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Clothing as self-expression : funny tee shirts are the rage

"Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society." So said Mark Twain, and that saying still rings true, as our society has developed into one that uses apparel as a way to...

Business casualty 2: In-your-face dressing

Business Casualty: The dot-com revolution brought with it a new dress code as young millionaires with more money than style decreed suits were dead and ties were an abomination. It was the birth of...

Notes on faux fur

The two main elements of the faux fur fabric are the fibers or fur and the backing to which the fur or fibers connect. It is the backing for the fake fur fabric, which gives the requisite shape and...

Your image: how to dress for respect

Image Consultant Sandy Dumont asks: Have you ever been treated with less respect than you feel you deserve? Have you ever been kept waiting unnecessarily?

Religion : Denim

Jeans have transcended boundaries of time, economies and fashion proclamation. They have reached iconic status in spite of existence of constant change in fashion forms. Denim is worshipped all...

Fashion in your fifties: How to stay stylish

As you make your way past your forties and into your fifties, you may feel the need to do a wardrobe overhaul. Clothing that would have looked great in your thirties no longer holds the same magical...

Your image: glasses - tool or fashion accessory

As an Image Consultant with over 30 years experience, I caution clients not to think of glasses as a functional item, but as a fashion accessory. If eyes are the windows to the soul, glasses are the...

  Men's contemporary fashion accessories: Silk ties and cufflinks

There are some real treasures in the form of men's fashion accessories out there, silk ties, cufflinks, watches, belts, brooches and functional gadgets, etc, but you have to look hard and dig deep to ...

Ethical issues in fashion - the what, when, why, how and who

Ethical fashion – WHAT? Ethical fashion can be defined as ‘the production of textile items with a conscience’. With the concept of social responsibility gaining ground, corporates all over the...

Wrist Watches - So what's your power statement?

Watch out, wrist watches are not just telling time these days… They are actually talking aloud about you and your status!! The erstwhile simple and sober machine designed to keep you abreast with...

Luxury is a lifestyle, and fashion is just a minuscule part of it. Businesswise-the most visible or ...
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Abhay Gupta
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
A few years later, the same process is now taking place in textile printing, and this has never...
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Gabi Seligsohn
Indians are too enamoured of Hollywood. We can’t help it. We have been conditioned this way. The...
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Anurag Batra
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
It was not very long ago that people who shopped online in India were considered 'ahead of time'....
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Arun Sirdeshmukh
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
The focus in research and development (R&D) is now more and more set on new sustainable products...
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Fanny Vermandel
Effective quality management starts with a quality policy. Effectiveness is the extent to which...
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Pradip Mehta