Peruvian Connection, the catalog empire that was inspired by a basic sweater birthday gift to Mom, opened its first San Francisco store last month. The women's clothing and accessories retailer wanted ...

Annie Hurlbut and her mother, Biddy, started their Peruvian clothing business on a modest scale and with an eye for fashion in 1976. Thousands of mail-order catalogs later, along with the opening of a ...

Before they all became fashion designers, Liz Lange was a staff writer at Vogue, Kate Spade was an accessories editor at Mademoiselle, and Vera Wang was a senior fashion editor at Vogue. Now Glenda ...