Dorothy Crouch

1 month ago | apparelnews.net | Dorothy Crouch

Consumers often associate swim and resort apparel with warmer weather, but the truth is that this category has become relevant during all seasons. Swim-industry professionals know that planning for the swim category requires strategizing throughout the entire year, whether planning designs and mapping out production or developing sales plans for market events and creating special activations to launch during trade-show season.

2 months ago | apparelnews.net | Dorothy Crouch

The Federal Reserve announced on March 19 that it would maintain its 4.25–4.5 percent borrowing rates, signaling caution as the first quarter of 2025 was coming to a close. These figures remain consistent with the Fed’s December 2024 rates when it cut a quarter percentage point. At that time, the United States’ central bank projected that it would make two additional cuts during 2025, but those remain to be seen after the March decision to hold steady.

2 months ago | apparelnews.net | Dorothy Crouch

Over the course of her nearly 30-year career, apparel-industry veteran Tricia Carey has become a trusted textile and denim expert, and sustainability advocate. Carey’s passion for circularity and advocating for traceability along supply chains in the apparel industry recently led her to become a strategic adviser with textile-verification technology provider FibreTrace.

2 months ago | apparelnews.net | Dorothy Crouch

The Fall/Winter 2025 collection from Kevan Hall relied on traditions and heritage as the designer reworked some of his beloved pieces from his nearly 40-year career while also creating new garments that rely on traditional Japanese design techniques. Hall was inspired by a journey to Japan where he participated in workshops covering indigo dyeing, kintsugi, the practice of repairing broken pottery with gold, and suminagashi, which is a method of creating a marbled effect with floating ink.

2 months ago | apparelnews.net | Dorothy Crouch

Buyers and brands reported positive feedback regarding the March 10–13 Los Angeles Market Week at The New Mart, California Market Center, Cooper Design Space and Lady Liberty Building as visitors to the city’s fashion district placed orders for Fall 2025 styles and Immediates. Many showrooms and brands welcomed retailers to March market following a January edition that had been impacted by destructive wildfires throughout different areas of Los Angeles.