Coastal Enterprises Inc. in Wiscasset has been awarded $700,000 over three years from the Federal Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Community Services for a revolving loan fund that will assist Maine-based textile companies that have growing employment and capital needs. CEI will finance three to four "high performance" Maine textile companies that are creating or designing innovative textile-based products and processes, according to a press release announcing the award. As

Polyester Filament Yarn maker – Polygenta Technologies is planning to raise R40 Cr by issuing CCPs on preferential or rights basis. Incorporated in 1981, the company is an integrated producer and processor of multi-filament polyester textured yarn. Polygenta has license for the ReNEW process, a PET recycling technology, which produces a sustainable feedstock which can be further processed for use in manufacturing polyester products. Polygenta sells its PFY products under ‘Polygold’ bran

For its campaign of the Cruise 2012/13 collection Bottega Veneta has worked with photographer Collier Schorr, an American artist known for photographs of adolescents that combine photographic realism with elements of fiction and fantasy. “Her images reveal the individuality of each subject while capturing the gentle structure and ease of the collection. I especially like the nuanced way she used color, subtly underlining the palette that was the collection’s original inspiration,” says Tomas

Fashion designer Markus Lupfer has created a leather capsule collection for ASOS for autumn/winter 2012. Out this week, the ASOS Black range includes a skater cut-out dress, leather jacket, ankle boots and hotpants, and pieces come in a black and navy palette with kaleidoscope prints. Source: Fashion Monitor

Moderator Raphaela Stefandl interviewing Schoeller Spinning group CEO Kurt Haselwander Schoeller replaces gradually the decades-old chlorine-based finishing processes used all over the world by the new EXP 3.0 method. Generally, finishing enables wool to be machine-washed. Wool without these finish properties tends to felt during washing. Conventional wool finishing requires the use of environmentally critical chlorine, but the new EXP-finishing is done without the use of chlorine. With the n

India’s domestic denim market is said to be growing by 10 per cent, and now cut in denim production by China and the US has propelled export order books by 15-20 per cent for Indian players. Though there has been a strong competition from Pakistan and Bangladesh, Indian players are witnessing a 15 per cent surge in foreign orders. Many denim players like Aarvee Denims are expecting a further rise in exports. Industry experts estimate that China and US have cut down denim capacity by roughly 500

Sole Society, a leading direct-to-consumer brand of on-trend designer women's footwear, announces their first-ever celebrity collection with actress, singer and dancer, Julianne Hough. An innovative leader in the retail space, Sole Society is pioneering a new era of fashion retail, having capitalized on the success of their online store and entering into a partnership with Nordstrom.com and select Nordstrom stores where the Julianne Hough for Sole Society collection will be sold alongside other

Fashion designers from India and Pakistan would be honoured at this year’s International Asian Fashion Awards (IAFA), to be held in London next month, for their outstanding contribution to the fashion industry. Renowned Indian fashion designer duo Abu Jani and Sandeep Khosla will be felicitated by the IAFA 2012 with the ‘Outstanding Contribution to the Fashion Industry’ award. Abu and Sandeep, India’s most celebrated couturiers, together built a 25-year partnership wherein they ga

A majority of the predominant migrant textile workers in Tirupur knitwear cluster are a discontented lot as they are yet to get the Deepavali bonus though only four days are left for the festival. According to trade union sources, almost 90 per cent of the units in the cluster are yet to disburse bonus to the workers. “What is the point in getting the bonus at the eleventh hour as migrant labourers like us will not get time to buy dresses/sweets for our family members before heading for