There's no doubt H&M has been making some serious news lately. Here’s another to add to the list: Conscious Exclusive, a new party-wear line with head-to-toe pieces that channel old Hollywood, for both ladies and gents. The collection, which is set to launch in 140 U.S. stores starting April 4, is made from totally sustainable materials like organic cotton, recycled polyester, recycled polyamide, and Tencel. Here’s a preview of what you can look forward to. So, who’s excited? Tulle Dr

More than 1000 brands from nearly 20 countries are going to participate in the 21st edition of China International Clothing & Accessories Fair (CHIC 2013), which acts as a key to enter the fast growing Chinese consumer market. The fair will include around eight halls displaying fashion apparels and accessories from local manufacturers and clothing labels belonging to France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Korea and the US. In addition to the exhibition halls, the expo will also feature a pavil

This year, children from the Clifton Hill Primary School have returned to school wearing ethically made dresses, jumpers, t-shirts and even socks!For the first time, a state school has changed schoolwear supplier to adopt an ethical uniform. The story started last year, when a group of parents from the school got together to find ethically made school uniforms. Olivia Ball looked at ethical alternatives for her son’s uniform and with the help of other parents, they put a proposal together.

Woolrich is currently accepting submissions of vintage Woolrich garments to be included in its Archive. Woolrich is looking for garments produced before the 1990’s that were made in the United States by the company. The company houses a large representation of garments and blankets it has produced in the nearly two centuries the company has been in operation and is looking to grow that collection. “Our jackets and shirts are often passed down for generations and it’s so gratifying to not only

K&G Fashion Superstore announced that the winning dress from the first-ever Steve Harvey “Designing Moms Challenge” will be sold online at KG stores and in stores beginning March 22. The dress, designed by Elysia Ganier of Chicago, Illinois, will be part of K&G’s exclusive Steve Harvey Women’s Collection. “Elysia’s dress was beautifully designed to be flattering and comfortable for professional women of all sizes, which complements the offerings in our exclusive Steve Harvey Women’s C

Reports from 168tex confirmed last week that prices throughout the polyester supply chain in eastern China continued to ease, in face of soft feedstock values, sluggish demand and accumulating stocks. Stocks of purified terephthalic acid (PTA) in eastern China were estimated last week to be sufficient for around 10 days of sales (roughly 1.5 million tonnes). Manufacturers have recently cut operating rates, which had begun to recover following the Spring Festival, to about 60% of capacity on

The first International Conference on Digital Technologies for the Textile Industries is to take place from September 5-6, 2013, at the University of Manchester, UK. Organised by TexEng Software, a spin-out company from the university, the conference will cover topics including facilities and techniques used by digital technologies; Applications; Design; Operations; Machines and Modelling. According to Xiaogang Chen, co-chair of the conference, the event will have two facets: the subject

According to the fortnight report issued by PCGA, the total domestic arrivals of seed cotton (phutti) up to March 15, 2013 were 12,845,070 bales that are 1,703,775 bales (11.71pc) lesser than previous year. The report further details that during the period 9,445,703 bales equivalent seed cotton received in ginning factories of Punjab that was 2,434,274 bales (20.50pc) lesser than previous year whereas 3,399,367 bales equivalent seed cotton was received in ginning factories of Sindh that are

Cotton crop was affected because of floods in the country. DESIGN: CREATIVE COMMONS Cotton production in Pakistan has so far registered 11.7% lower as compared to last year’s production, reveals a fortnightly report on domestic cotton production issued by the Pakistan Cotton Ginners Association (PCGA). Government had set the cotton production target at 14.6 million bales for the current year, but later revised it downward to 13.3 million bales following flooding in some parts of the countr

Handloom weavers in this region will go on strike for a week from Monday (March 18) demanding withdrawal of import duty on silk. According to S.R. Palanisamy, president of Handloom Silk, Yarn Saree Weavers and Traders Association, over a lakh handloom weavers in Coimbatore, Erode, Dindigul, Salem and Tirupur districts make different kinds of silk products. They import nearly 100 tonnes of raw silk every month to make varieties of pure silk and blended products. The import duty on raw