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Shivam Gautom with inputs from Gurbir Singh Gulati Sweatshirts are the ultimate crossover of style and comfort, and in an age where comfort and practicality take centerstage in fashion, it's [...]

Byline: IMAGES Fashion Bureau Bumchums also sees great potential in the infants category, and has introduced a new range for infants, the pre-winter collection, to keep the little ones warm [...]

Byline: Roshna Chandran Inputs from Rosy N Sharma Sweat shirts the new flagbearers of winterwear foray into streetwear, and now with more chick innovations, into athleisure as well. IMAGES BoF [...]

Byline: Apparel Resources United States Consumer Product Safety Commission has recalled several products including children's hooded sweatshirts that pose a strangulation hazard and women's scarves, and children's sneakers that pose [...]

Byline: Katie Smith Los Angeles based YMI Jeanswear has recalled some 500 girls' sweatshirts because the drawstrings on the hood pose a strangulation hazard to children. The sweatshirts, which were [...]

Byline: Katie Smith Little Willy's has recalled around 200 children's hooded sweatshirts because the drawstrings through the hood and the neck pose a strangulation hazard. The US Consumer Product Safety [...]

Byline: Katie Smith Around 350 Trail Crest-branded hooded sweatshirts and jackets for boys and girls have been recalled because the drawstrings through the hood pose a strangulation hazard to young [...]

Byline: just-style.com The US Product Safety Commission has announced the recall of about 1,700 children’s hooded sweatshirts because of fears that their drawstrings could strangle a child. The velour sweatshirts, [...]

Macy's Recalls Sweaters, Sweatshirts WASHINGTON The Consumer Product Safety Commission said Wednesday Macy's is voluntarily recalling 33,000 children's hooded sweatshirts and sweaters sold at the department store chain. The merchandise, [...]

Byline: just-style.com Around 9,700 O'Neill children's sweatshirts with drawstrings have been recalled due to a strangulation hazard, according to the US Consumer Product Safety Commission. The sweatshirts, which were distributed [...]

Byline: just-style.com 45,000 childrenas hooded sweatshirts sold in chains including Ross Stores and Gordmanas have been recalled because their drawstrings pose a strangulation hazard, The China-made sweatshirts were imported by [...]

Canadian menswear manufacturers are planning to increase their presence in the US retail market. Companies such as Tiger Brand Knitting Company Ltd and Forsyth Company Inc are offering a wide assortment of men's knitwear items to the US department stores. Large Canadian menswear manufacturers intend to meet with selected US department store representatives and discuss their differences in product promotion and merchandising strategies., TORONTO -- Quality. Added value. State-of-the-art logistics. And, perhaps most importantly, profit potential. Canadian apparel manufacturers in a wide variety of niche markets --from socks to dress shirts, travel clothing [...]

Byline: just-style.com The US Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health Canada said around 1,700 sweatshirts were involved – 400 in the US and 1,300 in Canada. While no injuries have [...]

Byline: just-style.com Consumer watchdogs in the US have recalled a range of hooded sweatshirts with drawstrings that could pose a strangulation hazard to children. The US Consumer Product Safety Commission [...]

Byline: just-style.com More than 3,000 children’s hooded sweatshirts have been recalled by the US Consumer Product Safety Commission because of a feared strangulation hazard. The jackets, branded Niko’s Sportsline, were [...]

Byline: just-style.com Thousands of children's sweatshirts have been recalled by the US Consumer Product Safety Commission because of a risk of strangulation linked to a drawstring. The Commission has advised [...]

Byline: just-style.com The US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPS) has recalled about 4,500 hooded sweatshirts made by The Cayre Group. The 'Candie's' children's sweatshirts feature a drawstring which poses a [...]

Byline: just-style.com Century 21 Promotions has recalled about 17,000 hooded sweatshirts and jackets because of a strangulation hazard. The US Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named [...]

The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has provisionally accepted a settlement agreement under which a Ross Stores chain will pay a $ 500,000 civil penalty for selling children's sweatshirts with [...]

Byline: just-style.com Burlington Coat Factory is to recall about 13,000 hooded sweatshirts and warm-up sets because the drawstrings through the hoods pose a strangulation risk. The recall was announced by [...]

The US Consumer Product Safety Commission has said that Macy's is to voluntary recall over 30,000 hooded sweatshirts. A statement from the Commission said the Epic Threads and Greendog hooded [...]

Surf label Quiksilver has recalled about 9,700 'Roxy Girl Hide & Seek' hooded sweatshirts because of strangulation hazard. The company said a drawstring through the hood of the garment could [...]

The US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has announced that Kohlas Department Stores has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $425,000, after allegations that Kohlas knowingly failed to report [...]

NEW YORK -- Mossimo Inc. has signed a multiyear agreement with Winterland, making the San Francisco-based company the exclusive manufacturer for Mossimo's T-shirts and sweatshirts. Both companies said Mossimo will [...]

Galliano: The John Galliano collection was, in a word, ridiculous. There's no doubt that Galliano is a creative talent who has a fanciful, poetic image of the way women should [...]

WASHINGTON -- Levi Strauss & Co. is voluntarily recalling about 57,000 fleece sweatshirts after a field investigation by the Consumer Product Safety Commission found the cotton-polyester blend material highly flammable. [...]

WASHINGTON (FNS) - Shipments of sweatshirts and pullover jackets have been recalled by their manufacturers in separate cases in which the Consumer Product Safety Commission deemed the garments in violation [...]

Fleece is fashionable again--a movement sweatshirt pioneer Russell Athletic wants to capitalize on with its recent addition of moisture-management performance in its fleece fabrics. The company's Dri-Power moisture-management technology, launched [...]

Retailers are placing their fall 1995 orders for fleece clothing ahead of schedule, with orders running up to 20% ahead of fall 1994. Stores are proving responsive to new concepts. They are also scrambling to restock shelves emptied by a cold winter 1994. The popular items for fall will be cotton and cotton/polyester fashion sweatshirts and polyester fleece tops. Stores will have heavier weights, new colors and updated fashions to choose from., ATLANTA, Ga.--Fall fleece bookings are racing ahead of last year by as much as 20 percent in the mass market, and like the EverReady bunny, this sportswear favorite never stops [...]

Sports clothing with the logos of major league teams was popular at the 1993 Big and Tall Men's Apparel Needs Show (B.A.T.M.A.N.) in Miami, FL. The popularity of sports logo apparel parallels the trend in the regular-sized clothing market. In addition to authentic team logos of major league and college teams, generic sports designs also were popular. Business at B.A.T.M.A.N. generally ran ahead of the 1992 show., Logos are featured on T-shirts, sweatshirts, warmups MIAMI, Fla.-- Sports fever hit the B.A.T.M.A.N (Big & Tall Men's Apparel Needs) show this weekend, and the trend that energized regular-sized sportswear [...]

Seattle-based supplier Dutch Harbor Gear has added high-visibility neon green and brite orange to its very successful insulated sweatshirt program (style SW300). This heavy duty (26 oz. combined goods) cotton/polyester [...]

NEW YORK -- Mossimo Inc. has signed a multiyear agreement with Winterland, making the San Francisco-based company the exclusive manufacturer for Mossimo's T-shirts and sweatshirts. Both companies said Mossimo will [...]

MRCA Information Services reported that clothing sales declined 1% to $56.6 billion in the first six months of 1993 compared with 1992 figures, with men's clothing showing the sharpest declines of 8.3% to 13.8 billion. Volume in men's outerwear dropped 14% overall; in coats, 23%; in coats, 27%; in suits, 23%; and in jackets and blazers, a sharp 30%. Meanwhile, girl's clothing surged to $5.8 billion, up 24%; women's clothing experienced a sales drop to $33 billion, down 2.2%; and boy's clothing rose to $3.8 billion, a 10.2% increase., Gains in sweatshirts, hats and scarfs do little to offset soft first-half sales in other areas Many men's wear retailers know that sales for the first half of this year [...]

NEW YORK -- Neighborhoodies, a fast-growing firm that got its start putting the names of New York neighborhoods on sweatshirts, has opened its first store and is looking far outside [...]

FASHION SCOOPS THREE'S COMPANY: Word has it Nicolas Ghesquiére 's first fashion campaign for Louis Vuitton will break the mold as he has tapped not one, but three leading photographers. [...]

Hooded sweatshirts took the men's market by storm last year, in part because of their versatility-they're the perfect lightweight addition to a T-shirt and jeans, or that added layer beneath [...]

TREND TAKEAWAYS Fresh mixtures of material and new directions for some old favorites highlighted the Paris textile shows. PLASTIC-LOOK FINISHES: Several companies launched plastic-look fabrics, including a polyester and cashmere [...]

Spend enough time talking to people who make and sell sweatshirts, and you might start to feel schizophrenic. Consider these disparate yet symbiotic facts: * The price point for basic [...]

NPD Spending Survey Rates Essential on Top What are American consumers buying this year? Men's underwear and fleece hoodies, according to market research firm NPD Group. Men's underwear 'is need-based, [...]

Retailers should get ready to take the back-to-school season very literally this year, as streetwear brands give fall fashion the old college try. After the last few seasons of allover [...]

Byline: Nola Sarkisian-Miller Eisbar co-founder Bobby Benveniste, and his three partners, including Lizzie Grubman's former business partner Jonathan Cheban, aren't reinventing the fashion wheel. Instead, they're giving it a new [...]

Designers are having a Pollock moment, experiencing with playful paint splatters and drips. Case in point: Soundgirl's cotton terry cloth sweatshirt paired with E.Y. Wada's cotton, silk and linen skirt [...]

Byline: Alessandra Ilari MILAN - Alberta Ferretti's customers may now shed the designer's staple tiers and ruffles for streetwear garb - her new active line called PHILO-sophy. The 50-piece collection [...]

Byline: WWD Staff Long before the likes of Jennifer 'Flashdance' Beals, J. Lo and Juicy Couture made it cool - even sexy - to don a sweatshirt, this super-comfy look [...]

ATLANTA - Russell Athletic is introducing the no-sweat sweatshirt this fall. Called Dri-Power Fleece, it will debut in stores in August for back-to school. The sweatshirt is a 50/50 cotton/polyester [...]

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. - Underscoring the growing importance of the year-end shopping season in the multibillion-dollar boardsports market, Action Sports Retailer staged its first holiday-focused trade show. The event, which [...]

Get ready for the Fall of the Hoodie. No, wait - that sounds a little misleading. Let's just say that when it comes to fleece sales this fall, expect the [...]

Rabbit Skins presents the Infant Sweatshirt made of 7.5-ounce, 50/50 cotton/polyester fleece. Style M-3417 features set-in sleeves, rib neck, cuffs and band bottom and cover-stitched crewneck. Available in sizes 6, [...]

The classic fleece vest, pullover and jacket have been popular uniform items for Colorado Trading & Clothing Co. Available in sizes S-2XL, the garments are made of 13-oz. 100% polyester [...]

New from Munsingwear, the Stripe Knit Pullover. Resist the wind and rain in this 100%-polyester taffeta half-zip pullover with water-repellent finish. Features a breathable 100%-nylon mesh lining, zippered side seam, [...]