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Fashion Fashion Everywhere!!! How the Consumer reacts...

Fashion reflects individual psychology—whether to blend in or stand out. ATBAGs seek belonging, influenced by peers and media, while YABIGs pursue identity and individuality. Consumers evolve from...

Glam Dolls' Life: Fashion and Beyond

Supermodels, once seen as "cloth hangers," transformed into trendsetters, reshaping the fashion industry. Claudia Schiffer recently remarked that the "supermodel culture" is dead, with fame now...

Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) From Right Brain to Retail: Cutting Time-to-Market with PLM

Globalisation has intensified competition in the apparel and footwear industry, with companies now managing design, sourcing, and distribution. Shorter product lifecycles, increased SKUs, and complex ...

What's Hot for the Season? Forecasts for 2009/10

This season’s fashion blends bold colors like lemon and lime with earthy tones and vibrant pinks. Nature-inspired textures, including floral lace, satin, and wrinkle-free fabrics, dominate....

Japanese Clothing-A Voyage through Ages

The paper explores the evolution of Japanese clothing, from imitating Chinese court dresses to the kimono. Contemporary fashion trends, including runway shows, are inspired by traditional Japanese...

'Fashion under the Umbrella' Monsoon Trends

Monsoon fashion embraces vibrant hues like green, blue, and pink, with wrinkle-free and quick-dry fabrics such as polynylon and cotton. Stylish raincoats, leggings, palazzos, and denim with trendy...

Look Fashionable with worn out Fire Hoses!

Recycled fire hoses are creatively repurposed into stylish, eco-friendly handbags, belts, and wallets. Durable, fire- and water-resistant, these accessories combine fashion with sustainability. Lined ...

Luxury Market sees boom in China

China’s luxury market is booming, accounting for 18 per cent of global consumption, with projections of 32 per cent by 2015. Demand is rising in II and III tier cities as middle-class consumers seek...

The Stripe Effects in Clothes

Striped fabrics create optical illusions in fashion but pose design challenges due to pattern alignment. Proper garment construction requires precise modelling, especially for elements like tucks and ...

Classic Fashion: Chinese Dragon Robes

Chinese dragon robes symbolised imperial power, evolving from informal Ming attire to Qing court dress. Many robes are now in the West, acquired during times of upheaval. Collectors should display...

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