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FREIGHT & LOGISTICS How Apparel Importers Are Adjusting Their Strategies for the Next Big Shipping Season

By Deborah Belgum Senior Editor

Late last year, Ram Kundani waited as long as seven weeks to extract his cargo containers filled with printed dresses, lace tops and distressed denim pants from the con- gested ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. Many of his apparel shipments didn’t make it in time for the make-or-break holiday season, costing his company more than $500,000 in lost sales. This year, hoping not to be burned again, he is bringing his apparel import in a little earlier than normal. “We used to add an extra three or four days for our mer- chandise to clear. Now we are adding up to 10 days to two weeks just in case,” said Kundani, executive vice president ➥ Freight page 9 The Point: New Retail Center Bows in LA County

By Andrew Asch Retail Editor

Planet Blue, Lucky Brand and Michael Stars are scheduled to open stores at The Point, Los Angeles Coun- ty’s newest retail center, which is scheduled to take a bow on July 30. Also scheduled to take a bow at The Point are boutiques for Prana; Lou & Grey, a new concept from Ann Taylor Loft; No Rest for Bridget, a fast-fashion chain; Athleta, Gap Inc.’s women’s fitness line; and Six:02, a women’s fitness apparel and footwear shop owned by Foot Locker Inc. The open-air boutique retail center is currently being constructed on 12 acres of land located at the intersec- tion of Rosecrans Avenue and Sepulveda Boulevard in El Segundo, Calif., which is located adjacent to the affluent Identity & Inspiration ➥ The Point page 8 Woodbury University’s senior fashion design students explored personal identity as inspiration for their final collections, featured on the runway on INSIDE: Where fashion gets down to business SM May 3 at The Majestic Downtown. For more from the show, see page 7

3 8 IMG on hold in Miami ... p. 2 Charney files two lawsuits against American Apparel ... p. 3 Conference focuses on digital tools for retailers and brands ... p. 6 Alisa Tovmanyan JAN LIM www.apparelnews.net

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01,3,8,9.cover.indd 1 5/14/15 6:11 PM NEWS Miami’s SwimWeek Fashion Shows in July on Hiatus, but Trade Shows Will Continue Events producer IMG has put its lineup of feature 140 brands. shouldn’t change. There will be plenty of wear, has shown his styles at SwimWeek glamorous swimsuit-filled runway shows, now IMG’s announcement did take some by events for people to attend,” Brennan said. eight times before. “It helped me launch the known as SwimWeek, on hiatus until 2016. surprise, said Cece Feinberg, who repre- Ronen Jehezkel, co-founder of the Parke collection, but people were getting a little Traditionally, the runway shows, former- sents SwimShow, where an estimated 7,500 & Ronen men’s swimwear brand, has pro- tired of the format and how it was present- ly called Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week brands are scheduled to exhibit at the Miami duced runway shows at SwimWeek before ed,” he said of IMG’s SwimWeek. “Updating Swim, took place in Miami Beach, Fla., Beach Convention Center July 18–21. and felt IMG needed to recharge its batteries. it is a good idea. I’ll be curious to see what every July, at the same time as a number of “People are scrambling to figure out dif- “IMG didn’t give enough opportunities they have up their sleeve. I hope it is modern, swimwear-centric trade shows. ferent venues,” she said. Her Cece Feinberg for new, up-and-coming designers to go on new and progressive.” But at the beginning of this year, IMG an- Public Relations has put together a schedule the stage,” he said. “They always needed Swimwear lines from around the globe nounced that its major sponsor, Mercedes- of events and will post upcoming develop- something new and cool, but nothing ever have presented their looks at SwimWeek. Benz, dropped its support of the company’s ments on the website SwimWeekCalendar. changed there.” Some recent runway shows included brands New York Fashion Week. com. Feinberg said that runway producers Parke & Ronen is scheduled to exhibit such as Beach Bunny, Mikoh, Wildfox While the huge swimwear runway event can post event announcements on the calen- at Cabana. However, Jehezkel thought that Swim and L*Space from Southern Califor- is on hold, all the swim trade shows will take dar, which will serve as an official schedule the swim events might be duller without the nia as well as lines such as We Are Hand- place as usual. Janet Wong, the co-founder for the week’s shows. nightly fashion shows. “Maybe there will be some, founded in Australia; Caffe Swim- of Cabana, a trade event scheduled around Along with SwimShow and Cabana, Sa- less press, less media,” he said. wear, with roots in Colombia; and Gottex, IMG’s runway shows, has been calling cli- lon Allure/Hammock, a boutique trade Red Carter, founder of Red Carter swim- designed in Israel.—Andrew Asch ents saying she predicts her show will not show, is scheduled to run July 18–20 at see a dip in attendance. the W South Beach Hotel. Funkshion “I think the most important thing for Fashion Week Miami Beach, an indepen- brands during Swim Week is that business dent event, will also be producing runway Caruso to Start Campaign for is being done. As a buyer [who buys for the shows and trade events during the week. Miami Atrium store], I can confidently say After IMG’s announcement, Funkshion that’s happening at the trade shows. In addi- Fashion said it would be adding five new Carlsbad Project tion, we’re currently looking beyond the trade venues. It will have an art tent at Collins Caruso Affiliated, the developer of tivated the land with strawberries for gen- shows into a number of solutions to make sure Park and build bridged runways in four Mi- high-profile retail centers The Grove and erations, joined a campaign to change the all of our brands have a home for their fash- ami Beach hotels: The Setai, Soho Beach The Americana at Brand, previously an- zoning for the property, according to some ion shows and a solid media presence. Shows House, SLS and The Thompson. nounced that it intended to build a mall in media reports. and presentations have been happening in- Kyla Brennan, sales director at Beach Riot, Carlsbad, a city located in coastal north San The City of Carlsbad’s website confirmed dependently for years at a number of hotels a swimwear brand in Costa Mesa, Calif., fore- Diego County. that a notice of intent to circulate a petition like The Setai, SLS, Soho House and so on. casted that business would go on as usual. But Rick Caruso, the founder and chief to create a new specific plan had been filed So I sincerely believe the shows will continue Beach Riot is making its debut at Cabana. executive officer of Caruso Affiliated, laid on May 12. The citizen group Preserving to happen this season in IMG’s absence.” “The runway shows are exciting, but the his cards on the table on May 12. He held Carlsbad Open Space the Right Way not- Cabana, which is scheduled to run July trade shows are where brands show their a press conference outlining his plans for a ed that its website (www.openspacetheright- 18–20 in Collins Park in Miami Beach, will lines and where they get orders, and that part Caruso project in Carlsbad. way.com) enjoyed major funding by Caruso He said he hoped to build a center for Affiliated. retail and dining on the Agua Hedionda la- The group endorsed an endeavor called goon by the Interstate 5 freeway in Carls- “The 85/15 Plan.” Its platform is to make bad. The property is currently owned by 85 percent of the 203 acres open space and San Diego Gas & Electric. Caruso Affili- available for farming, with 15 acres set aside CELEBRATING ated is slated to acquire 203 acres on the for Caruso’s project. The land would be OUR 87TH lagoon land from the utility. However, to preserved and the retail space would be de- build the currently unnamed project, Ca- veloped at no cost to taxpayers, the group’s ANNIVERSARY ruso Affiliated must convince Carlsbad vot- website promised. YOUR #1 GLOBAL ers to change the zoning for the area. The If the group can gather valid signatures RESOURCE FOR property is currently zoned for open space for 15 percent, or 9,784 registered voters and agriculture. Some Carlsbad residents, in Carlsbad, the initiative can qualify to be QUALITY including the farming family that had cul- placed on a municipal ballot.—A.A. INNOVATION DEPENDABILITY, American Apparel Sees First-Quarter DISTRIBUTION Net Loss Jump Manufacturing a full selection of buttons American Apparel reported that in the of the year by apparel veteran Paula Schnei- first quarter of this year it had a net loss of der, who last month laid off about 180 factory *buckles*closures*swimwear*accessories $26.4 million, or 15 cents a share, compared workers. New styles each seasoN with $5.5 million, or 5 cents a share, last year. “American Apparel is an iconic brand with Net sales for the first quarter of 2015 were a loyal customer following and tremendous $124.3 million, down 9 percent compared global brand awareness. The new executive with $137 million for the same period last management team and board of directors is year. committed to driving shareholder value and The troubled company, which makes its has implemented the initial phase of a multi- apparel in its own downtown Los Angeles year strategic turnaround plan designed to 1.212.563.5460 1.800.364.8003 factory, has been clearing out slow-selling improve operating and financial results over merchandise by holding sales at its fleet of the long term,” the new chief executive said. [email protected] www.emsig.com 239 stores. At the same time, the company announced Inventories in the first quarter ending it would be selling $10 million worth of com- March 31 decreased $25 million, or 17 per- mon stock through Cowen and Co. The com- sales offices across america cent, compared with the same period last year. pany plans to use the funds for working capi- ChiCago*MiaMi*Dallas*New York The company has been through a tumultu- tal and general corporate purposes. ous time with the firing late last year of its The company’s stock has been trading PhilaDelPhia*seattle*Nashville*saN FraNCisCo founder and Chief Executive Officer Dov at about 61 cents a share on the New York los aNgeles*North CaroliNa Charney. He was replaced at the beginning Stock Exchange.—Deborah Belgum eMsig is oPeNiNg New oFFiCes iN korea aND vietNaM. More Details to Follow. Corrections and Clarifications Emsig is the largest In a May 8 profile about SG Knits and its garment-production business United Pa- manufacturer of cific Group, Norberto Menendez was identified as the company’s chief operating officer Melamine buttons and vice president. He has also been a partner in the business since 2009. in the world

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02.news.indd 2 5/14/15 5:46 PM NEWS Dov Charney Files Two Lawsuits Accusing American Apparel and Hedge Fund of Defamation

By Deborah Belgum Senior Editor conducted by an independent third party and cost the com- its CEO,” court papers said. pany millions of dollars at a time it was losing money. (In But later, Standard General’s junior partner, Robert La- In more legal shots fired in the ongoing battle over control American Apparel’s annual report, it noted it paid $10 mil- van, contacted Charney and said the fund’s chief executive, of American Apparel, the dismissed clothing company’s lion for an independent investigation while the company had Soo Kim, was told by his more conservative investors that founder has filed two lawsuits in less than one week accus- a net loss of $68.2 million.) they were unhappy about Kim’s association with Charney, ing American Apparel and hedge fund investor Standard Following his suspension in June and while an investiga- legal documents maintain. General of defaming his character in false accusations and tion was being conducted, Standard General helped Charney “Kim claimed that he was being ‘crucified’ by his inves- letters. buy additional stock in his attempt to return to American tors for associating with Charney. Kim further claimed that a Charney, who founded American Apparel in 1998, was Apparel. Between the two of them, the hedge fund and the major Standard General investor, PAAMCO, had just pulled ousted by the company’s board of directors last December as former CEO both control Charney’s 42 percent stake in the $300 million from Standard General as a result of Kim’s on- the chief executive officer. He has been fighting to return to company’s stock. going association with Charney,” court papers said. Sources the company ever since. Charney maintains in court papers that, in December, at Standard General said this is absolutely false. In the latest lawsuit, filed May 12 in Los Angeles County American Apparel’s board of directors abruptly and unlaw- Charney’s lawsuit maintains that Kim said a hostile proxy Superior Court, Charney accuses American Apparel and the fully terminated him as the chief executive officer follow- contest over American Apparel would be too risky for Stan- company’s chairman, Colleen Brown, of defamation. The ing the investigation into alleged misconduct. “Charney’s dard General’s continued operations and that Kim convinced lawsuit centers around a letter Brown sent out on April 24 to termination was part of the board’s then-secret plan to wrest Charney of “settling with the American Apparel board of di- all American Apparel employees. control of the company away from Charney,” he said in court rectors under terms extremely favorable to Standard General In the letter, Brown maintained that Charney was not papers. but not to Charney or to the company’s other shareholders. In

coming back to this way, Standard American Appar- General effectively el. “Many of you took over Ameri- have expressed can Apparel by and concern that Mr. through its control Charney continues of company stock to claim he is re- and the board of di- turning to Ameri- rectors,” the lawsuit can Apparel. He said. is not,” she wrote. “[Standard Gen- “Mr. Charney eral] promised put in writing he Charney that he wouldn’t come would be reinstated back, in an agree- as CEO unless the ment filed with investigation re- the SEC [Securi- vealed something ties and Exchange profoundly egre- Commission]. gious of which Mr. Charney was Standard Gen- fired for cause eral was unaware,” as a result of two court documents separate investiga- RAUCOUS RALLIES: American Apparel workers and sympathizers recently rallied near the American Apparel headquarters in downtown Los Angeles. said. tions.” After Char- Charney, in his ney was fired in lawsuit, claims these statements are false and that he never “At the company’s annual meeting on or around June 18, December, veteran apparel executive Paula Schneider was agreed in writing or otherwise that he would not return to 2014, American Apparel’s board of directors presented two named to replace him. work at American Apparel. “Charney did not agree to never options to Charney. Under the first option, Charney could re- In response to the lawsuit, a Standard General spokesman seek reemployment with American Apparel, nor is American sign his position as CEO and chairman of the board and sign said, “Dov Charney and his associates continue to file frivo- Apparel otherwise contractually or legally precluded from over to the board the voting right to his then–47.2 million lous, meritless lawsuits at a breakneck pace. The facts speak re-hiring him in any fashion,” the lawsuit maintains. shares in exchange for which he would receive a multi-mil- for themselves, and we are confident that Mr. Charney will Court documents point out that at the end of last year, lion-dollar severance package and remain with the company be held accountable for this knowing, intentional abuse of American Apparel’s board of directors offered Charney “a as a consultant. the legal system.” multi-million-dollar executive consultancy position.” “American Apparel’s director Allan Mayer specifically Several other lawsuits have been filed in the last month Charney also claims in court documents that American informed Charney that the company had drafted a ‘positive’ by American Apparel shareholders who used to work for the Apparel and Brown “improperly accessed Charney’s person- press release that would accompany his selection of the first company or are Charney’s friends, claiming that the board al and private mail messages relayed through company serv- option,” the lawsuit said. “If Charney refused the first op- sent out false proxy statements saying they supported the ers, obtained his highly personal and private photographs tion, American Apparel informed Charney that the company American Apparel founder when they were allegedly plot- and videos, and leaked them to media outlets to personally would terminate him ‘for cause.’ Several American Apparel ting to get rid of him. embarrass and pressure” him to drop his various legal claims. board members specifically informed Charney that his termi- “Dov Charney, Dov Charney’s lawyer and other people Charney is asking in the first lawsuit for $20 million in nation would be made public and that the company would do related to Dov Charney continue to bring claims that are damages plus attorney fees. anything and everything to destroy Charney’s personal and wrong on the facts and wrong on the law. Each of these In a second lawsuit, filed May 7 in Los Angeles County professional reputation and character.” claims is rooted in the same exact agenda,” an American Ap- Superior Court, Charney alleges that hedge fund investor Charney also claims in his lawsuit that Standard General parel spokesperson said. Standard General said it would defame Charney’s character had promised they would help him “reassert control over “These meritless claims serve as public-relations oppor- if he didn’t give up control of his American Apparel stock. In American Apparel and push out the renegade board members tunities now, but they will each fail the test when put before that lawsuit, he is asking for $30 million in damages. Neither who had unceremoniously ousted him from the company he a judge. American Apparel’s new management is focused lawsuit had been served, American Apparel sources said. founded nearly 20 years earlier.” on restoring the financial health of the company and does In June, Charney was suspended as chief executive while “The parties [Standard General and Charney] quickly en- not intend to waste time addressing each of these meritless an investigation was conducted into his alleged misconduct. tered into a series of agreements with the express purpose of claims in the court of public opinion. We are confident we But Charney alleges this investigation was far from being placing Charney back in control over American Apparel as will succeed on every one of these in the proper venue.” ●

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01,3,8,9.cover.indd 3 5/14/15 5:43 PM NEWS COMING SOON Simon Exec to Helm Glendale Galleria When looking for a new senior gen- post was serving as a general manager for May 22 June 5 eral manager for its high-profile Glendale a 1.1 million-square-foot Simon mall in Cover: Fashion Cover: Showroom Profile Galleria retail center in Glendale, Calif., Memphis, Tenn. Real Estate Charts General Growth Properties picked a man “Brent’s proficiency within the shop- Technology working for its rival Simon. ping-center industry will be a welcomed New Resources Technology On May 8, GGP named Brent Gardner to addition to the Glendale Galleria team,” Retail Report helm the Galleria, which is the address for said Carol Jacobs, VGGP’s asset-manage- New Lines & Showrooms anchors such as Bloomingdale’s, Macy’s, ment vice president. “His talent and admin- Salute to Suppliers & Target, Uniqlo, Tilly’s and Hot Topic. The istrative leadership abilities complement Services Tech Advertorial regional mall unveiled a major renovation our vision for the future of the center.” Activewear Special in 2013. Gardner replaces Larry Martin, A Galleria statement said that Gard- who currently serves as the vice president ner’s experience included negotiating new BONUS DISTRIBUTION Section and general manager of the Montclair Pla- leasing contracts for both permanent and Dallas Market Week 6/3–6 Finance Advertorial za retail center in Montclair, Calif. short-term tenants. He has supervised Fashion District Since November 2009, Gardner had construction and development for anchor worked his way through various manage- stores, cinemas and restaurants during his Advertorial ment positions at Simon. His most recent career.—Andrew Asch May 29 Cover: Retail Bonus Distribution New Resources L.A. Fashion Market 6/8–11 Shim Names General Manager of Technology Active Collective 6/23–24 Columbia’s Korean Subsidiary Denim Report Columbia Sportswear Co. named Ham- financial officer of Korea for Adidas AG. Bo Shim general manager of the Portland, Shim succeeds HR Cho, who has been the Technology Advertorial June 12 Ore.–based outdoor apparel company’s Ko- company’s general manager of Korea since Denim Advertorial rea subsidiary, based in Seoul. early 2012. Cover: LA Market Wrap Shim will oversee sales, distribution “We are delighted to welcome Han-Bo to Surf Report and marketing strategies for the company’s the Columbia Sportswear family,” said Bill Bonus Distribution Retail Notes brands, which are sold in Korea in more Tung, Columbia Sportswear’s vice president Designers & Agents LA 6/8–10 than 250 dealer-operated, branded, outlet of international distributors and Asia-direct and shop-in-shop locations, as well as Co- markets, in a company statement. “He brings L.A. Fashion Market 6/8–11 Tech Focus lumbia’s e-commerce site. a wealth of relevant experience in multi- Licensing Expo 6/9–11 Education in Focus Shim has more than 25 years of experi- brand and financial management within the ence in finance and operations in the Korean Korean market.” athletic consumer-goods market. For the last In addition to the Columbia brand, the BONUS DISTRIBUTION decade, he served as vice president and man- company also owns the Mountain Hard- Fashion Market Northern California aging director of TaylorMade Golf’s opera- wear, Sorel, prAna, Montrail and OutDry tions in Korea. He has also served as chief brands.—Alison A. Nieder 6/21–23 Calendar

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04.calendar-news.indd 4 5/14/15 5:50 PM prolable.indd 1 7/9/14 5:42:03 PM TECHNOLOGY Looking for Tools to Bridge the Tech Gap Between Online and Bricks-and-Mortar

By Rhea Cortado Contributing Writer Max Azria said the company has implemented iPads into traffic to blog posts and starting community conversations. the bricks-and-mortar stores so that customers can order a Instagram was the winner for the best place to showcase From start-up apparel brands launched online to estab- product online if her size is unavailable in the store. BCBG a brand’s moodboard, and uniformly “curated feeds” was lished brands that are adapting online channels into a tradi- is exploring ways to make this process even more fluid. mentioned as a trend. Pinterest emerged as a top referral tional bricks-and-mortar wholesale business model, the top- “How do we achieve single inventory, not inventory silos? traffic driver for sales. Because of the different channel’s ics at the Fashion Digital Conference aimed to satisfy the How do we make sure we get that inventory from wherever strengths and weaknesses, the panelists advised to optimize needs of brands at different stages of the digital marketing it may reside within our total enterprise and get that to the content for each platform. and online retail business. customer at the moment that she wants it,” Golshan said Social media isn’t just a shiny marketing exterior. Cus- Held at the Los Angeles Convention Center on May were the big questions to answer. tomers treat social media as a direct line to the brand. “We 7, the event featured panel discussions, workshops and the When it comes to choosing technology to satisfy these have a customer-service rep who is dedicated to social. …

opportunity to browse the latest software tools for address- needs, the panelists warned to try before you buy to re- Customers reaching out on social expect an answer within ing both the macro and micro trends of selling fashion in a duce future compatibility headaches with existing systems. one hour,” said Katherine Hernandez for Hot Topic. She digital age. “There are so many shiny objects out. You have to pull back continued, “If the same questions come up multiple times, Approaching from the macro view, the panel “Having It and see what’s within your stack right now and what’s on there’s an issue there.” All: Online and Offline Collide” discussed how brands con- your roadmap,” said Nathan Liu for PacSun. “Implementa- Masha Kubyshina for plus-size clothing brand Igigi said that nect the dots between online and bricks-and-mortar shop- tion always sounds easy until you get in the middle of it. brands often forget that social media isn’t a one-way channel to ping. This omnichannel approach seamlessly links the two Most times it impacts not just one technology and makes pump out promotions—it’s a conversation and forum to find retail channels on the back end. Most of the questions dealt everything else more complex.” Golshan added that upgrad- out about the perception of your brand in the market, discover with the technological side of the coin. ing systems is a goalpost that’s never reached. “The biggest natural ambassadors and improve overall. “Listen to what they “We want to figure out how to do it right now rather than thing to realize is it’s a journey, not a project,” Golshan said. say and what they ask,” Kubyshina said. ● have to retrofit later,” said Hilda Fontana for Toms shoes, Another panel on social media featuring spokeswom- which has five bricks-and-mortar stores. Fontana said cus- en from the brands Igigi, Hot Topic, Thursday Friday Editor’s note: There are two competing Fashion Digital tomers expect to be able to redeem online promotions, credit and Jill Aiko Yee and blogger Chastity Garner Valentine, Los Angeles conferences run by separate individuals, Sandy or gift cards interchangeably between online and bricks-and- whose blog is called Garner Style, discussed the chang- Hussain and Ryan Slack, who are currently disputing owner- mortar stores, but technologically it’s not always that easy. ing social-media trends and optimizing paid and earned me- ship of the conference’s name and content. Hussain’s Fash- To bridge the inventory gaps, Alex Golshan of BCBG dia. Facebook proved to be the best platform for driving ion Digital Los Angeles conference is scheduled for May 19.

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06.digital.indd 6 5/14/15 5:51 PM EVENTS Woodbury Hosts 51st Annual Runway Event in Downtown LA Woodbury University returned to downtown Los Angeles for its annual run- way show, held May 3 at a new venue: The Majestic Downtown, a 1921 archi- tectural gem of a building that once housed the Los Angeles Bank of Amer- ica. Kathryn Hagen, chair of the department of fash- ion design, opened the show, noting that this is the first group of students who were “the freshmen who started with me on this amazing journey four years ago.” Hagen thanked legacy sponsor and Woodbury graduate Judith D. Tam- klin, who founded the Juan Olvera Sylvia Graham Araksi Balyan Junior Brittany Diego Jenine Nerecina Sophomore Haibert fabric fund at Woodbury, Kenshishi which gives students ac- cess to high-quality fabrics and research. She also recognized “two timeless fashionis- tas and amazing women” in attendance: Rosalind Johnson Henneman, who studied executive fashion arts at Woodbury in 1937 and 1938, and Hildequard Archuleta, a 1955 execu- tive fashion arts graduate whose modeling career in- cluded work with legend- ary designer Rudi Gern- reich and makeup artist Max Factor. While study- ing at Woodbury, Archule- ta successfully pitched the concept for the school’s annual fashion show. Woodbury’s sophomore students opened the show JAN LIM Sophomore Andrea Ashley Zika Brittany Wise Polina Zeynalian Rosa Barrera Stella Harutyunyan with a collection of swim- Martinez wear inspired by the Tokyo Robot Café, featuring fu- turistic digital prints processed by Colorway working under the direction of Academy loring details, oversized silhouettes and fluid prints inspired by Armenian folk art. Jenine Inc. Award–winning costume designer Albert gowns. Araksi Balyan’s all-white collec- Nerecina’s romantic lingerie and loungewear Another group of sophomores mixed lin- Wolsky (“Bugsy” and “All That Jazz”), tion was inspired by her Armenian heritage pieces were inspired by the formalwear of en, sequins, streetwear and inspiration from created looks inspired by the 1928 Louise while Rosa Barrera drew inspiration from her native Philippines. Self-described “pro- British designer Gareth Pugh for a collec- Brooks film “Pandora’s Box.” indigenous cultures for her candy-colored fessional dreamer” Polina Zeynalian showed tion of Egyptian-inspired pieces that paired Woodbury’s senior design students ex- collection with handworked embroidery a collection that mixed moody digital prints, the stark simplicity of linen with gold metal- plored personal identity and inspiration for and appliqués. Ashley Zika combined sports spider-web fabrications and architectural sil- lic accents. their collections. and high-performance fabrics for her collec- houettes. And Brittany Wise drew inspiration Junior-year students designed “Status Sylvia Graham designed brightly printed tion of men’s and women’s streetwear. Juan from San Francisco and Los Angeles for her Streetwear” inspired by “the codes of music, swimwear and coverups inspired by her Olivera mixed pinstripes and sharp tailoring collection, which mixed color and fabrication sports, art, social media and culture.” mother, who was a model in Costa Rica. for his women’s collection, and Alisa Tov- to combine structure and movement. Costume design senior Catalena Lee, Stella Harutyunyan’s collection featured tai- manyan’s collection featured dreamy digital —Alison A. Nieder

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The Point Continued from page 1 restaurants and cafés that are new or new to cities of Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach the area, such as Hopdoddy Burger Bar, and Redondo Beach as well as the Palos an Austin, Texas–based hamburger and bar BLACK Verdes Peninsula. restaurant. There also will be Craft Shack, Federal Realty Investment Trust, head- a fast casual eatery by the Simms Restau- quartered in Rockville, Md., spent $80 mil- rant Group. Other restaurants will be Su- lion to build The Point, which will spread out perba Food & Bread, North Italia and over a relatively compact 115,000-square-foot Mendocino Farms. & area. It owns the Plaza El Segundo shopping Planet Blue is scheduled to open a center, which neighbors The Point. Federal 2,500-square-foot boutique in the fall, said Realty also developed another open-air retail David Lindell, the Santa Monica, Calif.– WHITE center, Santana Row, in San Jose, Calif. headquartered boutique company’s vice

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Freight Continued from page 1 Ben Hackett, who writes the “Global Port Tracker” report for the National Retail Federation, said there was a surge of all- at B. Boston & Associates, a decades-old Los Angeles apparel com- water shipments to the East Coast from mid-December to the end pany whose labels include Sloane Rouge and Stilletto’s. “The rea- of February. But shipping activity is returning to the West Coast. Apparel News Group son is even though the situation has improved a lot at the ports, we “There is so much money sunk into the distribution centers and fa- think the chassis problem is still there. So once it gets to be the busy cilities on the West Coast that companies are not making a change season, we think it [the port congestion problem] will hit again.” unless they have to,” he said. Kundani is just one of hundreds of apparel importers recalibrat- That was reiterated by one major apparel importer that brings ing their logistics plans before the next big shipping season hits in at least 15,000 containers a year to the ports of Los Angeles and in July. Many apparel importers were pummeled when clothing Long Beach. During the height of the port congestion problem, the 1945-2015

and accessories coming from factories in China, Vietnam, Indone- company monitored terminals’ efficiency, switching its cargo to Seventy years of news, sia, India and Bangladesh were piled high on boats stuck off the terminals working the fastest. fashion and information coast of Southern California waiting in line to dock at the Port of The company also trained a number of its own trucker drivers CEO/PUBLISHER Los Angeles or the Port of Long Beach. While some ships went to pull cargo containers from inside the terminal gates and leased TERRY MARTINEZ

straight to berths, depending on the terminal, some waited as long dozens of chassis kept in its yard to make sure there was no short- EXECUTIVE EDITOR CLASSIFIED ACCOUNT as 22 days on the ocean before sinking their anchor to unload, age of wheels. “I think we are going to toe the line and take the ALISON A. NIEDER EXECUTIVES SENIOR EDITOR ZENNY R. KATIGBAK according to Capt. Kip Louttit, executive director of the Marine same strategy we had starting last year,” said the company’s logis- JEFFERY YOUNGER DEBORAH BELGUM CLASSIFIED ACCOUNTING Exchange of Southern California. tics and transportation director, who wished to remain anonymous. RETAIL EDITOR MARILOU DELA CRUZ At its worst, there were 28 cargo-container ships lined up be- “We feel good about the strategies and that the worst is behind us ANDREW ASCH SERVICE DIRECTORY EDITORIAL MANAGER yond the ports’ breakwater on March 14. After a tentative con- until the next labor strike.” ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE JOHN IRWIN JUNE ESPINO tract agreement between longshore workers and their employers Walmart has apparently upped its cargo-container traffic mov- CONTRIBUTORS PRODUCTION MANAGER ALYSON BENDER was reached on Feb. 20, dockside workers who had been working ing through the Port of Lázaro Cárdenas in Mexico, starting to KENDALL IN BEN COPE slowly during labor negotiations amped up their schedules to clear transport more than 150 containers a week from the Pacific Ocean VOLKER CORELL ART DIRECTOR the backlog at the two ports, which account for 40 percent of all port to Houston via the Kansas City Southern rail network, said RHEA CORTADO DOT WILTZER JOHN ECKMIER PRODUCTION ARTIST the cargo-container traffic that comes into the United States. Erik Bo Hansen, vice president of KCS’s intermodal sales and CAITLIN KELLY As of May 11, there were no cargo-container vessels anchored marketing. TIM REGAS JOHN FREEMAN FISH FELIX SALZMAN PHOTO EDITOR beyond the port breakwater. While apparel importers are relieved to hear that a new five- N. JAYNE SEWARD JOHN URQUIZA MIGUEL STARCEVICH CREDIT MANAGER year contract has been worked out between West Coast longshore SARAH WOLFSON RITA O’CONNOR workers and their employers, the next challenge has been the lin- WEB PRODUCTION Stay West BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT ALISABETH MCQUEEN gering chassis-shortage problem. MOLLY RHODES CREATIVE MARKETING PUBLISHED BY With the ports nearing normality, many apparel importers said On March 1, the Port of Long Beach and the Port of Los An- DIRECTOR TLM PUBLISHING INC. they are planning to continue to use the Port of Los Angeles and geles started operating a “gray” chassis pool. Under this system, LOUISE DAMBERG APPAREL NEWS GROUP the Port of Long Beach as their entry points because so many truckers can pick up and drop off chassis at any of the 12 cargo- DIRECTOR OF SALES Publishers of: AND MARKETING California Apparel News TERRY MARTINEZ warehouses, distribution centers and railroad infrastructures are container terminals at the two ports. Waterwear located in Southern California. Before the “gray” chassis pool was formed, chassis were divid- SENIOR ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE Decorated AMY VALENCIA ed up into different pools run by three leasing companies and had EXECUTIVE OFFICE “Most people who are using the West Coast are continuing to ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE California Market Center LYNNE KASCH use it,” said Debra Taylor, a customs broker for Alba Wheels Up. to be returned to those pools, making it hard to get chassis at cer- 110 E. Ninth St., Suite A777 She pointed out that the Port of New York and New Jersey re- tain terminals. Those three chassis leasing companies are Trac In- SALES & MARKETING COORDINATOR Los Angeles, CA 90079-1777 TRACEY BOATENG (213) 627-3737 cently experienced its own set of congestion problems with trucks termodal, Flexi-Van Leasing Inc. and Direct ChassisLink Inc. SALES ASSISTANT/RECEPTIONIST Fax (213) 623-5707 backed up for miles onto the New Jersey Turnpike as they waited Now the “gray” chassis pool is one big chassis pool in a coop- NOEL ESCOBAR Classified Advertising Fax erative-agreement program between the three leasing companies, ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT (213) 623-1515 to pick up cargo at the GCT Bayonne terminal. RACHEL MARTINEZ www.apparelnews.net Indeed, the East Coast ports saw a surge of shipments late last which control 80,000 of the 100,000 chassis at the Los Angeles/ SALES ASSISTANT [email protected] year and early this year. In December, container volumes on the Long Beach port complex. PENNY ROTHKE-SIMENSKY Printed in the U.S.A. East Coast were up 11.5 percent from the previous year, and they The chassis-pool managers are hoping West Coast Chassis inched up 7.6 percent during the first two months of this year, Pool, operated by shipping line SSA Marine, comes into the pro- according to the “2015 North America Ports & Logistics Annual gram with its 15,000 chassis. Report,” prepared by CBRE Research. The major trucking companies that collect cargo from the two But that surge of cargo may be temporary. “The degree to which ports said the chassis situation has improved rapidly. “We haven’t East Coast ports can benefit over the long term is limited, how- had any chassis problems,” said Bob Curry Sr., president and chief ever, as the majority of the cargo that travels through the West executive of California Cartage Co., which operates a fleet of Coast ports remains within the region—85 percent in Northern 1,500 trucks nationwide and owns three warehouse brands. “And I California and 60 percent in Southern California,” the report said. don’t anticipate any chassis problems in the future.” ●

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