Retro Style will Heat up the Beach One word to watch next year: Retro-styled. Leather handbags, "bell-bottom jeans," poodle skirts, big sunglasses, fedoras, funky jackets are all representative of retro style. It is always in the core of the fashion world, and this time, it's hitting the swimwear industry! High waists, as a representative element of the retro style, are now popular in bikinis. Fashion has thrown this curve ball at you, and RELLECIGA will bring high waist bikinis to you in

Just when you thought lingerie couldn't get any sexier, the most gorgeous sisters Penelope Cruz and Monica Cruz have launched L'Agent by Agent Provocateur. Penelope and Monica collaborated with Agent Provocateur to design tantalizing lingerie that's playful, while still being daringly sexy. For the debut, the Cruz sisters chose a Spanish woman's name for each collection, which also reflects different personalities. These collections also include Penelope and Monica pieces which are designed a

OrotonGroup is pleased to announce that it has signed a joint venture agreement with the iconic American brand Brooks Brothers to develop the Brooks Brothers brand in Australia & New Zealand. The agreement to establish the joint venture is subject to a notice to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission with respect to product sourcing coming into force. OrotonGroup will hold a majority of 51% in the joint venture company. The parties intend for the joint venture to operate for a

Since 1989, SWEAT IT OUT has been providing customers with a wide range of sportswear. SWEAT IT OUT offers baseball sleeves, compression tops, back supporting shorts, underwear wicking products, and much more. Now, SWEAT IT OUT is featuring a new line of compression sportswear that can provide extraordinary benefits. Athletes, police, firefighters, and military can all benefit from the advantages of Coolmax technology. For years, SWEAT IT OUT has been helping people perform at a higher lev

With the increasing popularity of social networking sites, such as Facebook, Twitter, etc, several apparel brands are focussing on marketing through this platform. According to industry representatives, social networking sites helps the retailers to target, measure and optimize campaign as well as communication. In an interview with fibre2fashion, Mr. Sanjay Shroff, founder, director and CEO of Styletag.com, a leading online retailer of luxury clothing, said, “Digital and social media beco

The 41st annual Textile Museum Fall Symposium will explore themes raised in the concurrent exhibition Out of Southeast Asia: Art That Sustains. There are over one-thousand ethnic groups in Southeast Asia, many with unique textile traditions—yet this region is seeing increased development and globalization that is challenging the continuation of these long-inherited art forms. Through five dynamic presentations, a roundtable discussion, curators' tour and the popular interactive “Show and T

The Home Textiles Sourcing Expo maintained a strong presence in the home textiles industry after three days of sourcing, networking and seminars. The event drew in 149 exhibitors from 8 countries, a 2 percent increase over July 2012. The fourth edition of the Home Textiles Sourcing Expo was once again co-located with Texworld USA and the International Apparel Sourcing Show. The three co-located events drew in a total of 731 exhibitors and welcomed 5,292 attendees. “The co-location of Home

Norman S. Bernie Co., with the finest decorative fabric inventory in Northern California, and serving the San Francisco Bay Area for over 55 years, is announcing the recent arrival of gorgeous new upholstery fabrics and drapery fabrics for customers looking to bring a new and beautiful look to living rooms, dining rooms, bedrooms, offices, restaurants, hotels, and more. A major trend today is to use solid-colored natural fibered fabrics as well as upholstery fabrics with a tweed and/or textur

Monkee’s Franchising, LLC announces the opening of a second franchise location in Alabama, in the Mountain Brook community near Birmingham. There are now 23 independently owned and operated Monkee’s boutiques in the United States. Monkee’s of Mountain Brook is the second location for franchisees, Mark Campbell and Melissa Cunningham-Campbell. The Campbells opened their first location, Monkee’s of Auburn, in February 2012. Monkee’s of Mountain Brook celebrated their grand opening on August

The President of Panama, Ricardo Martinelli met with Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and discussed the lifting of tariff measures on the import of apparel from the Colon Free Zones (CFZs), a free trade zone in the port of Colon, Panama. According to a statement issued by the Presidency of the Republic of Panama, both the leaders discussed reviewing the issue of extraordinary tariff collection that applies on Panama’s exports of apparel from the CFZs. This was among the several topic