He was the garment business, as much if not more so than the sales rooms and designers. At one point, about 95% of the clothing Americans wore was manufactured within a few blocks of that old tailor.

In a pandemic, shoulder pads, sewing machines and sequins don’t pass as essential items. So on March 20th, after Governor Andrew Cuomo ordered non-essential businesses to close, sisters Veronica and ...

Garment Makers Fading From L.A. Blue-jean giant Bugle Boy Industries Inc.’s filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection late last week sent ripples through the local apparel manufacturing industry, ...

Visiting Lisa Sun’s factory on West 39th Street feels like going back to the 1960s. It’s a wide open space with mostly women sitting at sewing machines in the front. In the back, workers operate big ...

Call it a tug-of-war for Downtown Los Angeles real estate between the city’s garment workers and local business leaders. The City Council will vote Wednesday on a 20-year road map for growth that ...