Many companies do not release the financial results of their clothing ventures, which usually are so small in proportion to the main businesses that, regardless of profit or loss, there is little or no effect on the bottom line.
So while DJ Khaled has been an entrepreneur for years with successful restaurant and clothing ventures, he knows that to sustain his success, he needs to step into the technology world.
They've since teamed up on all Ms. Firisen's projects -- she has created a Web site for a veterinarian, and is now working on one for a children's clothing venture -- and become friends as well.
The company said its shift away from fast-fashion clothing, unprofitable ventures and a liquidity crunch due to weak sales and changes in vendor credit agreements led to the bankruptcy.
Certain street-side bins and for-profit used clothing recycling ventures take donations that may otherwise have gone to thrift stores, so some items might head to the shredder instead of the racks.
Although in many cultures people used to cover their bodies with oils, extracts, hats and clothing when venturing into the sun, people once thought that the sun's heat, rather than its radiation, caused the painful redness of sunburns.
The Roc-A-Fella empire, run by Jay-Z and his partner Damon Dash, encompasses music, film, clothing and other ventures (see "Bling-Bling Ka-Ching").
The company will even pump $25m into his other business ventures, including clothing lines and a talent-spotting agency.
Thanks to ill-starred ventures into clothing, dolls and other brand expansions, the company was close to collapse around 2003, when it was losing £150m a year.
Sean "Diddy" Combs, known for his track "I Get Money", has an estimated fortune of $700m generated in part by commercial ventures, including clothing line Sean John, record label Bad Boy, premium vodka brand Cîroc and multi-platform music channel Revolt TV.
She introduced her clothing line with her venture capitalist (soon-to-be-ex) husband and has been enjoying a stratospheric ascent since 2005, when Oprah, a fan of her signature tunic, tapped her for the Couch of Destiny.
