From bagpipes to tartans, seems like the Italian fashion house Moschino brought the entire Scotland on the runways of Milan on day three of fashion week. The fashion label, under its creative director Rossella Jardini, featured its latest Autumn/Winter 2013 collection, which included Stewart tartan jackets, bow ties, gold heart embroidered waistcoats, pleated mini-skirts, maxi dresses and buttoned-up blazers. Designer Gabriele Colangelo presented a digital-inspired line which refle

This spring, the newly-launched brand Swirlgear will set the pace for the future of women's athletic apparel. Entrepreneur Lacie Whyte is bringing bursts of color, style, and technology to the track with her female-focused running line, celebrating the individual spirit of active, discerning and motivated women across the country. Whyte grew up leading an athletic lifestyle keeping her ahead of the pack. Whyte decided to merge her passion for athleticism with her eye for style and created the

Many businesses, notably garment factories, are failing to comply with an increase in the minimum wage paid to workers, which came into effect on January 1. The government announced that the monthly minimum wage would increase from 348,000 kip to 626,000 kip. The announcement stated that an unskilled worker must be paid a monthly minimum wage of 626,000 kip together with any supporting allowances previously received, such as for lunch, good performance and social welfare benefits. Th

jcpenney has teamed up with some of the world's leading designers and brands to bring their styles to more Americans at an affordable price. In addition to the highly anticipated debut of Joe Fresh in nearly 700 stores, Pearl by Georgina Chapman of Marchesa, L'Amour Nanette Lepore, William Rast, LULU by Lulu Guinness and Duro Olowu for jcp will join a growing portfolio of leading brands in stores across the country and jcp.com this spring. The new fashion lineup at jcp will be showcased in th

Taking place in a new venue, the National Agriculture Exhibition Center, in Beijing from 27 – 29 March 2013, the National Agriculture Exhibition Center, Yarn Expo Spring 2013 will introduce the Chinese Fibre Hall in Hall 1 with the concept “Fibre of the World, Beautiful China”. The entire hall will include all the leading fibre enterprises in China to showcase the latest applications of raw fabric materials. Four major themed display areas / special zones to highlight Four major themed display

Cotton farmers in Tamil Nadu have been advised to take up sowing of suitable varieties of the white fibre this season (Masipattam – February – March). According to the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University’s Domestic and Export Market Intelligence Cell (DEMIC) sources, the price of the cotton sown now and due for harvest four months down the line in July–August, could either move up or remain at the same level. Price outlook After analysing the price movement in the Konganapuram Cooperative Mark

Shankar-6 variety cotton today closed in Mumbai at Rs 10,095 per quintal. Committee of secretaries of union commerce, agriculture and textile ministry have in their meeting decided to continue with current cotton exports policy. They felt that situation with respect to cotton availability, prices and export is satisfactory. Cotton advisory board has raised exports target for current year to 8 million bales and after relaxing norms for exports registration last week, exports have started pic

Cotton Traders, a British clothing and footwear company celebrating its 25th year in business, has announced it has expanded their offer into Portugal, bucking economic climate and consumer confidence trends. Founded in 1987 by former England national rugby union team captains Fran Cotton and Steve Smith, Cotton Traders began trading into Europe last year in response to customer demand. Offering a 3-day delivery service on all in-stock items at a competitive price of ?6.95 (just over ?8) the

Global cotton production will exceed demand by 1.15 million metric tons in the 12 months starting Aug. 1, Cotlook Inc. said in its first forecast for next season. The surplus will be 3.54 million tons this season, Birkenhead, U.K.-based Cotlook, the publisher of a benchmark cotton index, said today in a statement. World output will drop 7.3 percent to 24.3 million tons, Cotlook said. Production in China, the world’s largest grower, will fall 8.9 percent to 6.65 million. The crop in the U.S.,

Cotton posted its largest one-day loss in nearly a month on Thursday, as prices corrected down from the nine-month highs reached earlier this week and as declining oil and grain prices pressured fiber. The most-active May cotton contract on ICE Futures U.S. fell 1.23 cents, or 1.5 percent, to settle at 83.23 cents per pound. That was fiber's largest decline since falling about 2 percent on Jan. 25. Though prices rebounded after earlier touching as low as 83 cents, they failed to approach the