The Philippine Trade and Investment Center (PTIC) in Jakarta recently reported to the Department of Trade and Industry’s (DTI) capital office that a renowned manufacturer and exporter of Philippine embroidery gained recognition for ...
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Following a recent move from OSLO to Washington, DC, acclaimed Norwegian designer and atelier Tara Milani debuts her latest collection via on-line shopping site taramilani The designs feature a wide variety of fanciful, stunning selections ...
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The Philippine Embassy in Jakarta reported to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) that the Philippines participated with flair at the International Embroidery Festival 2012 organized by the National Crafts Council of Indonesia. The ...
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Since their fall 2008 Elements collection, Brentano has continuously added new eco-friendly fabrics that push the boundary of green design. By utilizing a range of environmentally-conscious materials, including bamboo, eco-wool, recycled ...
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The mass exodus of migrant workers during the festival season in textile industry may create labor shortage in Surat's textile industry. Since the migrant laborers move out to their native places for a month long vacation during the ...
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Karl Mayer will be represented at India ITME 2012 with a highly-qualified team on a stand with a surface of 504 m² exhibiting four machines. The machines on display are exactly adapted to the requirements of the Indian textile ...
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The Fall/Winter 2013/2014 Los Angeles International Textile Show (LA Textile) took place October 22-24, 2012 at the California Market Center (CMC) with a solid flow of traffic that included an array of prominent designers, manufacturers, ...
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Nuo is a phenomenon of witchcraft culture which has its root in Chinese primitive religion and means to drive away devils. Primitive people thought that all diseases were caused by devils. The ritual activities of Nuo were already in ...
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Designers rework Queen Elizabeth’s crown. Their own versions of the St. Edward’s Crown Celebrating the Queen’s Jubilee at Harrods in London, 31 one-off crowns made exclusively by an array of iconic British and ...
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Silk is a kind of fabric elaborately made of the natural protein fibrin of pods. Products made of silk have bright luster and soft touch; silk clothes are very comfortable and soft, and has the function of adjusting body heat and moisture, ...
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Liu Zhongchang is a Miao woman. Together with her husband, she is running a store on the banks of Cuihu Lake, in Kunming, where they deal with fabrics of the Miao and of other minorities of China. For them the culture of the minorities is ...
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Two lion dancers from the Huang Feihong Lion Dance Troupe perform at Exhibition of Achievements on the Productive Protection of China's Intangible Cultural Heritage. An embroidery by national intangible heritage inheritor Zhao Hongyu ...
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Broder Bros., Co. the nation's largest distributor of imprintable apparel, announced the appointment of Norman Hullinger as Chief Executive Officer. Having been with the company for the past decade, Mr. Hullinger was most recently Chief ...
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XinJi Peasant Painting of Shi Jiazhuang City dates back to the ancient times with distant source and long stream. Early in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, people here had the tradition of drawing, embroidery, cutting, plaiting and so on. In ...
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The recently concluded Chinese Silk Culture and Embroidery Art Exhibition in London featured the centuries old heritage and craftsmanship of fine Chinese silk with an extensive display of silk thread woven fabrics, embroidery pieces and ...
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