2017
2016
- KPCC 89.3 – Forecasting the Future of Free Trade in California and the potential statewide impact of TPP
- NPR – In California, Curbing Trade Might Have its Trade-Offs
- The OPENdaily – Labor Department Investigation finds 85 percent of LA garment factories break wage rules
- Executives from True Religion Brand Jeans and The Beach People to Keynote Apparel West Set for March 3rd in Los Angeles (February 16)
- Should we regulate “too-skinny” models? Fashion Industry, Medical Experts are Split (March 7)
- Label Conscious_ Designed in California (March 10)
- True Religion’s App Brings Science Fiction Tech to Retail Reality (March 10)
- LA Area Chamber Announces Fred Latuperissa and Ilse Metchek as Joint Recipients of 2016 Stanley T. Olafson Award (April 5)
- California Minimum Wage Hike Hits Apparel Industry: “The Exodus Has Begun” (April 15)
- CFA Presents Scholarships at Annual Luncheon (April 28)
- Kent Smith Stepping Down as Head of Los Angeles Fashion District BID (May 19)
- Student Collections Fashion show Features Professional Judging Panel (June 14)
- Student Collections Fashion Show Features Professional Judging Panel | Ilse Metchek is awarded the “Style & Substance” Award by Santa Monica College (June 20)
- Fashion on the Runway from SMC Fashion and Merchandising Students (June 30)
- Squeezed garment factories use check cashing services to mask true wages, workers say (July 30)
- Would you buy patched up clothes to tackle textile waste? (August 7)
- Does California Really Benefit from Trade with China? (September 3)
- American Apparel may not make it through the Holidays (November 2)
- ReveLAtion Opens the Exclusive Fashion World to the Public This Weekend in L.A. (November 2
- Dov Charney’s American Apparel Sinking Fast (November 3)
- LA Textile Announces New Dates & New Show Areas for 2017 after a successful Fall/Winter 2017-18 edition (November 7)
- Department of Labor Blasts So Cal Factories for Wage Theft (November 17)
2015
- New Mart Network-August 2015-Ilse Metchek, of California Fashion Association – A Guardian For The Industry
- Retail Dive-July 2015-The next big pair of blue jeans? Yoga pants.
- Marketplace-July 2015-Levi’s stretches for new sales
- Apparel News-June 2015-FIDM Graduates First Class of Menswear Design Students
- Refinery 29-June 2015-Everything You Need To Know About L.A.’s Record-Setting Wage Increase
- Buzzfeed Yellow-June 2015-What You’re Really Getting From Outlet Stores
- Apparel News-May 2015-Scholarships for Local Design Students
- Apparel News-May 2015-California Manufacturers Look for Ways to Beat Drought
- MarketWatch-April 2015-Why the fashion industry is eyeing the California drought impact closely
- I4U News-April 2015-Jeans Prices on the Rise
- S Moda-April 2015-¿Por qué todo el mundo mira a Los Ángeles?
- NBC News-April 2015-Will California’s Drought Mean More Expensive Jeans?
- Apparel News-April 2015-Hank Pola Scholarship Winner
- Apparel News-March 2015-Is the Retail Exclusive Disappearing–or Is it Changing?
- The Seattle Times-March 2015-American Apparel’s new CEO brings order to company chaos
- San Gabriel Valley Tribune-Report: Los Angeles County’s creative economy is major force
- Fashion Xchange Magazine-March 2015-California Fashion Association President: Ilse Metchek
- Los Angeles Times-February 2015-Vegan Fashion Grows More Fashionable as Textile Technology Improves
- Yibada-January 2015-Victoria’s Secret Opens Three Beauty Stores in China
- Apparel Magazine-January 2015-Small Runs, Big Gains: Reshoring U.S. Apparel Manufacturing
2014
- Los Angeles Business Journal-December 2014-Industry Icon Award: Ilse Metchek of the California Fashion Association
- Apparel News-December 2014-CFF and TALA Celebrate 67th Annual Holiday Party for Neighborhood Kids
- Apparel News-December 2014-2014 Retrospective: Apparel Employment: Looking Beyond the Numbers
- Epoch Times-December 2014-California Tops US States in Jobs Lost from China Trade Debt
- California Apparel News-December 2014-2014 Newsmakers: Ilse Metchek and the California Fashion Association
- California Apparel News-November 2014-California Apparel Makers Concerned Over ‘Made-in-USA’ Label
- California Apparel News-October 2014-Experts Discuss Financing Options for Businesses Big and Small
- Los Angeles Business Journal-October 2014-Fashion Week Has Designs on Up and Comers
- Los Angeles Times-October 2014-L.A. business groups fear another defeat over minimum wage hike
- Sourcing Journal-September 2014-LA Minimum Wage Hike Poses Risks for Garment Industry
- California Apparel News-September 2014-CFA Members Event Discusses Private Label and Branded Manufacturing
- Los Angeles Times-September 2014-How I Made It: California Fashion Assn. President Ilse Metchek
- Beverly Hills Bar Association-September 2014-Fashion Law Arrives on the West Coast
- Los Angeles Daily News-September 2014-Apparel leaders skeptical of Garcetti’s minimum wage hike plan
- NPR-August 2014-The Abercrombie Logo Loses Its Luxe
- California Apparel News-August 2014-Foot in the Door
- California Apparel News-August 2014-FIDM Students Get Advice, Inspiration from Some of Denim’s Best
- California Apparel News-July 2014-Controversy Over the ‘Made-In-USA’ Label
- BBC-June 2014-LA Fashion Trucks: Style on the Move
- Los Angeles Register-June 2014-Fashion Gets a High-Tech Makeover
- WWD-May 2014-Made in USA Gains Steam in Los Angeles
- California Apparel News-May 2014-Apparel Makers Tackle the Task of Finding Skilled Labor in Los Angeles
- California Apparel News-May 2014-New Hank Pola Scholarship Presented at FIDM
- California Apparel News-April 2014-Lectra Panel Explores Intersection of Technology and Fashion
- California Apparel News-March 2014-EU Abandons Retaliatory Tax on U.S. Jeans
- Just-Style – March 2014-US: Los Angeles Fashion Industry “Unappreciated”
- Shop-Eat-Surf – March 2014-CIT and the California Fashion Association release “L.A. Area Fashion Industry Profile”
2013
- WWD- December 2013-Burgeoning Manufacturing Sector Grows in San Fransisco
- Apparel Magazine- December 2013-Outlook 2014
- Los Angeles Business journal- November 2013-New Fashioned
- CNBC- October 2013-Businesses Ready to Fight EU Tariff on ‘Made in USA’ Jeans
- California Apparel News- October 2013-TALA, CFF Children’s Holiday Party Honoring Hal Kaltman
- California Apparel News- October 2013-New Free-Trade Agreements in Negotiations Could Change Apparel and Textile Sourcing
- Fibre2Fashion- August 2013-Stylesight Partners California Fashion Association
- WWD- July, 2013-LA’s Manufacturing Challenge
- Senken-Shimbun- July, 2013-Kingpins Show in L.A.
- California Apparel News- July, 2013-M&A Strategies, Advice at Kingpins
- California Apparel News- June, 2013-CFA’s Metchek Honored at FGI Luncheon
- California Apparel News- June, 2013-European Tariff Hike Leads LA Manufacturers to Look for Alternative Markets and New Marketing Strategies
- Voice of America- June, 2013-High End Jean Manufacturers Fear Tariff Will Cripple Their Industry
- LA Times- June, 2013-In Apparel Industry, Advantages of Made in U.S.A. Label Wear Thin
- NPR- May, 2013-Garment Industry Follows Threads of Immigration Overhaul
- NPR- May, 2013-LA Bluejeans Makers Fear Their Business Will Fade Away
- WWD- May, 2013-Talking Made in USA in Los Angeles
- California Apparel News- May, 2013-Fighting For Retail Space Gets tougher
- California Apaprel News- May, 2013-TALA and CFF Present 2013 Scholarships
- Los Angeles Business Journal- May, 2013-Tariff Punches Holes in Jeans
- WWD- April, 2013-Premium Jeansmakers Hit by EU Tariff Hike
- Fashion United- April, 2013-US Jean Makers Slapped With Triple Duty
- California Apparel News- April, 2013-Eu Slaps Big Duty on Women’s Jeans Made in the USA
- Fashion Manuscript- March, 2013-California Style Doesn’t Lend Itself to Easy Definition
- California Apparel News- March 1, 2013-Industry Voices: LA Mayors Race and Fashion Industry Issues
