Calling all fiber fashionistas! YARN CRAWL LA returns for its 2nd year with 31 retail shops that span over 2000 square miles from Claremont to Santa Monica and Long Beach to Santa Clarita. This is the largest yarn crawl SoCal has ever seen! In addition, and keeping on trend, there also will be a retail yarn truck travelling to various spots throughout the county. From April 11-14th crawlers are invited to shop for the latest yarns, enjoy special events, demonstrations, guest designers and

Kourtney Kardashian, Mariah Carey, Jessica Alba and the First Family celebrated Easter by getting dressed up in their favorite pastel-colored outfits for their trips to church (or, in Halle Berry's case, a trip to the pool!) Take a look at these celebs in their Sunday best and vote for your favorite! Michelle Obama took her beautiful white Prabal Gurung dress for another spin on Easter morning. She's worn it on a few other occasions, including a meeting with Jason Wu at the Smithson

Technical textiles offers a new opportunity for the Indian textile industry to sustain current growth and thrive in near future, a National Seminar on Technical Textiles and Nonwovens heard. Zohra Chatterji, Textile Secretary to Government of India encouraged industry to set up units for technical textiles which she described as a sun-rise industry with potential for exponential growth and promised to help in this regard. Ms Chatterji was speaking at the National Seminar on Technical Tex

The American textile and apparel industry is planning to present a detailed ‘short supply’ list of hard to source fibres and fabrics at the next round of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) East Asia-Americas trade agreement discussions, to be held in Lima, Peru, from May 15-24, 2013. Julie Hughes, president of the United States Association of Importers of Textiles and Apparel (USA-ITA) told WTiN that the US is still collecting information from the industry about yarns and fabrics that are i

Paul Tjia, the founder of GPI Consultancy, an independent Dutch consultancy firm in the field of sourcing, writes about exploring new business opportunities and garment production in North Korea. In North Korea, there are several sectors that can be considered for trade and investment. They include agribusiness, fishing, shipbuilding, logistics, minerals, information technology, and garments. Garment processing has been one of the most successful export-related activities. Companies in t

South Korean firm Willbes Co, Ltd will be expanding its facility in Haiti’s Port-au-Prince with up to $4 million in loans approved by the Inter-American Development Bank. The facility at the Parc Industriel Metropolitain in Haiti’s capital could lead to jobs and training for 918 new Haitian workers, according to the bank. “The Bank?s loan will enable Willbes to pursue a longer-term expansion creating additional jobs and associated economic benefits for Haiti,” said Alexandre Fernandes de Olive

The sowing of BT cotton in Thatta, Badin and other coastal areas of lower Sindh has started as these areas are best suited for the crop, sources in the Agriculture Department said on Friday. The BT cotton variety is sown on 85 per cent areas of the province for being resistant to virus and higher yield. The Crop Protection Department has convened a meeting of officials and researchers on April 2, to discuss measures for protecting Kharif crop — rice and cotton — from a possible virus attack.

The recent price rally for cotton has been like water to the parched as eroding demand over the last two years combined with rising global inventories continued to sit heavily on prices levels, keeping them down. But having crossed the 90 cents/lb psychological level, prices have once again plateaued out. The last two years have seen major volatilities on the market driving mills to synthetic fibers, consequently bringing down demand for cotton. But grains seems to be pulling one over fiber as

Price movements in Asian ethylene markets were diverged as cargoes continued to move from Northeast to Southeast Asia despite the price gap between them narrowing. In Europe, the April contract price for ethylene was fully settled down Euro 60 a ton on the month while the spot markets tumbled on low demand. In US spot ethylene slipped following the market talk of improving supply, which in turn was attributed to the recent restarts of petrochemical facilities in the US Gulf. Paraxylene prices we

Benzene markets were dull in Asia and prices declined amid bearish market sentiment despite the energy complex gaining strength. US spot benzene dipped significantly attributed to weaker global sentiment as Asian and European prices were also lower. In Europe, benzene markets were in the red, as bearish sentiment continued to penetrate global markets. Asian caprolactum markets softened as demand weakened amid on inventory in downstream and upstream benzene markets showing sign of rapid softeni