fter her recent Vanity Fair cover and the release of her own book, Kate Moss has now been named the face of Stuart Weitzman’s Spring 2013 campaign. Photographed in black and white by Mario Testino (a long time collaborator of Moss’s), this role marks the first time the British supermodel has modeled in an American shoe designer’s campaign, despite her nearly two-decade career. Of the shoot, Moss said “I had a great time shooting the Stuart Weitzman campaign and I’m so happy to be the face of t

Cotton yarn prices jumped 14 per cent in two weeks on a sudden spurt in demand from both the domestic as well as international markets. The benchmark variety of cotton yarn for 30’s combed, shot up to Rs 200 a kg today, from Rs 175 a kg about a fortnight ago in the spot Ludhiana market. In Mumbai’s popular yarn market, the commodity was traded at Rs 195 a kg versus Rs 170 a kg about two weeks ago. .rightDiv2{float:right;position:relative;width:220px;padding:1px}

Advisor to Prime Minister on Textile Dr Mirza Ikhtiar Baig said that trade concessions on 65 items from the EU, implementation of GSP plus status from Jan 1, 2014, preferential trade agreement (PTA) with Turkey, signing the second phase of free trade agreement (FTA) with China and trade opportunities with India are reasons for buoyancy in textiles. While talking to the media on his visit to Lahore, he said that the country’s textile industry would get a benefit of $320 million with the duty-fr

Width CM Width CM Specification/Weight（meter） Wholesale Price：yuan/meter Wool/polyester cloth 150 580 27．00 T/C80/20 Machine Dyed Dacron Drill 150 20S×16S 128×60 11．00 Cotton Pad-dyed Drill 150 16S×12S 108×56 14．80 Multi-chemical fiber woolen cloth 150 600 15．00 Wool/Polyester over coating 150 580 28．80 11-wale Cotton Corduroy 148 16S×12S 64×12

Cotton Yarn and export of low Value Added Greige Cloth has increased while the Value Added Apparel and Home Textile exports has reduced considerably, lamented M Jawed Bilwani, Central Chairman, Pakistan Hosiery Manufacturers & Exporters Association. He said that if comparison is made with exports of last year, textile exports have declined by 10.38 percent while Bangladesh and India show positive growth in its textile exports. When we compare our textile exports with the year 2010-2011 wit

100% cotton yarn markets in Asia roughly remained unchanged with stable prices. Liquidity of 32s and 40s were smooth. Indian yarn makers are expecting a 20% rise in yarn exports in the current fiscal, offsetting rising supplies in spot markets. Cotton yarn prices jumped 14% in two weeks due to a sudden spurt in demand from both the domestic as well as export markets. Polyester spun yarn producers in China were facing loss-making situation with desperate trading volumes. Buyers were also cautious

A. The summary on the recent fabrics market Recently, the marketing in China textile city fluctuated and rose, marketable creative fabric of traditional markets have good market because of the new design and fashionable color and pattern. Some large stores’ s apparel orders are mainly from old customers. B.The price index of issue 20121224 of “China ? Keqiao Textile Index” closed at 105.63 points, 0.04% higher than that of last week. The price index declined 1.06% from the beginning of t

Top 10 Categories in Rising Top 10 Categories in Falling 1 Polyester Fabric 1.91% 1 Nylon Fabric -1.49% 2 Cotton Fabrics 1.49% 2 Fashion Fabric -0.99% 3 Blended Fiber Grey Cloth 1.17% 3 Household Textile -0.71% 4 T/C Fabric 0.48% 4 Thread/Rope -0.69% 5 Chemical Fiber Grey Cloth 0.47% 5 Viscose/ Wool Fabric -0.50% 6 Viscose Fabric 0.42% 6 Nylon/Cotton Fabric -0.36% 7 Polyester 0.15% 7 Bedding -

Lacklustre demand for cotton is likely to cast its shadow on the demand for cottonseed next kharif season. Industry experts foresee a certain downward trend in the seed sales next year if the present situation continues in the cotton sales season. The industry is forecasting a flattish uptake from farmers next year, if the cotton prices improve to Rs 5,000 a quintal. Unlike in the past, the seed industry is saddled with huge inventories this time. The carry-over stock is put at two crore packet

Mexican consortium Braskem-Idesa said it has reached a $3.2 billion financing deal for its Ethylene XXI petrochemical project in Mexico. The accord, which the consortium is calling “the largest project finance transaction in the history of the petrochemical industry in the Americas”, was signed with 17 state-run and commercial banks from several countries. Sumitomo Mitsui Banking and international law firm White and Case served as Braskem-Idesa’s financial advisor and legal counsel, respecti