The sixth edition of the famous Belarusian fashion and cultural event Belarus Fashion Week (BFW) is going to take place from April 23 to 28, 2013 in the country’s capital city of Minsk. Highlighting trends for the next Fall-Winter 2013/2014 season, the event will be divided into two runway areas—the main catwalk for the participating designers and an off-schedule ramp for the young designers and new brands. Famous Belarusian labels like Alena Levonyuk, Alena Volkava and Aiplatov Ivan alon

The just finished leading Brazilian fashion revelry Fashion Rio staged more than twenty five catwalk shows by a range of talented designers representing the forthcoming trends for the next austral summer season. Based on the theme Colorpop, the event was opened with the Rio Moda Hype show which featured a mix of graphic, retro and modern designs by five new young brands, including Bruna Santini (Unak), Lais Abbate and Beatriz Tavares (Over there), Mariana Aguiar (Marie Raz), Bridges Hele

The Wearable Art Show and the NSCAD senior students’ end-of-term fashion show are combining and getting a new identity this year—thanks to the input of NSCAD design students. NSCAD textiles/fashion students joined forces with NSCAD design students to develop a new name—“Runaway” — for the two annual shows, which for the first time will take place on the same day. "I think the combination show is a really great opportunity to show the community and industry the different types of work that

The Future of Fashion will be revealed in two viewing formats – live on the runway and live on the web– when the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) holds its highly anticipated annual graduating students runway show on Wednesday, May 1, 2013, at 6:30 pm at FIT. While admittance to the runway show is by invitation only, FIT has established an alternative way for the world to see the action on the catwalk. The Future of Fashion will be streamed live on the web at 6:30 pm EDT at The Future of

The veteran Indian fashion designer Ritu Kumar has been conferred Padma Shri Award 2013, the country’s fourth highest civilian honor for her exceptional and distinguished service in the field of fashion, textile and craftsmanship by the honorable President Mr. Pranab Mukherjee at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. The 69-year-old veteran designer is one of India’s foremost fashion designers known to the world for her unique style, reflecting the ancient traditions of Indian craftsmanship in a contempora

The retail segment development project is of primary importance to GAS. To give this project a further boost, a new retail concept has been created which makes its debut in India, one of the most strategic and rapidly expanding markets, with this important opening. The recent opening of the 150 sq.m. Store located in Chandigarh brand-new Elante shopping mall presents a new, high-performance concept with great display potential, designed in line with the most on-trend aesthetic canons. This

COTTON USA’s December rollout of “Crease Culture” led to marketing success including a potential reach of 130 million consumers and an equivalent earned advertising value of more than $3.3 million. The public relations campaign presents COTTON USA research that reveals what the shirt says about the man. The campaign included a home makeover video featuring COTTON USA licensees’ products and a series of product promotions through consumer competitions on high value media sites. The COTTON U

With its ‘tradeshow for selected brands’, BREAD & butter GmbH & Co. KG realizes the concept of an innovative trade fair event for contemporary clothing culture. The internationally prevailing trade show provides a creative marketing and communication platform for selected brands, labels and designers from the progressive segment that is unrivalled throughout the world. Under the maxim “fun & profit”, BREAD & BUTTER unites inspiration and business. The brands exhibiting at B

ILC Dover, the designer and manufacturer of NASA’s space suits and a wide range of engineered film and fabric products, announced today it was awarded an 18 month contract to design, manufacture and test the next generation of NASA’s Spacesuits – the Z-2. The new suit, designed for enhanced spacewalk capability, will operate at higher pressure levels than previous models, which will greatly improve exploration work efficiency. “This contract is a testimonial to the continued trust and fait

The studs and clasps on the pants can detach, posing a choking hazard to infants and small children. The recalled overall corduroy dungaree pants were sold in light brown and red in sizes 0-24 months and 2Y through 4Y. There are two snaps on each side of the overalls, side pockets and a center pocket with a sewn-in black and white tab label. Source: US Consumer Product Safety Commission