Trevose, Pennsylvania-based BroderBros. Co. announced it added alo performance apparel to its 2010 product selection. Named for the earth’s elements of air, land, and ocean, the alo mission is to create high performance active wear that represents a healthy mind/body lifestyle.
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Aureus/WinnerMate—BreezeBlocker Sweater
Stay warm and cozy with the BreezeBlocker Sweater by Aureas/WinnerMate. Because of the unique stretchable breeze blocker lining, this sweater can protect wearers against the first chill of cold weather. For a comfortable fit, this sweater features Lycra in the bottom and cuffs. Zip neckline gives wearers a sporty, casual, yet stylish look. The blend of fine cotton and acrylic makes the sweater easy to care for as an added bonus.
Read MoreThe Littlest Dandy (GQ)
America’s most stylish 8-and-a-half-year-old, Arlo Weiner, reveals his fall style secrets.
Arlo Weiner, GQ’s youngest style correspondent, recently started third grade. If you haven’t been following Arlo, he’s the natty-beyond-his years son of Mad Men creator Matt Weiner. Perhaps inspired by a summer spent at Shakespeare camp (“Talking Shakespearean is really fun.”), Arlo’s recent look sits somewhere between a court jester, the Mad Hatter, and Michael Corleone when he’s pretending to be a Sicilian peasant. This is what we love about Arlo: The kid isn’t afraid to mix and match—or mix and not match.
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Read MoreSportswear Carries Urgency of the Moment on Fashion Week Runways (The New York Times)
This season a word that virtually disappeared from backstage sound bites was “emotion.” If a designer said something like “Fashion needs to have emotion,” you edged away. You want emotions? Just ask department store chiefs how they felt earlier this year after discounting their pricey inventories. Today people are shopping with their brains.
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Read MoreImaginary People Clothing Launches (Daily Candy)
You thought your imaginary friend, Moses, was trustworthy. Until he didn’t show up for your dance recital.
Real friends are the ones that count. Like Telo Dunne and Olivia Shanks, best pals and codesigners of budding local line Imaginary People. The former models met in college, bonding over the endless search for long inseams.
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Going Chemical Free In Your Clothing Is Getting Easier (Seattle Times)
Your clothes may have a chemical-dependency problem. The cotton in your shirt was likely grown with a strong dose of pesticides and chemical fertilizers. Many synthetic fabrics such as nylon, acrylic and polyester are petroleum-based.
But it’s getting easier for consumers to break the habit, as more clothing made from organic cotton or renewable and reused fabrics hits store shelves and the Internet.
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Read MorePhysical Culture: Gear Test, Arm Warmers (The New York Times)
Running is a delightfully simple sport compared with other gear-laden activities. Still, it’s a treat when something comes along to add a little fun and function to a runner’s wardrobe: Enter arm warmers.
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Read MoreBroderBros. to Release Third Quarter Results
Trevose, Pennsylvania-based BroderBros. Co. announced the company will release the financial results for its third quarter 2009 on Thursday, November 5, 2009.
Read MoreFashion Week Trendspotting: Warm Weather Leather (Cosmopolitan)
Leather is no longer reserved just for bikers and bad girls. For spring designers are making everything from hot shorts to ruffled skirts to slinky dresses from the supplest skins. While there was plenty of tough black on the runways, these softer neutral colors are light and fresh for the new season.
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Read MoreNarciso Rodriguez: Designer Of Michelle Obama’s Election Night Dress Looks Back (Huffington Post)
I sat down with Narciso Rodriguez on Election Day 2009 to recount the past year. Yes, that Narciso Rodriguez – the designer responsible for the bold (and highly controversial) black and red sleeveless dress Michelle Obama wore exactly a year ago when her husband swept the polls and became President of the United States.
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