Global fashion blends cultures, with designers increasingly adopting elements from various traditions, resulting in patterns in America and Europe rooted in Asia and Africa. The 2014 spring ramps...

Spring/Summer 2015 fashion introduces four key trends: Thrift Shop, Artisanal, New Age Pop, and Streamline. Thrift Shop leads with vintage-inspired muted and bold colours, quirky prints, and fabrics...

Every piece of clothing, every sample of fabric, every strand of yarn is part of textile's creativity, as each step to form the final textile product requires a well sketched plan and out of the box...

Ikat, a centuries-old dyeing technique, involves tying threads to control dye placement, creating intricate patterns. The complexity increases with multiple colours. Weft ikats are less precise,...

Fashion is cyclic and so are trends. Time and again there are styles and looks that are re-invented by designers or return to the runway in their original essence. Hence each year a retro brigade of...

The fashion world continually evolves, and a new term, Muslim fashion, has emerged and is here to stay. Originating from the Islamic revivalist movement's call for modest dressing, the 1980s and...

In 2013, the Rana Plaza factory collapse, the second largest industrial disaster in history, killed nearly 1,200 garment workers in Bangladesh. This tragedy forced the fashion and textiles industry...

'Yes I'm very afraid,' admits Moussa Doumbia. 'Sometimes I can't sleep.' Moussa grows cotton as a cash crop in Mali. He lies awake at night wondering whether he will be able to afford medicine to...

The fashion industry around the world generates more than a trillion dollars annually. It is a well-known fact that textile industry is one of the most polluted industries in the world. Therefore, by ...

Fashion trends in 2014 continue to feature crop tops for mid-riff exposure and introduce colored mesh inserts and lace overlays for a blend of concealment and allure. Tea-length skirts remain popular ...