For those who secretly have no idea what selvedge denim is but have heard that the best denim fabric comes from Japan (although they still don't know why.) Or for those who bluff their way through specialist stores talking to the staff, whilst they frantically try to hide that they have no idea what jeans made from raw denim are, comes FashionUnited's very own crash course in denim. Speaking to Stacy Denzel Janmaat, denim expert at House of Denim, he explains the basics of denim. "Manufactur

ICE cotton futures fell to their lowest level in 1-1/2 weeks on Wednesday as rains in the key West Texas growing raised the possibility of greater-than-expected production, prompting speculator selling. "There's potential for a gigantic dryland crop right now," said Jobe Moss, a broker with MCM Inc in Lubbock, Texas. Cotton contracts for July settled down by 0.89 cent on Wednesday, a 1.3 percent loss, at 65.86 cents per pound, after falling as low as 65.57 cents a lb, its lowest level since Apri

Textile Raw Material Price 2015-05-06 Item Price Unit Fluctuation Date Crude Oil WTI 58.93 USD/Barrel -0.37% 2015-05-06 Crude Oil Brent 974 USD/Barrel 1.88% 2015-05-06 PX 66.45 USD/Ton -0.02% 2015-05-06 PTA Buy 5150 RMB/Ton 0.98% 2015-05-06 PTA Sell 750 USD/Ton 1.35% 2015-05-06 MEG Buy 7850 RMB/Ton 1.95% 2015-05-06 MEG Sell 1010 USD/Ton 1.51% 2015-05-06 CPL

ICE cotton futures rose on Tuesday after seesawing between positive and negative, as a weaker dollar provided support but rains in leading US growing region Texas pressured prices amid progress in plantings for the 2015/2016 crop. "It's a tug of war between longs and shorts in July," said Peter Egli, director of risk management at British merchant Plexus Cotton Ltd, noting that a US government report released Monday after the market closed showing US farmers had planted 17 percent of their cotto

Textile Raw Material Price 2015-05-05 Item Price Unit Fluctuation Date Crude Oil WTI 58.93 USD/Barrel -0.37% 2015-05-05 Crude Oil Brent 974 USD/Barrel 1.88% 2015-05-05 PX 66.45 USD/Ton -0.02% 2015-05-05 PTA Buy 5150 RMB/Ton 0.98% 2015-05-05 PTA Sell 750 USD/Ton 1.35% 2015-05-05 MEG Buy 7850 RMB/Ton 1.95% 2015-05-05 MEG Sell 1010 USD/Ton 1.51% 2015-05-05 CPL

Top 10 Rising Categories Top 10 Falling Categories 1.Lining 1.77% 1.Thread & Rope -2.17% 2.Viscose 1.38% 2.Household Textiles -2.17% 3.Natural Fiber Grey Cloth 1.06% 3.Cotton Fabric -1.31% 4.Polyester 0.81% 4.Apparel Lining -1.13% 5.TW Fabric 0.32% 5.Blended Fiber Grey Cloth -0.68% 6.Chemical Fiber Grey Cloth 0.27% 6.Window Screeen -0.51% 7.RW Fabric 0.23% 7.Nylon Fabric -0.47% 8.TN Fabr

ICE cotton settled up slightly on Monday after spending most of the session in negative territory, pressured by expectations that a report set to be released later on Monday would show US farmers had made significant progress in planting their crops. Louis Rose, independent cotton trader and consultant with Risk Analytics in Memphis, Tennessee, said prices had moved too high last week to attract buying interest in the near-term, and attributed the late-session price increase to "day traders

Textile Raw Material Price 2015-05-04 Item Price Unit Fluctuation Date Crude Oil WTI 59.15 USD/Barrel 0.97% 2015-05-04 Crude Oil Brent 956 USD/Barrel 0.53% 2015-05-04 PX 66.46 USD/Ton 0.94% 2015-05-04 PTA Buy 5100 RMB/Ton 0% 2015-05-04 PTA Sell 740 USD/Ton 0% 2015-05-04 MEG Buy 7700 RMB/Ton 1.32% 2015-05-04 MEG Sell 995 USD/Ton 1.02% 2015-05-04 CPL Buy 1

No. Item WidthCM Specification/Weight Price ① Printed Chiffon 150 100DFDY×100DFDY 6.80yuan/m ② Printed Rayon Fabric 145 40S×40S、100×80 7.40yuan/m ③ Polyester Lustrous Jacquard Printed Curtain Fabric 280 580g/m 14.80yuan/m ④ T/C80/20 Drill 148 20S×20S、108×58 10.80yuan/m ⑤ CottonJeanette Twill Fabric 148 32S×32S、130×70 12.20yuan/m ⑥ Print

According to the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC), excess cotton stocks held outside China are likely to keep international cotton prices down in 2015-16. Stocks outside China are projected to surge 26 per cent to 9.4 million tons, the highest level in 35 years and also the reason, why ICAC forecasts that these stocks will keep global prices down. In its latest report, ICAC projects world acreage under cotton to decline 7 per cent from 2014-15 to 31.2 million hectares in 2015