October 14, 2015
A federal judge in New York has ruled a clothing-company contract that requires a second-grader to give up the copyright in a T-shirt design that won a school competition may have been "unconscionable."
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The parents of a Manhattan student, who was 7 years old when she entered a T-shirt-design contest, is suing for the rights to her design, which her parents signed away when she entered the contest, organized by clothing company LittleMissMatched.
U.S. District Court Judge Gregory Woods said that a previous decision to prevent a suit by the student was “unconscionable," according to Courthouse News.
October 14, 2015
Employees from TSC Apparel, Cincinnati, Ohio, recently took part in Greater Cincinnati’s Habitat for Humanity project, serving as volunteers in the building of two homes in the Cincinnati community.
October 14, 2015
Winston-Salem, North Carolina-based Hanes Branded Printwear, a Hanesbrands Inc. supplier of T-shirts, sport shirts and fleece to the decorated-apparel industry, recently announced the launch of the new Hanes4Education program, which allows screen-print suppliers and their customers to help support K-12 schools through a unique cash-rebate offer.
October 14, 2015
FIEL–Fairdeal Import & Export Ltd., Orlando, Fla., and the Bandeali family are grieving the loss of Akbar Bandeali, president of FIEL–Fairdeal Import & Export Ltd. Bandeali, a beloved mentor, leader and father, passed away peacefully the morning of Sept. 27, 2015.
October 7, 2015
Hanesbrands Inc., Winston-Salem, N.C., is continuing to help in the fight against breast cancer by partnering with the Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF) to generate awareness and support of breast cancer research.
October 7, 2015
The executive who was a key architect of Old Navy’s recent hot streak is leaving the company to take the helm of another apparel industry heavyweight. Stefan Larsson, Old Navy’s global brand president since 2012, has been named chief executive of Ralph Lauren, that company said Tuesday. The company’s iconic designer-founder, Ralph Lauren, remains on board as executive chairman and chief creative officer, meaning he’ll still play an influential role in shaping the aesthetic and vision of the brand, which pulled down $7.5 billion in sales last year.
October 7, 2015
The official AL West Champions T-shirt, the one handed out to the Rangers on the field after they beat Los Angeles Sunday, won't be available at Globe Life Park in Arlington.
The T-shirt, designed by Major League Baseball and emblazoned with the logo "The West Is Ours," features a silhouette of the Dallas skyline as the backdrop. MLB designed a series of shirts and sweatshirts for teams in the postseason featuring city skylines.
For the Rangers, headquartered in Arlington since they arrived in Texas in 1971, this presents something of an issue. Arlington doesn't feature a prominent cityscape skyline.
October 7, 2015
On Monday, the U.S. and 11 other Pacific Rim nations agreed to the largest regional trade accord in history, a potentially precedent-setting model for global commerce and worker standards that would tie together 40 percent of the world’s economy, from Canada and Chile to Japan and Australia.
The Trans-Pacific Partnership still faces months of debate in the U.S. Congress and will inject a new flashpoint into both party's presidential contests.
But the accord is a potentially legacy-making achievement for President Barack Obama and the capstone for his foreign policy “pivot” toward closer relations with fast-growing eastern Asia.
September 23, 2015
Atlantic Coast Cotton, Gainesville, Va., recently announced that it will add Bella+Canvas, Los Angeles, to its premium collections of apparel products. Bella+Canvas joins Gardena, California-based Next Level Apparel and Los Angeles-based American Apparel at Atlantic Coast Cotton.
September 23, 2015
Juniors brand Brandy Melville sells the majority of its clothes as “one size fits most,” but now many are saying this one-size policy is not inclusive enough.
A variety of the items on the site are sold as “fits size small,” with no other sizing options available, including the popular James Tank, which according to the site has a 12-inch bust (the material has stretch, but keep in mind that a woman wearing a 32A bra has a 32-inch bust-line).
The small sizing has outraged many women, who have spoken out against the brand on Twitter.
