Aussies to battle for NZ fashion honours [ New Zealand Herald ] May 11, 2008  ... to show and we hope this move will further strengthen transtasman relationships within the fashion industry,' said Fashion Week director Pieter Stewart. ... Read More ...

Fat chicks rescue fashion [ Toronto Star ] May 9, 2008  Thin models may be synonymous with high fashion but right now it's fatties who are saving the fashion industry's skinny ass. That's the observation of Burt ... Read More ...

NEWSMAKER-Marks & Spencer's Rose faces tougher challenge [ Reuters ] May 11, 2008  ... in business at tough times, I wouldn't write him off but it is a challenge,' said Lorna Hall executive editor of British apparel industry bible Drapers. ... Read More ...

Hawaii fashion industry group struts its stuff [ Honolulu Star-Bulletin ] May 8, 2008  An organization representing Hawaii's fashion industry is renewing its push to increase its visibility, membership and impact. Co-founded by Melissa White ... Read More ...

Microsoft Tech Truck, Focal Technology, & AIMS Bring Latest ... [ PR Web ] May 8, 2008  Los Angeles May 8, 2008 -- Newest technology solutions for the Apparel Industry will be on display in a hands-on, interactive environment as ... Read More ...

Fresh Starts Roaming the World, Detecting Fashion [ New York Times ] May 10, 2008  Mr. Wolfe now directs 20 trend forecasters at the Donegar Group in Manhattan, which provides global market trend analysis to the fashion industry. ... Read More ...

Color, fashion and fabric trends for spring 2008 [ News-Democrat & Leader ] May 10, 2008  According to Pantone, Inc., the global authority on color and provider of professional color standards for the design industries, the top ten colors for ... Read More ...

Kenya Garment Makers Asked to Link Up [ AllAfrica.com ] May 09, 2008  The best way for weavers and apparel makers to benefit from the African Growth and Opportunities Act initiative is by working together. Read More ...

Time for the EU to back our creative industries [ Birmingham Post ] May 10, 2008  What are cultural and creative industries? They include everything from advertising to architecture; antiques and crafts to designer fashion; photography, ... Read More ...

Banks collaborate with apparel industry to secure GSP [ Fibre2fashion.com ] May 5, 2008  Mr Nivard Cabraal, Central Bank Governor while speaking at a public forum on April 30 said that working closely with the apparel industry will go in favor ... Read More ...

LMD's readership says apparel industry is chief driver of national ... [ Daily Mirror ] May 6, 2008  LMD's May Cover Supplement, which features the apparel industry's 'Garments Without Guilt' campaign, contains the magazine's latest readership survey in ... Read More ...

Amrish Kumar taking Ritu Kumar's legacy forward [ Moneycontrol.com ] May 10, 2008  Fashion is part of his DNA. He has helped corporatize one of Indian fashion industries' biggest brands - Ritu Kumar. Amrish Kumar is the man behind 'Label', ... Read More ...

Jourdan Dunn is the colour of money [ Times Online ] May 10, 2008  The ideal of female beauty in the fashion industry today is childlike, almost bordering on paedophilia. With few exceptions, the most sought-after faces ... Read More ...

Internal Factors Contributed to Sub-Saharan African Export Growth ... [ Trading Markets ] May 7, 2008  For example, the Cotonou Agreement, which requires the use of regional fabric in apparel receiving duty-free treatment to the EU, and South Africa's ... Read More ...

Little that's homemade about Olympic uniforms [ The Gazette  ] May 8, 2008  Forget the Olympic Torch - it's what Canada's athletes will be wearing in Beijing this summer that has the country's Quebec-dominated apparel industry hot ... Read More ...

Textile & apparel sector aspires to reach greater heights [ Fibre2fashion.com ] May 8, 2008  The textile and apparel industry is planning to develop cotton growing areas in Ninh Thuan, Binh Thuan, Dak Lak, Quang Ngai and Dong Nai Province, ... Read More ...