LAS VEGAS—In 1978, a garment bag containing a woman’s heavily decayed remains was discovered in a remote area of northern Nevada. The case soon went cold—and the victim remained nameless for 45 years. But on Wednesday, Nevada State Police announced that advancements in DNA testing have finally led to an identification. She was Florence Charleston,…

After a career of working on Savile Row with Sir Hardy Amies to produce the Queen’s day-wear, then moving to Ontario with custom tailor Coppley, Warwick Jones thought he was ready to retire. While planning a paradisaical retirement of fly-fishing in New Zealand, he was called by the head of the Individualized Apparel Group (IAG,…

A senate bill requiring all apparel factories in California to pay an hourly wage to their workers passed the Assembly with 42 votes on Wednesday afternoon. Due to the vicious price competition, California’s garment industry is rife in violating the minimum wage law, overtime law, and health and safety standards. The Garment Worker Protection Act,…