PROJECTED WINNERS; NEWNESS IS WHAT KEEPS SAM BEN-AVRAHAM'S MUST-SEE TRADE SHOW WHITE-HOT. THESE SEVEN LABELS ARE SURE TO STOKE BUYER FIRE AS THEY MAKE THEIR PROJECT DEBUTS IN NEW YORK TODAY.(Alpana Bawa, Finn )

Daily News Record, January, 2005

Byline: Lee Bailey, Contributions by Geraldine De Puy

YMC

It's been two years since the American market has seen anything from London's YMC (short for You Must Create), but the brand is stateside again after a majority investment by French Connection Group PLC. The casual fashion label, founded in 1996 by Jimmy Collins and Fraser Moss, returns with an 80-piece fall-winter collection, showing a range of influences. "We drew upon everything from Eastern European workwear to vintage prison clothes, merchant sailor uniforms and 1940s motorcycle attire," says Collins. Those ...