3 Fashion and Apparel Stocks to Buy Now

Three Fashion and Apparel stocks are moving up in their overall rating this week, according to the Portfolio Grader database. Every one of these is graded an “A” (“strong buy”) or “B” overall (“buy”).

Wolverine World Wide (NYSE:WWW) ups its rating to a B (“buy”) this week after earning a C (“hold”) in the week before. Wolverine World Wide is a designer, manufacturer, and marketer of a range of quality casual shoes, rugged outdoor and work footwear. In Portfolio Grader’s specific subcategories of Earnings Surprise and Equity, WWW also gets A’s. For more information, get Portfolio Grader’s complete analysis of WWW stock.

Iconix Brand Group (NASDAQ:ICON) earns a B this week, jumping up from last week’s grade of C. Iconix Brand Group is a brand management company that is engaged in licensing, marketing, and providing trend direction for several owned consumer brands. For more information, get Portfolio Grader’s complete analysis of ICON stock.

Zuoan Fashion’s (NYSE:ZA) ratings are looking better this week, moving up to a B from last week’s C. Zuoan engages in the design and distribution of fashion menswear. For more information, get Portfolio Grader’s complete analysis of ZA stock.

Louis Navellier’s proprietary Portfolio Grader stock ranking system assesses roughly 5,000 companies every week based on a number of fundamental and quantitative measures. Stocks are given a letter grade based on their results — with A being “strong buy,” and F being “strong sell.” Explore the tool here.

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Second-hand solution for fashion in Moscow

It isn't a secret, shopping in Moscow is expensive. Yet, the streets are lousy with style! How can you keep up with the Ivanovs and keep your wardrobe trendy? The second-hand store Mega Hand has the answer.

With two locations in Moscow, one near Alexeyevskaya metro at 2 Ulitsa Pavla Korchagina and the other near Kozhukhovskaya metro at 32 Ulitsa Trofimova, Mega Hand is a bargain shopper's dream. The company advertises "clothing from Europe for the whole family," and replenishes their gently used brand-name stock with new shipments on Saturdays. If a pair of mint-condition Hilfiger Denim jeans for 1,000 rubles ($30) sounds like a good deal, hold on - it gets better.

In order to ensure complete product turnover and keep its inventory fresh, the store offers discounts that increase daily, giving patrons 10 to 90 percent off of their already nominal prices. The complete schedule of shipments and discounts can be found on the company's website, www.mega-hand.ru (unfortunately, only available in Russian), or in pocket-sized calendars available at either store.

Although both stores are spacious, the one located a short bus ride from Alexeyevskaya is considerably larger (1,000 square meters!), and thus provides more skirts and shirts to sift through on your hunt for the perfect outfit. To make things easier for customers, the merchandise is both neatly and logically organized on separate racks for men, women and children. When you do find that item your closet has been missing, multiple changing rooms conveniently ensure a proper fit.

Whether you are strapped for cash, a thrifty shopper, or just love a bargain, Mega Hand is the Moscow store for you. After all, any pair of jeans in this city that costs a mere 100 rubles is clearly something to see.

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Coastal Link: Kairos Ministry Scholarship Fashion Show

SAVANNAH, GA -

This weekend, Kairos Ministry presents its 2nd Annual Arthur Knigton, Sr. Scholarship Charity Fundraiser. 

Come check out the latest styles in sportswear, casual wear, and formal wear while helping out a good cause.

Proceeds from the 2013 hair and fashion show will benefit area high school college-bound seniors and currently enrolled college students. 

It all takes place tomorrow, June 29th beginning at 6 PM at the Levy-Limehouse, Bellingerhill Community Center in Levy, South Carolina. 

Tickets are $10 in advance, $15 at the door. Children 5 and under get in free.

News 3's Kim Gusby will serve as Mistress of Ceremonies.

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Hawaii's First Fashion Weekend Series, Honolulu Fashion Weekend, Announces Designers & Performers

[Honolulu, HI] Honolulu Fashion Weekend, Hawaii's first ever fashion series, kicks off June 27th, 2013 with three days of fashion aloha, featuring seven local fashion designers. Live performances from popular Hawaii-based musicians, artists, and dancers will allow for a intricately festive event, paying homage to the colorful arts community of Honolulu. Honolulu Fashion Weekend will benefit arts education for at-risk Hawaii youth via the pioneering efforts of Afterschool ART Hawaii (www.AfterschoolARTHawaii.org). Runway presentations proudly directed by local event producer Olotania Tokelaukaehau Alalamua.

On Thursday, June 27th, 2013 at 6 PM, guests will enjoy Honolulu Fashion Weekend's launch event with expertly crafted cocktails, nonstop music, and a fashion-friendly networking opportunity. Runway shows from inspirational local fashion designers will begin on Friday, June 28th, 2013 at 6 PM , with presentations from Yuka Kanno, Kitri Rowland, Ian Ramos, and Pong Cheung.

Continuing the celebration, on Saturday, June 29th, 2013 at 6 PM, guests will enjoy runway presentations from University of Hawaii at Manoa alumniRyan Hanaoka and Jenna Sato – the first winners at The Honolulu Fashion Invitational, a monthly fashion and art competition (http://HonoluluFashion.LawrenceBlake.com). Accessories proudly provided by Gina Brown.

On Friday, June 28th, 2013 guests will enjoy a live performance by Spatial Sculptors (http://improvdancehnl.tumblr.com), an integrated community of movers that explore weight, contact, and communication in relation to each other and our environment. Through improvised dance, they create sentences, paragraphs, stories, and experiences. Spatial Sculptors meet regularly at Alive Ballet Center. On Friday, June 28th, 2013, guests will also enjoy a live performance by local reggae-inspired duo Genius Phaace. Recent evolution of a two time Na Hoku Hano Hano Music Award nominee Ethereal Monkey will perform a special set on June 28th, 2013.

On Saturday, June 29th, 2013 at 6 PM guests will enjoy a special live performance by YouTube sensation acoustic guitarist Chuck Davis. Guests will also enjoy a live musical performance by ECKSCLUSIV VINE, a sibling group straight out of the church taking God's word to the streets in a hip hop fashion. An encore dance performance by Spatial Sculptors will seal the weekend with a special touch.

Afterschool ART was founded by Dr. Bob Grossmann in 2004, after having the opportunity to be briefed by staff from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and other public health agencies, when he served as a Fellow for then Secretary of Health, Donna Shalala (1995-1996). He has found that youth respond to programs that bring quality art supplies and professional artists to where the youth-at-risk live and learn.

Honolulu Fashion Weekend will be hosted at The FIX Sports Lounge and Nightclub, a hot-spot recognized by the community for it's commitment to Hawaii's artists. The FIX Sports Lounge and Nightclub proudly represents the miraculous and multi-faceted renaissance happening in downtown Honolulu right now. The FIX Sports Lounge and Nightclub is located at 80 South Pauahi Street, Honolulu, HI 96813. During each of the three days of the event, Honolulu Fashion Weekend begins at 6 PM and early arrival is suggested. Guests may RSVP for this event by e-mailing FashionRSVP@LawrenceBlake.com. Press may RSVP by e-mailingHonoluluPress@LawrenceBlake.com. A portion of ticket sales will directly benefit local programs through Afterschool ART Hawaii.

To learn more about Honolulu Fashion Weekend please visithttp://HonoluluFashionWeekend.LawrenceBlake.com/. Honolulu Fashion Weekend is hosted by Lawrence Blake Group Int’l (www.LawrenceBlake.com), rising New York based corporate communications firm. A spokesperson from Afterschool ART, participating designers, and celebrity guests will be available for live interviews. For information please contact L. Blake Harvey, 646.481.8237, Fashion@LawrenceBlake.com. Follow Lawrence Blake Group Int’l on Twitter and Facebook for event 

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Derek Lam, Cliff Lede Vineyards Team Up on Wine

A VERY GOOD YEAR: Cliff Lede Vineyards has lined up Derek Lam to create a limited edition cabernet sauvignon. The designer himself blended the 2010 “Poetry by Derek Lam,” which will go for $210 a pop. The Napa Valley firm has only produced 47 cases, which will be available in October 2013 exclusively through Cliff Lede’s and Lam’s mailing lists, as well as Neiman Marcus - in time for the holiday gift-giving season.

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After much tasting and discussion with the label’s winemaking team, Lam decided on a blend that is 76 percent cabernet sauvignon, 14 percent merlot, six percent petit verdot, three percent cabernet franc and one percent malbec. The designer’s vino is made from hillside fruit from Cliff Lede’s flagship Poetry Vineyard and aged for 24 months in French oak barrels. (The property also houses the Poetry Inn for wine connoisseurs who like to linger.)

Cliff Lede, who owns the vineyard that bears his name, said, “After getting to know Derek and learning that he is originally from the Bay Area and has a passion for food and wine, acollaboration marrying both design and fine wine seemed a natural fit.”

To dress up Poetry by Derek Lam, each bottle is wrapped with black tissue paper and a black grosgrain ribbon and finished with a black wax seal. Branded wooden wine crates have been customized for the project.

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Front Row at Cerruti 1881

The “Gossip Girl” star plays a footballer in a double episode of “Silent Witness” for Britain’s BBC One channel. “We shot at Emirates Stadium, the home of Arsenal Football Club. We were filming during halftime in the middle of a real game, so that was pretty amazing,” he said.

Next fall, Becker will star alongside Clovis Cornillac in “La Brigade,” a six-part series for France 2 television, in which he plays a young man who leaves prison and goes to work in the restaurant of a prestigious Paris hotel.

Benn Northover, on the other hand, is taking a break from acting to focus on personal projects, including writing his first feature film script. A longtime collaborator of Jonas Mekas, Northover is curating an exhibition dedicated to the veteran experimental filmmaker opening Sept. 21 at the State Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

Northover noted the location is especially poignant for the Lithuanian-born Mekas. "He left his home country for New York years ago in the Forties because of the Soviet repression, so the fact that we actually have a show happening inside Russia, inside Saint Petersburg, is quite spectacular," he said.
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Upcycling turns scraps into fashion

“Upcycling” clothes, or making totally new outfits with novel designs out of scraps of fabric or discarded clothes, has become a trend among consumers who appreciate a new fashion twist that is also Earth-friendly.

Upcycling is the practice of taking waste or useless items and making them into new things that are better quality or have higher environmental value.

Fam is a Tokyo-based specialty shop that makes clothes and accessories out of overstocked clothes or leftover fabric from garment factories. On display at the shop are a shirt with a mixed polka dot-yacht design, and a patchwork bag made from scraps of scarves and denim products.

Founded in 2011, Fam has grown through online sales and as other stores began selling its products.

Fam’s designer Mariko Fujinaga became concerned about the large amount of unsold clothes that were just thrown away when she worked for a clothing maker.

“I thought I’d take another look at the status quo. I wanted to make a product that would be used in a more fashionable way,” she said.

Fujinaga visits garment factories and traders that collect scrap material in the Kanto region about once a month to find material for her products. Then she draws up designs and specifications explaining how to make clothes and fabric from the recycled products. Finally, she asks local garment factories or facilities that employ people with mental disabilities to make the product. She always informs the clothes makers that their materials will be reused to make clothes.

Fam sells shirts starting at about 15,000 yen and bags from about 4,000 yen. They have a good reputation for colorful designs and careful attention to detail. Fam is seeking to further broaden its market with an exhibition that ends in early July at the Isetan department store in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo.

Since 2010, Tokyo-based Rebirth Project has been collaborating with clothes makers to sell out-of-date Lee jeans and denim pants and jackets that were damaged during manufacturing. The twist is that Rebirth Project first puts an original design on the items.

The firm is represented by actor Yusuke Iseya.

Rebirth Project sells brand-name pants from about 10,000 yen made with fabric that has languished for a long time in warehouses.

“We in the manufacturing industry can’t stand to see products scrapped or thrown away. We’re glad we can create new value,” a Lee spokesperson said.

About 940,000 tons of clothing is discarded each year, according to a fiscal 2009 survey by the Organization for Small and Medium Enterprises and Regional Innovation, an independent administrative agency under the Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry.

A movement has grown that seeks to connect these materials with remake brands.

Newsed Project, a Tokyo-based incorporated nonprofit organization, began five years ago purchasing in-stock fabric and other material from about 60 clothing stores and then passing them on to remake brands.

“Many companies don’t really want to throw out their products. I think they’ve entrusted us with their passion for manufacturing,” said Yuji Aoyama, the NPO’s vice chief.

Newsed Project also makes products under its own brand, such as book covers and pouches, which are sold in more than 90 stores.

The article is from http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0000313710