Thousands of workers took to the streets on Saturday at a shoe making factory in Dongguan under the Taiwan-based Pou Chen Group when workers discovered that the factory has cheated them by using invalid contracts and signing up long-term workers with temporary staff social insurance schemes. Yuyuan shoe factory in Gaobu Town in Dongguan is the biggest shoe making factory for more than 30 world famous sportswear brands such as Nike, Adidas, Reebok and Salomon. It has been operating in Dongguan

If you were like me and went to bed early on Saturday night (hey, it happens), you probably woke up to a frenzy on Twitter and Instagram freaking out over Alexander Wang creating the next big H&M collaboration. So far Wang and H&M are mum on spilling any details on the actual designs, although the word newness was thrown around. So that could mean accessible pieces inspired by—but not exact replicas of—Alexander Wang's signature sportswear aesthetic. Or there could be high-street updates

Fashion is no longer inconspicuous. After a plethora of seasons of minimal branding, the logo is making a return to collections everywhere. From designer catwalks like Chanel, Kenzo and Moschino, to the high street and beyond, logos are definitely back in fashion. But this is only a recent trend. For a while, branded logo's were uncool and uncouth. The economic crisis focused on a fashion that was more introspective and it was distasteful to wear one's status on one's sleeves. Luxury was abou

Textile and clothing exports from Peru amounted to US$ 272 million during the months of January and February 2014, registering a rise of 7 percent compared to the same months in 2013, as per the data released by the Integrating System for Information of Foreign Trade (SIICEX) of Peru. According to the Monthly Exports Data for February 2014 by SIICEX, textile and clothing exports from the country got a boost during the first two months of the current year owing to the good performance of expo

With the new MT 51/1/32, KARL MAYER is giving new impetus to the Textronic lace market, both economically and technically. This machine offers an exceptionally high level of performance for a low investment outlay, thus enabling lace, with its characteristic relief-like designs, to be produced competitively. In this case, the MT 51/1/32 scores highly both in terms of its economic viability and its designs. The machine’s special configuration means that the new Multibar Textronic Lace machine

In a battle of man and machine, the former has won, for now. The Centre has resisted orchestrated attempts by the powerloom lobby to alter the definition of handloom products and said that only genuinely hand-made materials be given the handloom tag and protection. For nearly three decades, the uniqueness of manual skills involved in making handloom items was safeguarded by the Handloom (Reservation of Articles for Production) Act, 1985. The Act says the term handloom means any loom other

T-shirts hang in the window of a Gap clothing store on July 10, 2013 in San Francisco, California. Some global retailers like Hennes & Mauritz of Sweden are concerned that rising wages in Bangladesh would curb profits. (AFP Photo) Dhaka. Bangladesh garment factory owners say they are soaking up much of the cost of nearly doubling wages as some global retailers balk at price hikes, leaving less money for safety improvements urged by apparel chains after last year’s Rana Plaza disaster.

In 2013, export turnover of the industry reached US$20.4 billion, an increase of 18 per cent year-on-year.— Photo baohaiquan The domestic garment and textile industry aims to reach a localisation rate of 60 per cent by 2015 to increase profits and competitiveness, and reduce the need for the imports of raw materials, according to the vice president of the Viet Nam National Textile and Garment Group (Vinatex). Le Trung Hai, who spoke with the media during the recent Saigon Tex exhibition f

Chinese apparel and footwear makers although have shifted their production due to increase labour cost to other countries. China continues to remain strong as a major materials source for the textile industry. Chinese textile sector is not giving by hopes, the government in China's far west Xinjiang region recently announced its plans to increase cotton farm subsidies and encourage textile manufacturers to build plants in 11 communities. The idea is to link up its cotton growing sector to fi

Being held concurrently with Intertextile Shanghai Apparel Fabrics – Spring Edition 2014 which brought synergistic effects, the pavilion saw a growth of over 200% in its visitor number from last year, while the top five overseas visiting countries and regions were Hong Kong, India, Japan, Korea, and Turkey. This designated yarn zone featured 233 exhibitors from 11 countries and regions – including China, Hong Kong, India, Korea, Pakistan, Portugal, Singapore, Switzerland, the US, Turkey and