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Leather in Fashion: How has it Evolved?
Leather in Fashion: How has it Evolved?

A few items of clothing are considered classic when it comes to luxury fashion, such as the trusty leather jacket. For many years, it has been a status symbol and representation of wealth, and...

Sourcing Suitable Fabrics for Fashion Design
Sourcing Suitable Fabrics for Fashion Design

One of the biggest challenges for a designer of clothing is designing a garment that will also meet production budgets and constraints. Designers seek to develop something that is truly spectacular,...

The Future of Fashion: Invisible Undershirts and Other Tomorrow’s Trends
The Future of Fashion: Invisible Undershirts and Other Tomorrow’s Trends

Invisible undershirt’ is a new type of underwear that is designed to be worn underneath clothing but is made from lightweight, breathable materials that are almost invisible under clothing, providing ...

Four Essential Garment Accessories: Latest Trends and Importance
Four Essential Garment Accessories: Latest Trends and Importance

Accessories like buttons and ribbons are critical in the apparel industry and are expected to remain so. However, the way in which they have been utilised so far to make a fashion statement will keep ...

Fashion Retail Store Types and Assortment Plan
Fashion Retail Store Types and Assortment Plan

A fashion retail store (selling apparel and footwear) could be an exclusive brand outlet (EBO), multi-brand outlet (MBO), or large format store (LFS). Some retail stores are product category...

ABC Analysis in Fashion Retail Industry
ABC Analysis in Fashion Retail Industry

ABC analysis is a product assortment management method that helps better manage inventory. It gives a thorough idea of the most and least valued products, which is essential to maintain a balance...

Kantha: The Heritage of Upcycled Textiles
Kantha: The Heritage of Upcycled Textiles

Kantha stitching is one of the oldest craft techniques in India dating back to pre-Vedic times. The model of Kantha work is the perfect Indian example of sustainable recycling. It shows the world...

The Next Big Frontiers in Fashion Supply Chain: How New Production Models are Changing the Game
The Next Big Frontiers in Fashion Supply Chain: How New Production Models are Changing the Game

A shift towards newer models like circular and on-demand could not only make the entire industry more sustainable but would also improve overall production quality and customer experience. An...

Winter 2023 Trends to Level up Your Fashion Game
Winter 2023 Trends to Level up Your Fashion Game

The latest trends for winter 2023 are expected to focus exclusively on extravagant fashion, in keeping with the season’s overall spirit of fun. Everything seems to have been coated with shiny sequins ...

5 Supply Chain Trends That are Set to Redefine Fashion in 2023
5 Supply Chain Trends That are Set to Redefine Fashion in 2023

There’s no sign of COVID-19-related supply issues stopping anytime soon. Throw in high-interest rates, inflation, poor growth, and climate change, and you have a supply chain that’s forced to adapt....

Indians are too enamoured of Hollywood. We can’t help it. We have been conditioned this way. The...
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Anurag Batra
Effective quality management starts with a quality policy. Effectiveness is the extent to which...
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Pradip Mehta
A recent PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) survey concluded that a majority of US companies are having...
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Bill D’Arienzo
Imagine a cricketer, once an exciting player but now aged 45, having put on oodles of weight, too...
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Rahul Mehta
It was not very long ago that people who shopped online in India were considered 'ahead of time'....
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Arun Sirdeshmukh
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
Luxury is a lifestyle, and fashion is just a minuscule part of it. Businesswise-the most visible or ...
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Abhay Gupta
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
A few years later, the same process is now taking place in textile printing, and this has never...
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Gabi Seligsohn
The focus in research and development (R&D) is now more and more set on new sustainable products...
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Fanny Vermandel