Is it just me or does May feel more like March? That's why this cheery photo of Dianna Agron wearing a pretty summer dress and weekend kicks—coming from brunch in sun-soaked Los Angeles, no less—makes me wish for the summer even more! Dianna threw together an easy, comfy, and cute ensemble by pairing her aqua floral J.Crew fit-and-flare dress with neutral Soludos derby shoes—a balmy-weather-appropriate alternative to neutral heels or those ubiquitous slides. Her elegant chain-link shoulde

China is the biggest importer of coir based products from India. During 2013-14, a total of 192,110 tones of coir products, valued at Rs 360.5 crore were shipped to China, a growth of 32 percent on value terms, according to Indian Coir Board. India exported 537,040 tones of coir and coir based products, valued at Rs 1476 crore. In the previous financial year, total export was 429,501 tones valued at Rs 1116 crore, a rise by 25 percent was recorded in the volume of coir based products. Exp

Vietnam to only further enhance the Chinese textile industry with the lifting of tariffs on garments made by TPP members from the yarn stage forward expected to come through soon as the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiation is going on between Vietnam and 11 other countries including big economies like the US, Canada, Japan and Australia. Most of the Vietnam's textiles and garments are mostly made from Chinese yarn. Vietnamese textile investors are going to lose out the chance at tariff cuts

Cotton production in Zimbabwe is likely to increase by 31 percent in 2013-14 season due to good rains in most parts of the country during the cotton growing season, the Cotton Growers Association has said, reports The Herald. Owing to good rains, cotton output for 2013-14 is projected to increase to 190,000 tons from 145,000 tons harvested in 2012-13 season, the association said. Cotton is one of the largest sources of foreign currency for Zimbabwe, but it faces production constraints due

Turkey is world’s seventh largest exporter of textiles and textile products, as per the Textile Industry Sector Report released by the Istanbul Chamber of Industry (ISO). According to a statement issued by ISO, the country’s textile exports in 2005 totaled US$ 7.08 billion, whereas in 2012, Turkey’s textile exports amounted to $ 11.09 billion, making it the seventh largest exporter of textiles in the world. However, as per the report, during 2005 to 2011, the number of entrepreneurs, empl

The leather industry has crossed the record $1-billion mark in exports in the first ten months of this fiscal year on the back of competitive pricing and quality improvement. Between July and April, the leather industry exported $1.06 billion of products, whereas the exports receipts for the whole of fiscal 2012-13 stood at $980.67 million, according to data from the Export Promotion Bureau. Mohammed Nazmul Hassan Sohail, managing director of Leatherex Footwear Industry Ltd, a leading lea

The exports of readymade garments from Bangladesh increased by 15.38 percent to US$ 19.97 billion during the first ten months of the ongoing fiscal year 2013-14, as against exports of $17.307 billion made during the corresponding period of the previous fiscal, as per the latest data released by the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB). Segment-wise, woven apparel exports grew by 13.91 percent year-on-year to $10.166 billion during July-April 2013-14 period, whereas knitwear exports soared by 16.96 p

Tau Investment Management, a New York-based firm, will enter the lucrative garment business in Bangladesh with an investment of $200 million. “We will start investing at the field level within the next three to six months as our primary work is at the final stage now,” Oliver Niedermaier, chairman of the investment firm, told The Daily Star last week. Tau will buy minority shares in some factories for five to six years, and expand the production units, if necessary, to produce garment item

The exports of readymade garments from Nepal increased by a sharp 52.8 percent to Np Rs. 3.615 billion (US$ 37.633 million) during the first eight months of the ongoing financial year that began on July 16, 2013, compared to exports of Rs. 2.366 billion during the corresponding period of the previous fiscal, according to the figures released by the Trade and Export Promotion Centre. Woolen carpet exports fetched Rs. 4.801 billion during the eight-month period, showing a rise of 36.1 percent o

Employees are seen working at a footwear manufacturing plant in Ho Chi Minh City in this file photo. Tuoi Tre News Vietnam will surpass all other ASEAN nations to become the largest exporter to the U.S. next year, the American Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam has predicted. Vietnam currently stands behind Malaysia and Thailand in terms of export turnovers to the U.S., the AmCham said in a report released last weekend. Vietnam will take over the top position in 2015, the report stated. In