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 ...
The decade of the 1950s saw women's clothing in China lose all aesthetic significance after the founding of New China. After experiencing the Great Leap Forward [*note] and the People's Communalization Movement [*note], Chinese women's ...
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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AmeriPride Services, a textile services and supply company said it received the SafeTRSA Innovation Award and the Clean Green Innovation Award for its efforts to improve plant safety and the environmental impacts of its operations. The ...
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Checkpoint Systems, a leading global supplier of merchandise availability solutions for the retail industry, has launched its enhanced Check-Net print shops with significant printing capabilities that allow them to quickly print, encode and ...
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Argentinian steelmaker Techint is accusing Japanese-based Nippon Steel of orchestrating a move that could completely alter the control of Brazil’s Usiminas, according to a media report. The move began with the “unilateral ...
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In March this year, Indonesia won the right to seek a ruling by the World Trade Organisation (WTO) on Australia's tobacco plain-packaging laws. The WTO's disputes settlement body agreed to set up an independent panel of trade and legal ...
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As December declined 38 points to close at 63.56 cents/lb, while March shed 56 points to close at 61.71 cents/lb, New York cotton futures moved slightly lower this week. Another round of severe weather in the Delta and Southeast ...
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When I was young, my favorite Aunt used to take seasonal decorating very seriously. She had boxes upon boxes of knick knacks to get out and dust off, which turned every surface into a fabulous (very kitschy) display. In the Fall, she ...
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Yepme.com, one of the leading online fashion brands of India, has signed Bollywood’s superstar Shah Rukh Khan as its brand ambassador. Yepme.com will introduce the actor as its brand ambassador through an extensive television ...
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Happy Planet, makers of award-winning fresh soups and the top selling fresh soup in Canada, has launched two new delicious chicken soups just in time for Fall and Winter; a gluten free, green-curry based all-natural Thai Chicken and a ...
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TrueCar, the negotiation-free car buying and selling platform, surpassed 1 million downloads of its smartphone app as more consumers turn to mobile devices to make purchasing a vehicle simpler and seamless. Mobile usage by TrueCar customers ...
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Akebono Brake Corp. says it will continue to manufacture its entire ultra-premium ceramic disc brake pad line in the U.S., a strategy which provides exclusive control of its production processes. The company says making its ceramic brake ...
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A team from Lighting’s parent company, The Top Right Group, has successfully scaled Kilimanjaro for the Great Ormond Street Hospital children’s charity. The team which included Lighting’s editor, Ben Cronin, reached ...
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Rains continue to criss-cross the Midwest and mid-South, forcing even more corn and soybean harvest delays. And, the trend's expected to stay in place for the next couple of weeks, forecasters say. After rainfall this week that addded to ...
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