Zhejiang Xinao Textiles Inc (Xinao), a leading worsted spinner of wool, producing machine knitting yarns for the sweater, sports, outdoor, underwear and sock industry, will launch a series of newly developed yarns in its Autumn/Winter 2018/19 collection during the Spinexpo exhibition to be held in Paris. Xinao’s new range of “fashion meets performance” yarns include built in moisture management, UV-blocking, enhanced wear performance, water resistance, anti-bacterial, stretch-recovery, and ya

Denim was once recognised solely for its origins. The name “denim” derives from the French “serge de Nimes”, a hardwearing blue workwear cloth manufactured for heavy duty items such as trousers for seamen, in a thick cotton-dyed dark blue with indigo. The fabric was made in Genoa, with the term “jeans” coming from Gênes, the French word for Genoa. Denim was adopted widely for workwear from the mid-19th century onwards. It went on to find its enduring place in the folk history of the Western w

Export-oriented readymade garment factory owners will pay festival allowance to their workers by Ramadan 20, according to one of the leaders of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association. Following a meeting of Crisis Management Core Committee on the RMG sector held on Monday at the Department of Inspection for Factories and Establishments office in the city, the BGMEA vice-president Mohammad Nasir told New Age that the factory owners would give partial wages for the month of

Following a few weeks of uncertainty and mixed sentiment, the Australian wool auction market this week finally relented to a weakening price versus demand scenario. Prices for all types and descriptions across the Merino offering faltered somewhat and falls of varying degrees occurred, the Australian Wool Innovation said in its Wool Market weekly report.however, the crossbred and carding sectors bucked the trend and stayed relatively firm around the established basis, said the report for the wee

The first quarter revenue of fiscal 2017 at apparel marketer PVH Corp increased 4 per cent, compared to the corresponding period of the previous year. GAAP earnings per share for the reporting quarter were $0.89 compared to guidance of $0.73 to $0.75 while non-GAAP earnings per share amounted to $1.65, which exceeded guidance of $1.58 to $1.60.Revenue in the Calvin Klein business for the quarter increased 5 per cent to $756 million compared to the prior year period. Similarly, there was also a 6

Major Chinese wool buyers will attend for the first time in Australia at the Ballarat district property of leading Chinese importer and processor Tianuy wool. The conference’s theme is ‘From Farm to Fashion’ and it is a major step in building a wool bridge between Australia and China. The Chinese buyers, who have been estimated to purchase $2 bn of Australian wool each year, are among 130 delegates attending the internal wool conference. It is the first time the China Wool Industrial Assoc

Representatives of Pakistan's textile industry and the Pakistan Yarn Merchants Association (PYMA) has appealed to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar, Commerce Minister Khurram Dastgir Khan to help save the polyester filament fabric industry from further disaster. Around 300,000 knitting machines and looms have suspended operations during the last five years, resulting in directly and indirectly affecting a total of around 5 million people, Danish Hanif, chairman PYMA (Sin

Eyewear brand Oliver Peoples celebrates its 30th Anniversary this year with a brand new campaign. Photographed by renowned lensman Peter Lindbergh, the black and white images star models Amber Valletta, Jac Jagaciak, Alex Lundqvist and Jakob Dylan (grandson of Bob Dylan). Photographed against the backdrop of Joshua Tree, California, the cinematic advertisements focus on classic styles like the MP-2 and the O’Malley. \ Source: Fashion Gone Rogue.

The Pakistan government has fixed a target to cultivate the cotton crop over an area of 3.11 million hectares during the crop season 2017/18 to fulfill the domestic requirements of the commodity, as well as for export purposes, said Dr Khalid Abdullah, cotton commissioner in the ministry of textile industry on Wednesday. During the current sowing season, Pakistan cotton cultivation witnessed 18 percent increase across the crop growing areas as compared to the sowing during the corresponding p

Lenzing, Fibre producer to achieve the next milestone in its sustainability journey by offering eco-friendly viscose fibre called EcoVero with the lowest environmental impact in the industry as the environmental awareness of consumers has been growing steadily over the last decade, more recently in the fashion and textile industry. The new fibres will be launched at the global textile trade shows from this autumn onwards. Right now, the sampling phase has started and special customers are dev