Another Luxe Boom? Armani Figures Fuel Sector’s Optimism

W. John Short, ceo of LF Brands, has stepped down. Chairman John Pomerantz will take his role as a successor is sought.

Monday: Pacific Sunwear reports third-quarter earnings.

Tuesday: J.C .Penney Co., May Department Stores Co., TJX Cos. and Abercrombie & Fitch report third-quarter earnings.
Expo Textile, Milan (through…

• ATTENTION, KMART DEFENDANTS: Federal prosecutors on Friday dropped their case against two former Kmart executives indicted on fraud charges after the government’s star witness fumbled on the stand during testimony. Enio Montini and…
  

East Coast social leader and American style icon C.Z. Guest dies at 83 in Old Westbury, N.Y.

NEW YORK — “The thong was a killer. I want my agent to wear thongs from now on,” stated Regis Philbin, TV talk show host of “Live with Regis and Kelly.” Philbin was co-hosting a lingerie fashion show for the full-scale…

NATORI NAMES PRIORE: Natori Co. has appointed Patrick Priore to the new post of director of merchandising, reporting to Jessica Mitchell, senior vice president of sales and brand development.

Priore was most recently director of…

NEW YORK — A soft North American sales environment coupled with the company’s decision to reduce its customer load caused the earnings of Delta Galil Industries Ltd. to fall in the third quarter.

For the three months ended Sept. 30,…

Most makers feel sales of novelty hosiery have picked up in recent weeks and they’re hopeful that the trend will stay through spring

NEW YORK — The accessories set enjoyed some Broadway glitter last Monday when the Accessories Council hosted its seventh annual ACE Awards gala at Cipriani on 42nd Street.

That’s because this year’s special Accessories Council…

NEW YORK — Federated Department Stores has started testing in-store Lenscrafters optical boutiques and selling American Greetings greeting cards, furthering its “reinvent” strategy geared to enliven its stores, make them easier to…

Sundari is launching a body line and collaborating with The Spa at Equinox for four new treatments; Shalini adds its first fragrance.

NEW YORK — Shares of Mossimo Inc. took a beating Friday, dropping nearly 12 percent after the company reported a 61 percent swoon in third-quarter net income.

For the three months ended Sept. 30, net income descended to $630,000, or 4…

BROKEN FRAMES: Airess, the French eyewear firm that holds licenses for John Galliano, Cacharel and Kenzo eyeglasses and sunglasses, has filed for the equivalent of Chapter 11 protection in France. The company, which most recently inked a deal…

NEW YORK — Higher costs associated with its Sally Hansen products put a wrinkle in Del Laboratories’ third-quarter financial results.

For the three months ended Sept. 30, the Uniondale, N.Y.-based cosmetics maker said profits slid…

LIV AND LEARN: French fashion houses are relying on star power for their next ad campaigns. Actress Liv Tyler, who is already the face for Very Irresistible Givenchy fragrance, also will represent the French fashion house’s…

NEW YORK — Soft sales and weak margins depleted third-quarter profits at Hampshire Group Ltd., but the sale of a real estate subsidiary dropped the bottom line below the break-even point.

However, the divestiture also cleared the way for…

NEW YORK — New products, improved women’s wear results and the sale of its headquarters translated into fourth-quarter earnings that more than doubled at Haggar Corp.

For the three months ended Sept. 30, the Dallas-based apparel…

WASHINGTON — For anyone impatient with those who still insist on arguing about the legality of the election three years ago of President George W. Bush instead of Al Gore, consider Prince Franz of Bavaria’s claim as the future King of…

NEW YORK — “People don’t dress up anymore,” Georgina Brandolini says in her no-nonsense manner. “I never dress up, anyway.” If today’s look — a leather Dolce & Gabbana jacket, striped button-down jeans…

NEW YORK — Slipping into the season’s pajamas is like stepping into liquid. Easy, fluid satins colored in glamorous metallic tones strike a perfect bedtime balance. Here, from the spring Lyon, Mode City collections, Zedzz’s…

Giorgio Armani added a few more numbers to the uptick in luxury Friday as his company showed profits rising around 7 percent for 2002.

Even as the overall labor market strengthened, apparel and textile manufacturers shed another 3,600 seasonally adjusted jobs in October.

Italian tire and cable giant Pirelli has shifted into high gear on the fashion circuit with urban sportswear and accessories called P Zero.