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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...

Kids' Creativity on Brand's New Image

The creative minds of young kids from NGO Aseema, Global Desi, a brand from AND Designs India, has come up with a collection that is not only unique in design but also inspiring. Available through...

Indian brands seek joint venture with foreign labels

Indian brands with foreign labels like 'Munich Polo' are making a name for themselves. Pick the odd one out: Zara, Tommy Hilfiger, Munich Polo, Skechers, and Pavers. Answer: Munich Polo. Reason: It's ...

Unveiling men's fashion for 2013

Men are getting equally fashion conscious like their female counterparts. With exclusively styled designer outfits, and patterns to go with the latest trends, men are having a wonderful fashion...

Bespoke Tailoring : The Luxury & Heritage We Can Afford

Article investigates the conflict between hand crafted bespoke tailoring and computerised mass market tailoring in the UK, in order to assess the overall place for this traditional technique within...

Evolution : The New Beauty

The trends forum has been a great success over the years. It offers carefully selected samples from exhibitors and manufacturers presenting trends for Autumn/Winter 2013-2014. They are representative ...

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