The fur trade has slowed over the past year in China, but rising demand from northern parts of the country and smaller cities has been a strong factor in global sales growth and prices this year, according to industry participants. Mark ...
Première Vision Pluriel, an organiser of various textile and fashion trade shows across the world, has unveiled a new brand policy based on the Première Vision name. Each of the trade shows will now be prefixed with Premiere ...
Tags: Trade Shows, Brand Name, Textile
Da Shuhua is a 300-year-old tradition practiced during the lantern festival in Nuanquan town, Hebei province. It has been selected as the provincial cultural intangible heritage. Performers throw over 1,000 degree molten iron onto the cold ...
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As wearing gold and precious stones is considered auspicious for Tibetan brides, jewelry is a main aspect of the Tibetan wedding trousseau The groom presents his bride with her wedding gowns and jewelry, including bracelets, rings, the ...
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Diverse natural conditions on the vast Tibetan Plateau have produced a clothing culture that goes back over millennia. There are three main types of garment – that worn by herdsmen, farmers and aristocrats -- which define occupation ...
In the year 1920 in China, women still bound their breasts and those who wore low-cut clothing revealing even the slightest bit of skin risked being arrested by outraged authorities. But only seven years later, the Chinese government ...
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The India-based fashion forward brand Monte Carlo Fashions Ltd has launched its latest Autumn/Winter 2014 collection for men, women as well as children between the ages of 8 and 14 years. Inspired by current trends, couture looks and ...
Tags: Apparel, Accessories, Belts
More than 1,400 apparel collections from nearly 35 nations were showcased at the just wrapped up 16th edition of the Eastern European trade event Collection Première Moscow (CPM). The fair staged over 45 fashion shows featuring ...
Tags: Apparel, womenswear, menswear, children's wear, knitwear, leisure wear
Edgy fashion is selling like hot-cakes off the runway, catering the same River Island, renowned British high-street brand known for its on-trend and accessible designs, forays into the ongoing Lakmé Fashion Week Winter/Festive 2014. ...
Selena Gomez, global style icon for the adidas NEO Label, has further developed her role as a NEO guest designer by taking inspiration from the city. The collection expresses a downtown feel in July, August & September and features a more ...
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Cannes Lions is the world's biggest celebration of creativity in Design and Communications. Benchmarking innovation, it's the home of the great ideas changing the ways brands interact with their customers. The 61st Cannes Lions ...
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A total 1,400 apparel brands, including 400 international brands, exhibited their latest products at the recently concluded 22nd edition of the China International Clothing and Accessories Fair (CHIC 2014), held at the New China ...
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American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. announces its first-ever matching clothing line for dogs and their owners, American Beagle Outfitters, launching Spring 2014. Designed to perfectly match their owner's on-trend American Eagle wardrobe, ...
Even in this day and age Chinese Masks are used within two main elements of Chinese culture. The New Year masks which are worn by Chinese people to welcome the New Year throughout the world. And the Opera masks which are painted and drawn ...
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When one think of polygons, one don't typically think of a cutting edge piece of clothing, but MakerBot and Francis Bitonti have changed that equation with the introduction of the Bristle Dress. The Bristle Dress is a fully 3D printed ...
Tags: Apparel, 3D printed dress, dress, Bristle Dress