Tinit Tempah (right) wearing Jimmy Choo shoes, with Elton John Photo: Getty The designer shoe label will leave their usual position on the Milan Fashion Week schedule to showcase their men's spring/summer 2014 collection during the June 16-18 event. London Collections: Men's spring/summer 2014 event will dovetail nicely with the opening of the brand's flagship men's store on the capital's hip Dover Street, Mayfair in early May. "It's exciting to be showing our men's collection as part o

The Lao garment industry is struggling to survive as the US dollar continues to fall against the kip, posing a big challenge for exporters. “We are going through the most difficult time in 20 years,” President of the Lao Association of Garment Industry, Mr Onesy Boutsivongsakd, told the Vientiane Times yesterday. He urged the sectors concerned to support the industry in these troubled times, especially as it is one of the top five foreign exchange earners. The US dollar is continuing its

The latest automated equipment as well as fabrics incorporating state-of-the-art technology are on view at the SaigonTex exhibition that opened yesterday in HCM City. Andrew Kay, managing director of CP Exhibition Hong Kong, one of the organisers, said the expo offered local companies an opportunity to learn about and source foreign Free-On-Board products and materials. The Viet Nam Sai Gon Textile and Garment Industry and Fabric & Garment Accessories Expo is the only textile trade s

Many new textile and dyeing projects will be deployed at home this year as investors are ready to cash in on new opportunities, said Vu Duc Giang, chairman of the Vietnam National Textile and Garment Group (Vinatex). Several companies from South Korea, Japan, Taiwan and China are planning to make investments in the local textile industry, Giang said. Some are making preparations for investment, some are in the process of negotiating contracts while others are making surveys, he told the Daily

The apparel sector is expecting the spinning mills to cut cotton yarn price. Speaking to Business Line from Delhi, the Chairman of the Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC), A. Sakthivel said that the meeting with the Secretary, Ministry of Textiles ended on a positive note. “The Secretary in conclusion conceded that there was an abnormal increase in the price of the cotton yarn and urged the mill sector to cut the price to the maximum at the earliest,” he said. While the timeframe a

Acrylic fibre maker Montefibre SpA will cease operations at the end of April and enter into a financial reorganisation, multiple sources said late Thursday. “They are broke,” said one source. “They haven’t made enough money to stay in business, and the sharks are circling.” Calls on Thursday evening to the Italian company seeking comment were not returned. If Montefibre ceases operations, it will free up about 50,000 tonnes of acrylonitrile (AN) in the European market, sources said. “Dem

Despite the global economic slowdown, the country's export of handloom products may increase by 30-35 per cent this fiscal, according to Panabaka Lakshmi, Minister of State for Textiles, Petroleum and Natural Gas. Last fiscal, handloom exports touched $156 million, she said at a panel discussion on ‘Boosting Market Linkages in the Handloom Sector’, organised by the Assocham Ladies League here today. “Foreign buyers get attracted to the traditional designs and vibrant colours of the fabrics. T

The Bangladesh is often cited as one of the eleven emerging economies of the world. Today, in respect of the global market share, we are number two in the world after China in the manufacture of ready-made garments and have reached the 20 million mark in textile industry. Among other industries, coming up fast in Bangladesh are ceramic, tableware, leather products, pharmaceuticals, shipbuilding, information technology, software development and fresh organic agricultural products. This was stat

Pakistan need to upgrade its textile industry rapidly to catch up with regional competitors that have invested heavily, says APTMA group leader. PHOTO: AFP Textile millers have stressed that the central bank should continue to slash interest rates to at least bring them on a par with regional countries that will give a necessary boost to the domestic industry. Talking to the media here on Wednesday, APTMA Group Leader Gohar Ejaz termed high interest rates a major hurdle in the way of accel

With six months of the current cotton season (October 2012 to September 2013) over, the domestic textile industry feels that this year’s cotton imports may be higher than last year. Apart from 355 lakh balesof domestic production in 2011-2012, cotton imports were 12 lakh bales. The textile mills consumed 244 lakh bales. This year, demand from the domestic textile mills is high, with the mills consuming nearly 22 lakh bales a month. With cotton exports going up, an expected drop in domestic co