Indonesia’s largest polyester producer, PT Asia Pacific Fibers (APF), expects business to improve slightly this year, driven by higher demand both from domestic and foreign buyers. With the expected improvement in demand, APF president director V. Ravi Shankar estimated the country’s polyester industry would grow by 7 percent in 2013. The industry would also benefit from the improved economy in China, he said. “As the situation improves there, we will see a reduction in the volume of imported

Miss Lawrence – Star on the rise, Jennifer Lawrence, appears in the new advertisements for Dior’s Miss Dior handbags. The “Hunger Games” actress has been tapped for the Paris fashion house’s spring campaign photographed by Willy Vanderperre and styled by Olivier Rizzo. Jennifer looks elegant in the minimal studio images wearing a slicked back coif and red lips. (WWD) Source: WWD

Prada Pink – Actress Anne Hathaway attended the 85th Annual Academy Awards on February 24th, 2013. The “Les Miserables” star wore a pink dress from Prada to Hollywood’s biggest night. Source: Fashion Gone Rogue

While Prada spring 2013 was all about floral prints, the collection took a decidedly darker turn for fall. It was about “raw elegance” and the “romance of old-fashioned glamour,” designer Miuccia Prada told WWD backstage at the show. Serving up drama and intrigue, Prada mixes materials like a pro— paring ladylike pink and blue gingham print with fur, leather and tweed to create looks that any Hitchcock heroine would love. See for yourself... Source:

Nearly 39 runway shows by more than 51 designers will be featured at the upcoming 32nd edition of Ukrainian Fashion Week, which is going to take place in the nation’s capital city of Kiev from March 6-10, 2013. Designers belonging to Ukraine, Georgia, Kazakhstan and Germany will showcase their latest fall-winter 2013-2014 creations at the event. Famous Ukrainian design talents like Lilia Poustovit, Andre Tan, Svetlana Bevza and Lilia Litkovskaya are going to participate in the country’s fi

Globetrotting fashion designer Sita Murt opened the penultimate day of Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Madrid with her vividly textured line of wearable and comfortable clothes. Based on Khaki, purple, stark white and violet hues, the silk, wool, mohair and cotton mixed ensembles featured straight skirts, skinny pants, crewneck sweaters, masculine cut jerseys and back less tight fit dresses. Next in line was the Catalan label TCN, which showcased creations under its creative director Toton Com

Clothing label Ae'lkemi’s designer Alvin Fernandez took away the Most Innovative Designer award at the 17th edition of WA Fashion awards. The glitzy black-tie event, held in Western Australia’s largest city Perth, saw an impressive guest list comprised of nearly 400 people, including designers, models, stylists, bloggers and the who's who of the Australian fashion industry. Nearly 37 designers, models, stylists, bloggers and fashion boutiques/labels were nominated under the nine ca

Naomie Harris, the British actress who starred in the latest 007 James Bond flick ‘Skyfall’, will be donning this year’s winning design of ‘Red Carpet Green Dress’ competition at the forthcoming 85th Oscar Academy Awards, scheduled to take place on February 24, 2013. Designed by Michael Badger, a Ghanaian born fashion student at Atlanta’s Savannah College of Art & Design, the eco-friendly winning creation has been developed at Vivienne Westwood’s London-based studio, where the veteran Bri

More than 200 workers from Kingsland Garment Cambodia Ltd gathered Thursday at the Phnom Penh Tower Hotel demanding to see the owner of the Hong Kong-owned factory. Worker Sorn Sothy said the owner disappeared in September after paying employees only half of their salaries. Based in Meanchey district, Kingsland has about 300 workers producing panties. Source: The Cambodia Herald

Fans of the late Princess of Wales Diana will now have a chance to own some of the iconic pieces from the fashionable royal’s wardrobe as an auction featuring ten of her most famous dresses is going to take place at London’s Kerry Taylor Auctions. Designed by the likes of Zandra Rhodes, Catherine Walker and Bruce Oldfield, this eclectic collection of gowns, approximately worth ?200,000, were originally bought at a fund raising event hosted in New York in June 1997, a couple of months before