What is wool?Wool is the hair of certain mammals. Most wool comes from sheep and goats, but wool is also taken from camels, llamas, and special rabbits. Wool is a natural material. People use wool fiber to make clothing, blankets, and other things to keep warm. It is usually used to make outer clothing but is also used to make blankets, socks and fine clothing. Rabbit wool is called angora wool. Cashmere and mohair come from goats, qiviut from musk oxen, and other types of wool from camelids.Wha

What is Polyester?Polyester is a term often defined as “long-chain polymers chemically composed of at least 85% by weight of an ester and a dihydric alcohol and a terephthalic acid”. In other words, it means the linking of several esters within the fibers. Reaction of alcohol with carboxylic acid results in the formation of esters.Polyester also refers to the various polymers in which the backbones are formed by the “esterification condensation of polyfunctional alcohols and acids”.Polyester can

“China Textile City Cup” 2019 Global Fashion Design Elite ChallengeInvitationDear Sir/Madam,In view of your extraordinary talent and excellent design ability in fashion and creativity, we invite you to participate in the “China Textile City Cup” 2019 Global Fashion Design Elite Challenge.The event is advised by China National Textile and Apparel Council, sponsored by People’s Government of Keqiao District, Shaoxing City, Zhejiang Province, and jointly organized by Construction Management Committ

‘Made in Bangladesh’ apparel products will explore the Brazil and Russia markets within the next one and a half years, expressed Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi recently in a program.“Efforts are on to enter into new markets to boost the country’s export earnings and we’ll have to sustain the competitive global market through competition,” said Tipu Munshi.Commerce Minister said that Bangladesh’s RMG industry has not come into the present sound condition overnight, rather it started from a very sm

GOTS is set to host the ‘GOTS Bangladesh Seminar 2019’ (GBDS19), on September 8, 2019, with the theme ‘Connecting for Success’ at the International Convention City Bashundhra (ICCB) in Dhaka. The seminar will bring together key players of the organicindustry, including brands, exporters, certifiers, chemical industry, and other stakeholders.Pic: ShutterstockVarious topics will be covered in the seminar. This includes Sustainable, where buyers from international brands and retailers sourcing in B

Paris Fashion Week, New York Fashion Week, London Fashion Week, Milan Fashion Week, Shanghai Fashion Week, China Fashion Week, Tokyo Fashion Week, Seoul Fashion Week, Russia Fashion Week and Mumbai Fashion Week were the top ten fashion weeks in 2018, according to the 2018 Global Fashion Industry Index-Fashion Week Vitality Index unveiled recently in Shanghai.The index was launched by the China Economic Information Service (CEIS) of the official Xinhua news agency and Orient International (Holdin

Rieter, a supplier of systems for short-staple fibre spinning, has posted an order intake of ?378.3 million ($383.80) in H12019 against ?511.8 million in H12018, showing a decrease of 26 per cent from previous year period. Sales in first half of 2019 decreased by 19 per cent to ?416.1 million ($422.15) against ?515.3 million in first half of 2018.The main reason for the drop in order intake was low demand in the new machinery business (business group Machines & Systems), according to a press

Liva participated at the Delhi edition of Yarnex exhibition to facilitate itspartners who showcased products made with Liva fabrics. At the show, Liva focused on knits and woven fabrics and stoles. The range was carefully crafted to meet requirement of western and ethnic womenswear. Liva is a new-age fabric from Aditya Birla Group.Pic: Aditya Birla GroupBuyers appreciated the collection exhibited by Mercury, Mukut Mani, RK Handlooms and Shree Sakthi Vinayagar at the Liva pavilion, according to a

“Circularity” is replacing “sustainability” as the buzzword in the fashion industry. After all, it doesn’t suffice for companies to rethink the materials and energy used to produce their clothing, they should also take responsibility for the entire life cycle of the product.With this idea in mind, H&M, Target, C&A Foundation, PVH Corp, Microsoft, Waste Management and other academic, design and sustainable fashion organizations have joined forces to create CircularID, a unique digital ide

How to make fabric with texture1. AppliqueApplique is the method of sewing pieces of fabric onto other fabric bases in beautiful designs. You can stitch the applique pieces by hand as well as by sewing machineCheckout the tutorial on how to do Applique – infact 12 different ways to do applique more details. Also checkout the Hand applique tutorial and How to make applique letters tutorial2. PatchworkPatchwork is the method of sewing small pieces of fabric (patches) of different patterns and colo