High street fashion brands are selling clothing contaminated with hazardous chemicals that break down to form hormone-disrupting or even cancer-causing chemicals when released into the environment, according to a report released by ...
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Mattel 01628 500 000 Mattel had two of the top five family games last year, according to NPD December 2011 data, and Uno was the number one card game. This season it has a number of fresh products, including Chameleon Crunch, which ...
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VTech has signed a deal with Disney that will see new content arrive on the InnoTab 2 and Storio 2. This will include e-books and videos of popular episodes of Disney Junior’s Jake and the Never Land Pirates, Little Einsteins, Doc ...
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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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Range Rover Evoque Special Edition with Victoria Beckham Makes Global Debut in Beijing, China In July 2010, Victoria Beckham, winner of the coveted Designer Brand of the Year award at the 2011 British Fashion Awards, was appointed ...
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We had the opportunity to speak about luxury , precious materials and the timeless elegant pieces with Valerie Mouawad, co-founder Norma Ishak - a luxury accessory line that celebrates the individual style and personality of the ...
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Back in April I highlighted Jared Joyce, an inventor of some pretty innovative office supplies, and at the time I shared some information on his Tape Stamp that he was introducing. As I write this today, Jared has another really cool ...
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Cross-stitching, a type of embroidery, involves stitching one cross after another onto a fabric grid to form different patterns. Cross-stitched handkerchiefs and clothing accessories are unsophisticated and simple yet durable. ...
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In the hinterland of the vast loess land of Qingyang County, Gansu Province, is a famous plateau, Dongzhiyuan. More than 2,500 square kilometers, Dongzhiyuan boasts the world's thickest layer of loess. On this land, the Qin Dynasty built ...
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Sichuan embroidery is an ancient handicraft handed down from more than 2,000 years ago in Sichuan Province, which is known as "the Land of Abundance." A piece of double- faced embroidery made by Ms. Kang Ning, a master of Sichuan style ...
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Among the major schools of traditional Chinese embroidery, Jing Xiu handicraft is at the risk of disappearance and has been listed as works of China's own Intangible Cultural Heritage (a list ensuring that China's best culture tradition is ...
The Dong people, with a population of 2,514,014, make their homes in Qiandongnan, Yuping, Xinhuang, Tongdao, Zhijiang and Sanjiang counties where Guizhou, Hunan provinces and the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region meet. Dong people are ...
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Greenpeace International investigations have revealed dumping of industrial wastewater containing toxic and hazardous chemicals from two of Mexico's biggest textile manufacturing facilities.These facilities supply clothing to big fashion ...
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The women of the national minorities excel in these crafts.Pringting and dyeing in either monochrome paper matrix printing or color-process block printing are two different methods.In Za Ran(tie-dyeing),sewn and folded designs are immersed ...
Tags: Clothings, Brocade, colored silk, cotton threads
The scarf of the Yao nationality, known as (pà, kerchief) and popular in Jinxiu, Guangxi province, was prevalent during the rein of Emperor Qianlong of Qing Dynasty. The rectangular 77cm*56cm scarf is made of hand-stitched brocade, ...