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The lack of an established supply chain is hampering growth of the innerwear industry. The shortage of high quality raw material for innerwear means brands which focus on quality need to import raw...
'Approval procedures need to be swift'
Improvisation of infrastructure, reforming labour laws, investing in a skilled labour force, implementing the Goods and Services Tax (GST) and most importantly, speedy approvals are some of the...
Hemang Agrawal - The new age textile designer
Not every fashion design graduate wants to move out of comfort zones, and out of glitzy metros. Hemang Agrawal was one of those exceptions who did. He went back to his hometown of Varanasi and has...
Convertible clothing: Getting rid of fashion stereotypes
Innovation flows through the veins of fashion designers and textile houses. There was a time when people mocked at those who made the mistake of wearing their clothes inside out. That was the side...
3D printing: Reinventing fashion
3D printing is conquering the fashion world. Although the pioneering new technology still has limitations, more designers are today experimenting with it and create entirely new looks. This spring,...
Maharashtra to get textiles park for eco-fashion
The state minister for textiles announced the government's plans at the recent Consortium of Green Fashion event in Mumbai. And as the event itself showed, sustainable fashion is fast gaining...
Green: The Next Black
At the end of the day, it's only the people and the planet that will matter. The day will come when whatever is not sustainable, may not be seen as fashionable at all. It's in industry's own interest ...
For muga, the ride is not as smooth as silk
Much of the sheen of the muga, the golden silk from Assam, has been lost. This has been for a variety of reasons - from government apathy and lack of marketing knowhow among weavers and manufacturers ...
Role of e-commerce in apparel fashion
The concepts of e-commerce and e-marketplace have revolutionised the fashion industry in more than one way. Not only can one shop from the convenience of the home, one can ensure that favoured brands ...
What is the next big thing in the 2015 fashion industry?
With a New Year right here, we are again at that point of the year when we try to figure out what the next big thing in fashion will be. New fashion collections appear for 2015, like Alexander...
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Indians are too enamoured of Hollywood. We can’t help it. We have been conditioned this way. The...
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Anurag Batra | Sep 02,2015
Anurag Batra | Sep 02,2015
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 | Aug 12,2017
Rahul Mehta | Aug 12,2017
It was in 1987 that Asif Merchant got into the business of wholesaling of footwear. He bought from...
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Asif Merchant | Sep 02,2015
Asif Merchant | Sep 02,2015
A few years later, the same process is now taking place in textile printing, and this has never...
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Gabi Seligsohn | Feb 04,2016
Gabi Seligsohn | Feb 04,2016
Effective quality management starts with a quality policy. Effectiveness is the extent to which...
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Pradip Mehta | Jan 23,2016
Pradip Mehta | Jan 23,2016
Imagine a cricketer, once an exciting player but now aged 45, having put on oodles of weight, too...
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Rahul Mehta | Sep 11,2015
Rahul Mehta | Sep 11,2015
The focus in research and development (R&D) is now more and more set on new sustainable products...
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Fanny Vermandel | Jun 24,2016
Fanny Vermandel | Jun 24,2016
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 | Apr 25,2016
Aseem Prakash | Apr 25,2016
It was not very long ago that people who shopped online in India were considered 'ahead of time'....
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Arun Sirdeshmukh | Jan 21,2016
Arun Sirdeshmukh | Jan 21,2016
Luxury is a lifestyle, and fashion is just a minuscule part of it. Businesswise-the most visible or ...
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Abhay Gupta | Dec 23,2016
Abhay Gupta | Dec 23,2016
