With stable raw material prices this year and steady capacity expansion, sales of Taiwan’s two leading garment makers, Makalot Industrial Co. and Eclat Textile Co., will rise this year, according to the spokesman of Eclat, R.J. Lo. Due mainly to Eclat’s concentration on developing functional sports garments in recent years, order booking are not easily affected by uncertain global economy. Besides, first-phase of the firm’s fabric factory in Vietnam has come online to fill repeat orders. Mak

Mosquito net manufacturers in Karur have struck work since last Friday protesting against the longer hours of unscheduled power cuts. The high-density poly ethylene (HDPE) and monofilament yarn and knitted fabric manufacturers at present get power only for five hours a day. There were about 3,000 units manufacturing the mosquito fabrics until recently and their number has already come down to around 2,000 due to various reasons including competition from Bangladesh that has captured the North In

Australian Wool Innovation (AWI) has released the latest figures on wool imports to China. The figures were prepared by AWI China office. China’s raw wool imports from global sources in July reached 22 mkg, down 8.3% month on month and 3.3% year on year. From January to July, raw wool imports totalled 183.9 mkg, down 6.9% year on year, and import value reached USD1.69billion, down 2.6% from last year. For the first half of 2012, China’s global imports of raw wool (greasy, scoured, carbonized a

Barrie has produced cashmere knitwear for Chanel for 25 years Luxury French fashion house Chanel is to buy Scottish cashmere knitwear manufacturer Barrie in a deal announced today (16 October). The purchase was agreed with administrators KPMG, who were called in following the collapse of parent Dawson International in August. While terms of the deal have not been revealed, the sale will see Chanel acquire the business and assets of Barrie. The move secures the jobs of all 176 emplo

A consortium made up of Mozambican group Intelec Holdings and by Portuguese companies Crispim Abreu, Mundifios and MundoTêxtil, Friday signed a contract in Maputo to buy the Riopele Mo?ambique factory, in Maputo province. The chairman of state stake-holding company Instituto de Gest?o das Participa??es do Estado (Igepe), Apolinário Pelembe, said at the time that the acquisition of Riopele Mo?ambique by the consortium was a “brave move,” as the factory had been closed for a long time. Pelembe

Alessandra Ambrosio has admitted she was nervous when she heard she had been chosen to model the $2.5million Floral Fantasy Bra Gift Set in the Victoria's Secret catwalk show this year. Though it is considered a highly-coveted privilege for any of the lingerie giant's Angels, the supermodel, 31, had only given birth to her son Noah three weeks earlier, and the news, in late May, put her under immense pressure to get back into shape. Runway-ready: Supermodel mother-of-two Alessandra Ambrosi

Just six months ago, Vera Wang showed a bridal collection full of dahlia red, scarlet, rust, crimson and vermilion. Last year her wedding gowns were black. But for the designer's latest collection during Bridal Fashion Week yesterday, she took it back to basics with an all-white show of tight bodices and princess-worthy voluminous skirts. Traditional romanticism reigned during the fall 2013 bridal collections, with dramatic flowing skirts walking next to sleek column silhouettes, all

Lana Del Rey has brought her perfect pout back out for the second installment of H&M ads. For the winter campaign, the sultry songstress has taken to a parking garage to flaunt the latest and greatest from the Swedish company. With her hair as big as always (‘big beauty queen style’ if you will), Lana Del Rey wears leather pants and models moto jackets, blue puffer jackets, and oversized sweaters. The new campaign feels more editorial than the first and proves that Lana Del Rey’s fashion

Exhibitors have come from 11 countries and regions around the world, including Bangladesh, China, Hong Kong China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Pakistan, Singapore, Switzerland, Thailand and Vietnam, presenting a variety of high-count yarns and fibres, all on 3,000 sqm of exhibition space in Hall E6. As part of the show, the Nylon Zone Autumn Edition hosts ten nylon manufacturers, as arranged by the China Chemical Fiber Association Nylon Committee and Developing Center of Chemical Fiber Textiles