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Belarusian Vyshyvanka: History, Symbolism and Traditional Linen Embroidery
Belarusian Vyshyvanka: History, Symbolism and Traditional Linen Embroidery

The Belarusian vyshyvanka embodies centuries of cultural continuity through handwoven linen and symbolic red geometric embroidery rooted in protection and identity. Once integral to daily life and...

2016 is Back in the Conversation, but How has Fashion Really Changed?
2016 is Back in the Conversation, but How has Fashion Really Changed?

2016 symbolises a pre-algorithm era of intentional fashion and tactile engagement. Today’s landscape reflects image-first consumption, aesthetic repetition and performative dressing shaped by social ...

The Rise of Cosmic Couture
The Rise of Cosmic Couture

Cosmic couture blends celestial inspiration with fashion innovation, translating galaxies, stars, and nebulae into shimmering fabrics and intricate embellishments. Embraced on global runways, the...

The History and Significance of a Fashion Show
The History and Significance of a Fashion Show

Fashion shows have evolved from intimate 19th-century Paris salons into global cultural spectacles blending creativity and commerce. They serve as platforms for storytelling, trendsetting and brand...

How Waste, Craft, and Science are Reshaping the Future of Sustainable Fashion
How Waste, Craft, and Science are Reshaping the Future of Sustainable Fashion

Biomaterials derived from banana waste, fungi and milk are redefining sustainable fashion by transforming discarded resources into textiles, dyes and trims. Blending craft, science and local...

From Exclusivity to Responsibility: Mindful Fashion’s Impact on Luxury Apparel
From Exclusivity to Responsibility: Mindful Fashion’s Impact on Luxury Apparel

Luxury fashion is shifting from exclusivity to responsibility as brands integrate sustainability, transparency and ethical sourcing into core strategy. Driven by Millennials and Gen Z, mindful...

Rubakha Shirt: History and Russian Heritage
Rubakha Shirt: History and Russian Heritage

The Rubakha is a traditional Russian shirt rooted in early Slavic life, made from linen or hemp and decorated with symbolic red embroidery for protection. Worn by peasants and nobles alike, it...

The Soft Revolution: Why Fashion is Becoming Emotional, Ethereal and Elemental
The Soft Revolution: Why Fashion is Becoming Emotional, Ethereal and Elemental

Fashion is shifting from fast spectacle to emotional depth, ethereal lightness, and elemental grounding. Designers now prioritise comfort, craft, sustainability, and sensory experience over trends. ...

Always On, Always Exhausted: The Hidden Cost of Fashion’s Relentless Marketing
Always On, Always Exhausted: The Hidden Cost of Fashion’s Relentless Marketing

Fashion’s shift to always-on digital marketing has replaced anticipation with constant noise, fuelling consumer fatigue, faster trend cycles, and weaker emotional connections with clothing. Endless...

Who Pays for Sustainability? How Fashion Can Fairly Share the Cost Across the Value Chain
Who Pays for Sustainability? How Fashion Can Fairly Share the Cost Across the Value Chain

Sustainability in fashion is becoming a regulatory necessity, but most costs are still borne by suppliers with thin margins. Rising expenses from decarbonisation, compliance, traceability, and raw...

Imagine a cricketer, once an exciting player but now aged 45, having put on oodles of weight, too...
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Rahul Mehta
A recent PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) survey concluded that a majority of US companies are having...
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Bill D’Arienzo
It was not very long ago that people who shopped online in India were considered 'ahead of time'....
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Arun Sirdeshmukh
Is your business ready for Textiles 4.0? Before you can say, 'Yes', 'No', 'May be' or 'I don't...
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Aseem Prakash
A few years later, the same process is now taking place in textile printing, and this has never...
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Gabi Seligsohn
Effective quality management starts with a quality policy. Effectiveness is the extent to which...
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Pradip Mehta
The focus in research and development (R&D) is now more and more set on new sustainable products...
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Fanny Vermandel
Why do I ask if India can afford to miss the bus again? Because whether we like it or not, whether...
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Rahul Mehta
Indians are too enamoured of Hollywood. We can’t help it. We have been conditioned this way. The...
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Anurag Batra
Luxury is a lifestyle, and fashion is just a minuscule part of it. Businesswise-the most visible or ...
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Abhay Gupta