Sustainable Business Network, in association with Waterfront Auckland, Element magazine and greenideas is going to organize The Sustainable City Showcase. The event will take place at The Cloud, Queen's Wharf, Auckland from 22-24 November 2012. New Zealand's first Ethical Fashion Show will take place during the event on November 23rd. It will bust through the 'hemp & sandals' barrier, integrating every day solutions such as household products from eco store and products for kids fro

The retail sales of apparels in Japan decreased by 2.2 percent year-on-year to 147,139 million yen in September 2012, according to the Japan Department Stores Association, which compiles data from 249 stores owned by 86 companies. The dip in apparel sales was more than the overall decline of 0.2 percent year-on-year witnessed by the stores during the month. The decrease in garment retail sales during the month is attributed to the extension of hot climate, which negatively impacted the sal

The beautiful Bollywood actress Soha Ali Khan has unveiled the latest festive collection of the Indian multi-designer store Hue. Draped in a regal magenta coloured Sejol Kanoi saree, Soha appeared for the launch of the store’s new prêt line, which has been designed by the popular Indian celebrity designer and stylist Surily Goel. Surily’s gorgeous heavily embellished ethnic range features a variety of anarkalis, embroidered churidar kurtas, lehengas and sarees. The Bombay-based high-fas

Nonpayment by an Indian importer is taking toll on the country's apparel export to that market creating panic among the exporters, industry people said. Apparel export earning, especially from the knit products, fell drastically during the first quarter of the current fiscal year (2012-13) which manufacturers and exporters mainly attributed to the nonpayment issue by the Indian importer. They said local exporters are gradually losing their interest in doing business with the Indian importers

A one of a kind exhibition displaying the exotic outfits worn by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II during her sixty-year-long reign is going to take place at London’s Fashion and Textiles Museum from November 16 to February 23, 2013. Titled as 'Hartnell to Amies: Couture by Royal Appointment’, the special event would exhibit nearly 150 dresses, such as ball gowns, cocktail dresses and ready-to-wear outfits, designed by the famous royal couturiers Sir Norman Bishop Hartnell and Sir Edwin Hardy Am

Hugo Boss, international lifestyle concern and world market leader in the premium and luxury segment has commissioned Knapp with the automatization of its new distribution centre in Filderstadt bei Stuttgart. With 400,000 storage locations, the OSR Shuttle is the world's largest system of its kind. Hugo Boss is investing almost 100 million euros in the entire project, located near the Stuttgart airport. The OSR Shuttle selected by Hugo Boss offers the required flexibility to react to fut

KooGa, the Queensland, Australia-based apparel manufacturing company, is planning to set up a production unit in Lautoka, the second-largest city in Fiji. Mr. Kim Brant, chief executive of KooGa Australia, said Fiji is a good platform for the apparel brand to grow further and he is confident that skilled Fijians will join the KooGa family, according to Fiji Sun. He said that he met Fiji officials to discuss further on setting up an apparel manufacturing unit in Fiji and the Fijian Governm

The International OEKO-TEX Association’s “The Next 20” event to be held on November 14th from 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm at The Glass Houses, 545 W. 25th Street in New York City, will feature an impressive slate of sustainability thought leaders and experts including Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., the award-winning environmental advocate and author. Kennedy will be joined by Tom Chappell of Tom’s of Maine and Rambler’s Way, Nicole Bassett of prAna, Amy Hall of Eileen Fisher, Elysa Hammond of Clif Bar &C

Tamteks Tekstil in Corlu, Turkey has just started production with the TM-100 for hard to control, sensitive fabrics with great success. Navis TubeTex TM-100 compactor controls shrinkage in 100% viscose to less than 4-5% at a speed of 30 m/m and other difficult fabrics to less than 3% to better control shrinkage and weights over any other compaction technology. The advanced technology and superior fabric quality of the Navis TubeTex TM-100 has become the standard for shrinkage control in