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The Fix Salon.com Paris Hilton pelted with flour. Michael Jackson may lose sole custody of children. Plus: Buy Jackson’s “visually stained” garment! Morning Briefing: Paris pelted by PETA: Paris Hilton was in the U.K. for London Fashion Week when she became the latest celebrity victim of PETA’s high-profile antifur campaign. As she escorted designer Julien […]

AFP
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PARIS (AFP) — Green-friendly fabrics may be expensive, but increasing consumer demand for the environmentally-correct now is forcing Asia’s textile giants to go the extra mile to produce clean cloth.
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Tracking Change, and the Lack of It, In New York’s Garment Industry Forward HISTORY By Gerald Sorin “What’s the difference between a Jewish clothing worker and a Jewish psychiatrist?” an old joke goes. Answer: “One generation.” Actually it was more like two or even three generations, though the mythological connection between New York Jews and […]

Paul Smith: A True Brit but Not for ‘Men Only’ New York Times By SUZY MENKES International Herald Tribune An early bird breakfast opened London Fashion Week on Tuesday as a debate raged over why Britain is the creative fashion capital of the world – but fails to be a commercial force in the global […]

Workers speak out Colorado Daily By KATHRYN RICHERT Colorado Daily Staff Tuesday, February 14, 2014 8:22 PM MST Foreign garment workers will visit CU-Boulder today to talk about what they say are abuses of workers who produce apparel for colleges and universities. The Coalition Against Sweatshop Abuses (CASA) will host “Another World in Production: Garment […]

No Headline Identified Waco Tribune-Herald  NULL Thursday, February 16, 2014 Owner of former Fab-Knit plant back in business By Mike Copeland Tribune-Herald business editor Bob Landon closed his Fab-Knit garment plant last March and laid off 205 people. He says he had no choice because financial problems were nipping at his heels. “I emerged from […]

France, Pakistan Sign Accord to Promote Garment Industry Asia Pulse via Yahoo! Asia News KARACHI, Feb 14 Asia Pulse – Pakistan and France’s garment industry have decided to formalise the co-operation and collaboration for exchange of knowledge, skills and promotion of business between the French and Pakistani garment industries. An agreement in this connection was […]

FTA hope for garment units
By tariq khonji
Gulf Daily News, Bahrain

BAHRAIN’s garment industry could be bouncing back despite the closure of 23 of its 28 factories in the last two-and-a-half years.

Two of those – Gulf Baraka Garments and sister company French Garments – closed down in the past few weeks, but a business leader says that does not signal a widespread crisis for the industry.

In fact, good times are ahead for the remaining players in the industry as the benefits of Bahrain’s Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the US begin to materialise, said Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) garment and textiles committee vice-chairman Harinder Lamba. Read more about FTA hope for garment units …

Business Daily Africa, Kenya –
Written by Jim Onyango

February 16, 2014: Kenyan textile exporters are preparing to take advantage of a crumbling US textile sector which has recorded closures of 13 firms and 10,000 job losses in the last six months alone.
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Saipan turns to shoes By Associated Press KPUA.net SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands (AP) _ With its once-thriving garment industry declining, Saipan’s governor says the Northern Mariana Islands is turning to shoes. Governor Benigno Fitial has announced the world’s largest shoemaker plans to open a factory in the U-S commonwealth that once hosted many more garment […]