Two years after the Rana Plaza disaster killed over 1000 garment factory workers in Bangladesh, the Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, UK, has launched a master’s degree in fashion ethics to answer a wider international industry ...
Tags: Ethical Fashion, garment
More than 900 fabric specialists from 35 different nations will showcase over 1500 new innovations in apparels and accessories at the upcoming 38th edition of German trade fair Munich Fabric Start, due to take place from February 2 to 4, ...
Tags: womenswear, menswear, denim, sportswear, Apparel
Ethiopian designer Fikirte Addis “feels like she is ready to fly.” A one-time child psychologist with a passion for design, Addis took a risk in 2009 by launching her own brand. Since that time, she has won the Origin Africa ...
Tags: Fikirte Addis, Textile
New York is like no other city and FIT is like no other college. FIT and NYC set the pace in the fields of design, fashion, advertising, communications, and international commerce. FIT hosts an array of luminaries, from NYC and all over the ...
Tags: Textile Trends, Sustainable Color
Ethical Fashion Initiative (EFI), a programme of the International Trade Center (ITC), highlighted the role of fashion as a catalyst for economic growth in Africa at the 5th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD V) ...
Tags: Textile, Responsible Fashion
Starting this September, the two exhibitions will be held in halls 2 and 4 at Le Bourget. Hall 4, the most recently built structure at the Parc du Bourget, has been selected for its ultra-modern infrastructure and its layout, which allows ...
Tags: Texworld, Apparelsourcing
For the fourteenth consecutive season, Estethica, founded by the British Fashion Council (BFC), will be promoting sustainable fashion at The Exhibition at London Fashion Week. Housed in the West Wing of Somerset House it will showcase 14 ...
Tags: Estethica, BFC, sustainable fashion
The Swiss Government,under the Ethical Fashion Initiative Ghana Project,is providing US$3.5 million to support young Ghanaian entrepreneurs in the fashion and fabric industry to create employment through the establishment of a sustainable ...
Tags: fashion and fabric industry, Ethical Fashion Initiative Ghana Project
Sri Lanka Design Festival's(SLDF)2012 edition is taking shape with an all-encompassing portrayal of the best of Sri Lankan apparel and backward integration industries.The many apparel focused events at the festival bring together the ...
Tags: SLDF, Michelle Mone, Martin Raymond, Chris Sanderson, Kurt Cavano
The COMPETE Trade Hub recently returned from a high-profile Origin Africa awareness and market linkages campaign in Europe and Asia. The Trade Hub participated in three international trade shows and organized Origin Africa Pavilions in the ...
Tags: USAID, COMPETE Trade Hub, textile, fashion trends
Manolo Blahnik and Donatella Versace are just two of the latest stellar names to be added to the line-up for the International Herald Tribune (IHT) Luxury Conference in Rome on the 15thand 16th November, 2012, which will open with a keynote ...
Tags: Versace, IHT, Luxury Conference