artist Tim Regas Felix Salzman John Freeman Fish N. Jayne Seward Photo Editor Miguel Starcevich John Urquiza sarah wolfson Controller made in california Resources web production manager Jim patel damon p. carroll Credit Manager web production Rita o’connor knits, etc., comprised of organic cotton, organic be brought to a new standard in our market. As ian bramlett business development Asher Fabric Concepts hemp, bamboo, and other recycled and natural a vertical manufacturer, we mill our own fabric, zuke oshiro molly Rhodes 2301 E. Seventh St., #F107 fibers. “Our customers are often surprised at dye, cut, and sew all right here in the USA. 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Applicant * In newly renovated Anjac Fashion Buildings -Perform product sales trainings and customer visits must speak English and be authorized to work in the US. in the heart of Downtown Fashion District. -Order processing for domestic and international ac- Please email resume to [email protected] or * Industrial, retail and office space also available counts fax resume to 323-277-1467. throughout the San Fernando Valley. -Charge collections * Retail and office space also available just - 3 years wholesale sales experience SAMPLE SEWER and DUPLICATES south of Downtown. - Abililty to travel. Growing Contemporary label seeks full time First Sample Sewer. Must have 6+ years experience in the 213-626-5321 or email [email protected] E-mail resume to [email protected]. Salary garment industry. and be authorized to work in the US. Range $40 - $50K. Ron Robinson Inc. | Fred Segal Please email resume to [email protected] or Buy, Sell, and Trade contact Claudia at (310) 391-9292 # 225. FABRICS FOR SALE JUNIOR & MISSY SALES REP ASSOCIATE TECHNICAL DESIGNER All natural fabrics. Silk, Wool, Cashmere, Brocade, Need an expert Junior & Missy Sales Rep for an established *Opportunity for indiv. w/3-4 years exp. in swim/knit. Beaded Fabrics, Sequins, Silk Lining & Silk Velvet, etc. Junior & Missy Line! Must have experience with major retail *Understanding of garment construction, original specs, Trimmings & Buttons. department stores & chain stores. Salary & Commission. grading & corrections. Call Velma: 310-378-8915 Contact: [email protected] or *Will measure import samples from 1st fit to TOP's & fax: 323-526-0638 communicate w/overseas to ensure proper fit, analyze & NEW LEATHER SUPPLIER, GRAND OPENING! execute fit comments from development to prod. WE SELL LEATHER HIDES/SKINS. SALES REP / SALES MANAGER *Will generate tech packs, T&A and sit in fit sessions, Any qty, no minimum. Perfect for garments, fashion. 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TECHNICAL DESIGNER fabricmerchants.com SALES REP. - ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE Steve 818-219-3002 Follow up on ALL fits; Track & submit all fits, 1sts, Exp'd Apparel Sales Rep for updated contemporary PP's,TOPS in a timely manner, managing deadlines. women's line. National, Regional & Specialty.Road, WE NEED FABRIC Create in excel precise spec sheets. Must know all the Showroom & Trade Shows. Base Salary & Commission. private label protocols to execute fits. Attend all fittings. Silks Wools Denims Knits Prints Solids... Please email resume & salary requirements to: Work close with pattern makers ,design & QC personnel Apparel & Home decorative. [email protected] Thank you to understand the company fits & quality for construc- No lot to small or large... tion. EMAIL: [email protected] Also, buy sample room inventories... Stone Harbor 323-277-2777 Marvin or Michael

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