Photography by Thomas Lohr London-based designer, J.W. Anderson, is having a pretty solid week. It started with winning the Emerging Designer Award at the 2012 British Fashion Awards and today it was announced that Anderson will be the first to design a capsule collection for Versace’s younger brand, Versus. The collection will be released at a preview event sometime in the spring and will be comprised of women’s and men’s ready-to-wear as well as accessories that will be sold online at V

Photography by Peter Stigter The fate of Balenciaga has been decided. Alexander Wang has been unofficially named the new creative director, succeeding Nicolas Ghesquière—whose final day at the French fashion house is today. What has been a month of rumours and suspicions about who will take the helm of the brand was settled with a new report from WWD early this morning. According to market insiders, PPR—owner of Balenciaga—has selected the New York-based Alexander Wang to take over although

Every year since 2002, Chanel has staged a Métiers d’Art show in celebration of the skilled artisans they employ in various specialized ateliers: costume jeweler Desrues, feather dresser Lemarié, embroiderer Maison Lesage, shoemaker Massaro, milliner Michel, goldsmith Goossens, floral finery maker Guillet, embroiderer Atelier Montex , glovemaker Causse, and recently acquired knitware mill Barrie. The event has evolved into an extravagant affair, with last year’s “Paris-Bombay” show staged wit

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The West Bengal government will set up a Silk Park in Malda district, Small Scale Industry and Textile Commissioner Prasanta Bhattacharyay said today. The Silk Park would be set up at Madhu Ghat, about 10 km from here, on an 18 acre land belonging to the sericulture department. The Planning Commission has already sanctioned Rs 39 crore for this purpose, he said. A filature unit where silk spinning had been done was there on the land but now it is closed. Source: Business Standard .

The Belarusian company OAO Mogotex will more than double deliveries of home textiles to the international company IKEA in 2013, Mogotex Director for Commerce Mr Vitaly Dedinets told BelTA. Mogotex started working together with IKEA in 2002 but serious changes in this cooperation have been witnessed only in the last few years. “We have come to terms with the Russian representation of the company, have managed to satisfy the major chain’s requirements for quality and the choice of products and ha

A lot of fiber manufacturers and dyeing enterprises have come to Vietnam recently to seek the opportunities to invest in the dyeing, textile and material production projects. In November alone, Vietnam received nearly 10 foreign enterprises which have suggested setting up joint ventures with the Vietnam Textile and Garment Group (Vinatex) and its subsidiaries, to make garment materials in Vietnam. These include the big groups from the countries with developed textile and garment industries, na

Junagadh Agriculture University (JAU) has estimated 33 per cent lower cotton production for Gujarat as compared to last year. A recent agricultural economic study report of JAU noted that in spite of lower production, prices of cotton is expected to remain stable due to large stockpiles in China and at international level. According to the study, cotton sowing in India during the current kharif season is estimated at about 11.6 million hectares and the production is expected to be 5 per ce

Apparel exports remained flat at $907 million in October 2012 compared to the same period last fiscal due to sluggish demand in the European and the US markets. In October last year, garments exports stood at $914 million, according to the data provided by the Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC). "Buyers in markets like Western Europe and USA are not placing more orders due to the economic turbulence in their economies," AEPC Chairman A Sakthivel said. Also, he said, there is a stif

The income from the garment industry increased by around 50 percent, Economic Development Deputy Minister Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena said. "The income earned from the garment industry increased to USD 4.2 billion by 2011. In 2004, this was only USD 790 million," he added. Addressing a press briefing at the Government Information Department, the deputy minister said shortage of labour has become a severe threat to the further development of Sri Lanka's garment industry. According to th