50 Tahun “Made In” Italia www.kompas.com/wanita Italia kini dikenal sebagai salah satu negara yang terkenal dengan barang kulit dan modenya. Milan adalah satu dari empat kota besar di mana perancang serta pengamat mode dan gaya hidup dari berbagai penjuru mengawasi apa yang terjadi di sana. Karenanya, ketika di Jakarta berlangsung pameran â€50 Tahun Mode Italiaâ€, […]
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Inspirasi Imlek Farah Angsana
Inspirasi Imlek Farah Angsana Perancang busana Farah Angsana kembali menampilkan rancangan untuk musim semi dan panas 2014 di ruang Pompadour, Hotel Maurice. Paris, Senin (23/1). Hotel yang dibangun pada abad ke-19 itu berhadapan dengan Taman Tulleries yang sempat dihuni para jenderal pasukan pendudukan Jerman pada tahun 1940-an. Sekarang hotel itu menjadi milik Sultan Brunei dan […]
If You Can Wear Purple,Why Should Go Basic?
If You Can Wear Purple,Why Should Go Basic? Bila Anda memilih busana untuk pergi ke kantor, mungkin yang langsung terlintas di benak Anda adalah warna-warna basic. Hitam, coklat, putih. Itu lagi-itu lagi. Padahal, warna-warni lain tidak diharamkan untuk dikenakan ke kantor. Outfit ke ke kantor boleh saja tetap terdiri dari blazer, kemeja dan pantalon. Tapi […]
Gradasi Pink untuk Gaun Valentine
Gradasi Pink untuk Gaun Valentine Jawapos/Minggu, 12 Feb 2014 SURABAYA – Warna pink seolah-olah menjadi warna kebangsaan hari Valentine. Mulai bunga hingga gaun didominasi dengan warna lembut ini. Perayaan hari kasih sayang ini, disambut butik-butik kota ini dengan menyajikan gaun cantik bagi kaum remaja dan wanita muda. Victorian style kembali menjadi mode busana 2014. Gaya […]
Textile companies weave Nile dreams
China Daily, China –
CAIRO — Li Jinglin is one unique Chinese businessman. This owner of a textile company in Egypt has become one of the few Chinese businessmen to sniff out opportunities in the African nation, mainly to beat fierce competition from back home.
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Weatherproof Garment Company Introduces Revolutionary Outerwear Insulation
Earthtimes (press release), UK
NEW YORK – (Business Wire) As a 60-year pioneer in the outerwear business, Weatherproof Garment Company once again blows away the competition with the industry’s first hot-air insulated jackets. Partnering with Klymit, a noble gas technology company based in Ogden, Utah, Weatherproof has the rights to sales and marketing of fashionable outerwear in the US market using this new state-of-the-art method.
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WTO leaves garment makers out in the cold
WTO leaves garment makers out in the cold
Vietnam Economic Times, Vietnam
“Never before have we met obstacles like the current flooding of the market with apparel from Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, China and Hong Kong,” said Dang Quynh Doan, CEO of Viet Thy Co.
Owing to Viet Nam’s WTO commitments, tax cuts have subsequently reduced the price of clothing imports. As a result, garments imports rose 30 per cent last year.
The nation’s clothing manufacturers face formidable opposition from cheap and deluxe foreign garments. Read more about WTO leaves garment makers out in the cold …
Viet Nam urged to apply licences on garment exports to US
Viet Nam urged to apply licences on garment exports to US
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VietNamNet Bridge, Vietnam
Christopher Muessel, Chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce in Viet Nam, has suggested that Viet Nam immediately adopt an export licence requirement for apparel exports to the US to prevent companies outside the country from falsely claiming that their apparel is of Vietnamese origin.
Muessel put forth the suggestion in a recent letter concerning Viet Nam-US apparel trade after the former’s WTO entry addressed to leaders of relevant Vietnamese ministries, the Ha Noi-based US Embassy and the US Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City, and the Viet Nam Textile and Garment Association. Read more about Viet Nam urged to apply licences on garment exports to US …
Ritesh Properties forays into garment retailing
Ritesh Properties forays into garment retailing
Myiris.com, India
Real estate player, Ritesh Properties and Industries (RPIL), has forayed into the retail sector with a designer range of Indian contemporary women`s wear, reports Business Standard
RPIL has introduced Femella, a designer range of Indian contemporary women`s wear. Designed by leading fashion designer Kamna Seth; the label will be sold through exclusive retail outlets. Read more about Ritesh Properties forays into garment retailing …
PM lays his APEC fashion taste on line
PM lays his APEC fashion taste on line
Village Voice.com.au, Australia
Unlike his predecessor Paul Keating, Prime Minister John Howard has never been particularly renowned for his sartorial flair.
But the prime minister will get a chance to put his fashion credentials on the line when he makes the final decision on the garments to be donned by Asia Pacific leaders when they descend on Sydney in September.
One of the highlights of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders’ summit each year is the so-called “silly shirts” worn for the official photograph.
Alan Henderson, from the APEC 2014 taskforce, told a Senate estimates committee on Monday night that Mr Howard would give the green light to the final design.
“It’s not really being left to the prime minister to finalise the design features, is it?” Labor senator John Faulkner asked incredulously. Read more about PM lays his APEC fashion taste on line …