Textile and knitwear manufacturing units in the South Indian city of Tirupur closed their units for a day on October 3 to protest frequent power cuts. The bandh was fully successful, according to Mr. Raja M Shanmugham, Managing ...
Tags: Tirupur textile, power cuts, textile units, knitwear, textile
Gap Inc announced a significant initiative to improve building and fire safety standards across the company's approved third-party garment manufacturing factories in Bangladesh.Underscoring the tangible steps taken in the country over the ...
Tags: safety standards, Gap Inc, hird-party garment manufacturing factories
As the days grow shorter and the temperature drops, the time has come to wear warmer clothes. In this case, the pantyhose shown on this page brings a touch of floral splendour to the cool days of autumn. This elegant legwear is made from a ...
Tags: DJ, RDPJ, KARL MAYER, legwear, textile
FIMAST, The Textile Exhibition for the Hosiery and Stocking Industry, came to an end on Saturday, September 29 at Fiera di Brescia with 3,000 registered trade visitors. 40% came from 67 countries with a 20% increase over the 2009 Edition. ...
Tags: FIMAST, Textile Exhibition, trade visitors, international Shows
Vietnam International Fashion Fair 2012 (VIFF 2012), an annual textile and apparel exhibition co-organized by the Vietnam National Textile and Garment Group (VINATEX) and Vietnam Textile and Apparel Association (VITAS), will be held ...
Tags: Vietnam International Fashion Fair 2012, textile, apparel, exhibition
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has announced that the US Government would ease its imports ban on Myanmar(also called Burma),during her meeting with Myanmarese President Thein Sein,on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly session ...
Tags: imports ban, diplomatic relations, Myanmar Garment Association
Sally Kay,President and Rich Stober,CEO of The Hosiery Association(THA)issued the letter to United States Trade Representative(USTR)concerning our proposal clarification and response to a letter from an opposing group. The letter ...
Oxxford Clothes, the iconic bespoke suit maker in Chicago, IL announces the launch of the new Oxxford iPhone/iPad app called OXXAssist. The application was designed to be a sales tool for their wholesale customers to assist them in ...
Tags: Oxxford Clothes, Don Deisch, apparel, menswear, textile
Women with plus-size figures made a start two years ago – now it is time for men with large standard clothing sizes to have extensive measurements taken so the data can be scientifically evaluated in the framework of a research ...
Tags: Germany, Apparel, Hohenstein Institute
On Saturday,November 3,2012,the Royal Ontario Museum(ROM)unveils BIG,the newest installation in the Patricia Harris Gallery of Textiles&Costume on Level 4 in the Museum's Michael Lee-Chin Crystal. A stunning display,BIG is exclusively ...
Tags: ROM, Textiles, Costume, collections
Readymade garment(RMG)manufacturers from Bangladesh will urge the US to allow duty-free access of their products,during their visit to the North American country. Representatives of garment sector are among the 23-member delegation ...
Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC) is targeting the Russian Apparel Market through participating in one of the largest apparel fair of CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States) region ‘Fashion Industry International Fair’, ...
Tags: AEPC, FIIF, clothing industry, business organization
In a letter written to Shri Anand Sharma, the Union Commerce, Industry and Textiles Minister, Dr. A Sakthivel Chairman Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC), has requested Government to increase the share of domestic sourcing in FDI ...
Tags: textiles, garment, domestic sourcing, entire Textiles Industry
The government of India recently permitted 51% foreign direct investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail. However, when fibre2fashion spoke to a few leaders in the apparel and garment retail sector earlier, they admitted that the policy was not ...
Tags: FDI, foreign direct investment, multi-brand retail, PWC
In medical diagnostics,protective lead aprons,lead gloves and lead thyroid shields contain lead to shield the wearer from radiation.Lead aprons and other lead clothing are placed between the person being protected and the x-ray source(for ...
Tags: Medical Diagnostics Industry, Lead Clothing, Protect, Medical