Rumour has it that H&M’s next designer collaboration will be with none other than Givenchy and the French fashion house’s alleged collection will be released sometime in 2013. The thing about H&M collaboration rumours is that most of the time, they actually come true. Rumours circulated about Maison Martin Margiela, Versace, and Marni—all of which were later put into production. While there may be no solid proof that this collaboration is 100 per cent going down, we’re already th

There is no ban on cotton exports from India for the season 2012-13. According to an official press release, Anand Sharma, Cabinet Minister of Textiles, India, in a written reply today to Lok Sabha, the Lower House of the Indian Parliament stated that there will no ban on cotton exports for this season. The letter also states that according to Cotton Advisory Board, India will have an exportable surplus of 7 million bales (170 Kgs each). According to the Minister, export registrations ti

November 27 sees the opening of Louis Vuitton's new store in Vienna, marking the luxury label's first shop in Austria to offer the brand's full product range. Located in the Tuchlauben district, a centre renowned for its tailors and drapers, the retail space was designed by architect Peter Marino, featuring teak floors, hand-made lacquers and silk carpet to create the atmosphere of a gentleman's club. Housing a number of salons, one area is dedicated to women and men's leather goods, while i

Hong Kong sourcing giant Li & Fung said Sunday it was "distressed" by the deaths of 110 workers in a fire at a Bangladesh garment factory where it placed orders and offered compensation. The company said it would give $1,200 to the family of each worker who died in the blaze that swept through the nine-storey Tazreen Fashion plant 30 kilometres (20 miles) north of the capital Dhaka late on Saturday. It was the worst-ever fire to hit the country's garment industry. "We are very distr

The export of self-owned brands grows quickly in China. (Photo/CE) Among the exported products in China 10 years ago, the proportion of the self-owned brands was less than 10 percent and products like clothes were exported without brands or with foreign brands. Due to lack of self-owned brands in the oversea market, most Chinese enterprises just could make a small profit. With unremitting efforts for 10 years, such a situation is changing historically. Reporter learns from Ministry of C

Item WidthCM Specification/Weight（meter） Wholesale Price：yuan/meter Double colored jacquard checked brushed cotton ramie cloth 150 600 20．00 Wool/viscose cloth 150 520 27．50 Cotton Pad-dyed Drill 150 16S×12S 108×56 15．00 T/R single-thread yarn dyed seven-color checked woolen cloth 150 500 16．00 Multi-chemical fiber Hopsack 154 480 12．80 Multi-chemica

The apparel sector will aggressively pursue the target of $ 5 b set to be achieved by 2015.“We have studied the Turkey model which we believe is a good system to benchmark given the level of trade they enjoy inspite of costs thrice as high as prevalent here,” Apparel Exporters Association, Outgoing Chairman Rohan Abeykoon said. They too have an industry based on a higher percentage of small to medium units operating in the industry supported by large front end business’ and use their service

With no no respite from power outages ranging from 12 to 14 hours in Tamil Nadu, barring Chennai, a large number of textile mills are planning to shift their operatrions to states like Maharashtra or Gujarat, which have textile-friendly policy in existence and also availability of power. Since addition of spindlage or increasing the production capacity remained dormant for the last three years due to power problem, some spinning mill owners, both small and large, recently met and discussed th

Following the Cabinet’s move to increase the nation-wide daily minimum wage to Bt 300 from January 1, 2013, the Thailand Government has stepped forward to help the small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), including textile and garment businesses, to cope with the sharp rise in the production costs. The hike would result in almost two-fold rise in wages in some of the provinces like Phayao, where the minimum wage now prevails at Bt 159 per day. The Thailand Government has now set