Babyville Boutique, the South Carolina-based cloth diaper and accessory specialist, has started an eco-friendly campaign to support the use of reusable cloth diapers in order to reduce the number of landfills. Ahead of the Earth day, the clothier has urged the parents to partake in the Great Cloth Diaper Challenge, which aims to encourage the traditional environment-friendly cotton diapers usage among everybody. Aimed to set a Guinness world record for the most reusable cloth diapers chan

For March 2013 total sales of the H&M Group decreased by 4 percent compared to March 2012. Sales in comparable units decreased by 12 percent. These figures can be compared to March 2012 when sales increased by 26 percent in total and by 16 percent in comparable units. As of March 31, 2013, H&M’s total number of stores amounted to 2,853 versus 2,517 on March 31, 2012. Weather conditions also affected business. In March 2012, weather conditions were favourable for the season while March 2

This Spring, Bloomingdale's extends its renowned customer service with an advanced denim shopping experience, thanks to a new partnership with Me-Ality, the digital sizing station that matches shoppers with their best fits across a range of premium brands. Five specially-designed Me-Ality sizing stations have been installed at Bloomingdale's 59th Street (NY), Roosevelt Field Mall (NY), Chevy Chase (MD), Santa Monica Place (CA), and South Coast Plaza (CA) locations. In 10 seconds, shoppers

Men’s Wearhouse has launched a new mobile website that offers the high-end service that customers expect from the retailer with added resources to make shopping for professional, casual, and formal occasions a breeze. The new site allows Men’s Wearhouse’s tech-savvy shoppers to interact with the brand while on the go: users can browse Men’s Wearhouse’s full list of in-store offerings, locate their nearest store and design the perfect tuxedo for any occasion with the Build-A-Tux feature, which

Jimmy Choo are pleased to announce the Men’s spring/summer 2014 collection will be showcased during London Collections: Men in June. The collection has historically been presented to the press during Milan Fashion Week, since the launch of the Jimmy Choo Men’s collection in 2011. "It’s exciting to be showing our men’s collection as part of London Collections: Men. London is at the creative heart of Jimmy Choo and with our new flagship Men’s store opening on Dover Street in May the timin

Fashion designing students from Winchester School of Art - University of Southampton, UK along with biological scientists from the Southampton, have created apparels explaining neuroscience through fashion. Through a research work of three years on mental disorders, such as stroke, Alzheimer’s disease, Asperger’s Syndrome, Epilepsy and schizophrenia, the second-year fashion design and knitwear students prepared six apparels which aim at addressing the stigma and misconception surrounding ment

A growing home textiles market is benefiting weaving equipment specialist, Staubli, with demand for jacquard weaving from countries such as China and India, driving the market. “China has 1.5bn inhabitants and they are spending more,” said Fritz Legler, vice president, marketing, sales and services at Staubli. “We had our management team over from China recently and they are eager for a change of government and for corruption to be eliminated. The Chinese are hopeful that things will change

Over 1,000 pieces of new spring fashions will be modeled by professional dancers flashmob-style as they perform in four locations dotted around the centre. The event will feature over 50 separate shows over three days, Friday 12 to Sunday 14 April. These pop-up ‘fashion shows’ will stop shoppers in their tracks with their engaging style as they show-off the very best of the Spring/ Summer trends. Each retailer participating in the fashion flashmob will have their clothes/footwear modeled b

Nearly 230 international and national bridalwear brands are going to present their latest wedding collections at the forthcoming 23rd edition of Barcelona Bridal Week, scheduled to be held from April 30 to May 5, 2013. Taking place in the second largest Spanish city of Barcelona, the event will serve as an important platform for bridalwear professionals from all around the world to establish trade contacts and promote businesses. Several manufacturers and buyers from Germany, Belgium, Fran

Loyola University Chicago’s Cuneo Mansion and Gardens presents an exhibition of period clothing, The Ladies of Cuneo: The Martha Weathered Fashion Collection, from May 12 through September 8. The exhibition explores the life and career of Martha Weathered, one of Chicago’s most luxurious fashion importers, whose shop opened on Michigan Avenue in 1922 and operated until its closure in 1971. The costumes collection of the Cuneo Mansion contains examples of evening gowns, daytime ensembles, and