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

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