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Sustainable Fashion - Part I "Contribution of the designer's league"

Apparel and fashion industry is often accused for causing severe environmental impact. Fashion's footprint is often caused by the vast quantity of water and energy consumed, and the waste...

Is Green the new Black?

Sustainable fashion, or "green fashion," prioritizes eco-friendly materials, ethical labor, and reduced environmental impact. Trends include organic fiber, recycled fabrics, and ethical production....

Tradition Fashion Interplay : An Imperative for Identity & Continuity

Indian fashion blends tradition with modernity, preserving its cultural identity while fostering partnerships between designers and artisans. This inclusive approach values collective skills,...

On Becoming a Budget Fashionista

Looking trendy boosts confidence, but it doesn't require expensive designer items. Simple outfits can shine with affordable accessories like necklaces. Explore online stores, thrift shops, and...

Has Fashion Changed in 20 Years?

Fashion in the 1980s and 90s featured leggings, hi-tops, and daring dungarees. While the digital age introduced new styles, many trends faded, though some, like mullet haircuts, persist. Iconic...

Birth of Costume in Indian Cinematic World (Part 3)

In the Indian film industry, alliances form uniquely, as professionals build loyal, like-minded teams over time. Costume designers connect with tailors, pattern masters, assistants, and accessory...

Birth of Costume in Indian Cinematic World (Part 2)

Scene division for costumes involves listing all characters and extras per scene, while character division focuses on each character's costume changes throughout the film. The above give rise to the ...

Birth of Costume in Indian Cinematic World (Part 1)

The creation process of a costume will be discussed in eleven steps, an introduction to which is available in initial part of the article. The flow chart is given in figure 2, yet while explaining,...

Fashion Stylist, Key to Looking Beautiful

How would it feel like to have someone going shopping with us or someone there telling us all about the latest fad in fashion today? Is it more fun to have someone helping on how to wear those...

Frantic Fashion & Australia's Invisible Designers

The majority of Australians will work, sleep and die in the garments of the mass market. Yet, as Ian Griffiths has termed it, the designers of these garments are 'invisible' (2000). To the general...

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