SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO >> It is not every day that a high school baseball game features three potential first-round picks in the MLB Draft.

Fans could have played “Count the Scouts” as more than two dozen came to the Boras Classic at JSerra High on Wednesday to watch Notre Dame of Sherman Oaks’ Hunter Greene and the Huntington Beach duo Nick Pratto and Hagen Danner.

Notre Dame only mustered two hits in an 8-2 loss to JSerra in a quarterfinal game. Danner struck out 10 and gave up one hit in six shutout innings.

Danner also had a home run to lead off the sixth and added an RBI single in the seventh.

“I’ve seen him throw better, but he was good today,” said Greene of his Team USA U-18 national teammate and fellow UCLA signee.

Greene was Danner’s final strikeout victim as Danner’s curveball, along with his fastball staying in the 90s, baffled Notre Dame. He held the Knights (14-4) without a hit until Carter Kessinger singled up the middle in the fifth.

Danner responded by striking out the next three batters.

“His curveball was working and it had a lot of bite to it,” said Notre Dame’s Logan Pollack, who struck out in the second. “He threw a great game.”

Huntington Beach (17-3), ranked No. 1 in Orange County, will take on Santiago of Corona in the semifinals on Thursday at 6 p.m. at Mater Dei High.

Kessinger held Huntington Beach to one hit through four innings. In the fifth, Trevor Windisch hit an inside-the-park home run and the Oilers added two runs on an error and a single by Ben McConnell.

Notre Dame committed three errors, two in the first inning. Miscommunication on a dropped fly ball allowed Pratto to reach third in the first inning and a wild pitch brought him home for the Oilers’ first run.

“We just didn’t play our type of baseball,” Notre Dame coach Tom Dill said. “To beat a team like that with a pitcher like that, you have to keep it close.”

Pollack hit a two-run home run off reliever Nate Madole, his second of the tournament.

Notre Dame will play at Mater Dei at 3 p.m. Thursday with Cole Dale getting the start.

Also in the Boras Classic:

Chatsworth 8, JSerra 7, 8 innings: Chatsworth (21-3) rallied in the seventh with two runs to force extra innings and then got a game-winning two-out single by Brandon Bohning to win the consolation bracket contest. Mackenzie Lomas had the game-tying single after Josh Medina had a sacrifice fly.

“We were trying to find the key trends and really start to refocus all the brands so they’re very targeted,” said Dan Rentillo, David’s Bridal’s vice president of product design, of the exclusive fall offerings from Truly Zac Posen, Wonder by Jenny Packham, Melissa Sweet, David’s Bridal, Galina Signature, Oleg Cassini and Cheers Cynthia Rowley. The tightly curated offering featured one to two new styles from each designer, with trends ranging from pastel colors, casual halter styles and classic silhouettes, to fuller princess gowns for a bit of drama.

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1stdibs is partnering with Edie Parker for a selection of exclusive pieces that the vintage and fine arts dealers’ site will begin selling on April 20.
Edie Parker is a brand of vintage-inspired clutches and handbags and was founded in 2010 by designer Brett Heyman, a former public relations executive at Gucci and, in 2014, was a finalist for the CFDA Vogue Fashion Fund award. The clutches are inspired by the acrylic bags made in America during the Fifties and Sixties. Her bespoke collection, which first became available in May 2012, is handcrafted in America. In addition to acrylic, fabrications now include 18-karat gold-plated metal, exotic skins, embroidery, leather and velvet.
Pieces made available on the 1stdibs site range from $1,095 to $1,695 for the clutches. Also included are acrylic trays, boxes, placemats and coasters.

An Edie Parker clutch with crossbody chain on 1stdibs for $1,695. 
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The site also sells other items in the fashion and accessories categories, areas that founder and chief executive officer David Rosenblatt is building up, although most items are antiques for the home. Present offerings include a rare Art Deco oval cut 9.83 carat diamond engagement ring for $650,000; a rare matte Porosus crocodile Hermès Birkin 40 bag

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California lifestyle brand Chip & Pepper is poised to make a comeback with a new global wholesale strategy.
Lyft Brands Group LLC and California Lake Capital have inked a deal to globally launch and revitalize the premium denim brand.
Under the agreement, Lyft Brands acquired the exclusive rights to lead and manage the Chip & Pepper relaunch, in partnership with California Lake Capital and Domac LLC, which jointly acquired the Chip & Pepper brand from its cofounders in 2010. Chip & Pepper was founded in 1985 by identical twins Chip and Pepper Foster, who hail from Winnipeg, Canada. The brothers still maintain a minority stake in the brand but are no longer involved.
During the most recent management, Chip & Pepper had an exclusive denim deal with Belk, which just ended its three-year deal.
The Fosters launched their first line in 1985, selling T-shirts out of their truck in Venice Beach, Calif. Focused on skate and surf lifestyle apparel, the brand pioneered the premium denim market in the late Nineties and grew into an operation generating more than $200 million in sales. Chip & Pepper was inspired by the Foster brothers’ summers on California’s trendy beaches.
Sara Fernstrom, chief executive officer of Lyft Brands, said

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Designers injected color into classic leather accessories and ready-to-wear silhouettes for fall, bringing the biker girl up to speed with graphic motocross leather pants, biker jackets, gloves and handbags.

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SYDNEY — Australia will be the guest nation at the 92nd edition of Pitti Immagine Uomo, which is due to run from June 13 to 16 at the Florence Fortezza.
The initiative is to be formally unveiled on May 24 by Pitti Immagine chief executive officer Raffaello Napoleone at Sydney restaurant Bondi Icebergs, the Italian men’s wear trade show said here Wednesday.
Seven designers have been confirmed for the showcase: Sydney brands Ten Pieces, Double Rainbouu, Commas and Chris Ran Lin, as well as Melbourne’s Ex Infinitas, Strateas.Carlucci and sunglasses designer Sener Besim.
“We are honored to present a special showcase ‘Guest Nation Australia’ at the next edition of Pitti Uomo in June,” Napoleone said. “We have been strengthening our relations with this country for a while, working closely with the Australian institutions promoting fashion abroad. Australia is becoming one of the most interesting — and quickly growing — places in fashion and creativity today. We want to highlight the essence of Australian design and lifestyle, with a selection of cutting edge fashion designers and brands, within a global platform as Pitti Uomo and its audience of international top buyers, media and fashion key players.”
For several years, the Fondazione Pitti Immagine Discovery has used the trade show

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TOKYO — Dior has gone big in Japan. Back-to-back couture and men’s events drew local celebrities and fashion insiders to celebrate the brand’s largest store in the country, which opens Thursday.
Maria Grazia Chiuri, the house’s artistic director for women’s, showed her first couture collection for Christian Dior in the Japanese capital Wednesday. And while the collection had been revealed in Paris in January, there were also eight looks designed specifically for the occasion that had never been seen before.
“I think it’s very important to show couture in Japan, because couture is very close with craftsmanship, with our identity, because in any case Dior is a couture brand,” Chiuri said. “And I think here there is an audience that appreciates this value. Couture, I think, is very close with Japan. Because in any case Japan has a sense of the tradition, of heritage. And so I am sure that they appreciate that we show couture.”
Chiuri said she was inspired by house founder Christian Dior’s attraction to Japan, which she saw throughout the archives, including in a cherry blossom print dating to 1953 and a jacket designed to be worn over a kimono.
“I went in the archives, and I found many references

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Remember the Slinky?

Myanmar apparel makers have warned that a ban on moving lorries and trucks to seaport terminals through the busy streets of Myanmar’s commercial capital Yangon has placed a heavy logistical burden on the country’s growing clothing sector.

Underwear and activewear maker Hanesbrands is moving closer to achieving its 2020 commitments as it revealed a reduction in its energy and water usage, and a further reduction in its carbon emissions in the last year.