For the third year running the UK Fashion and Textile Association (UKFT) is taking over 300 designers to Paris Fashion Week, with a record 30% of these being new and emerging designers exhibiting in Paris for the first time. With 17 major exhibition locations and over 30 agent and individual showrooms all over Paris, UKFT’s Brits in Paris Map (28 September 2012 - 1 October 2012). As the key event for international womenswear buyers and press, Paris Fashion Week is the launch pad of choice for

United States International Trade Commission on the 19th to make a sunset review ruled the continuation of anti-dumping duties on imports from China of polyester staple fiber. United States International Trade Commission unanimously approved the same day of this decision, that such products imported from China, sustained substantial damage caused to the U.S. industry in the foreseeable time. According to the U.S. trade remedy policies and procedures, the U.S. Department of Commerce had been

More than 500 major suppliers from home and abroad are expected at the 2012 Keqiao International Textile Autumn Expo set to run from Oct 26 to 29 in its namesake township in Zhejiang's Shaoxing county. One of the world's largest textile shows, the expo is held every spring and autumn, with the upcoming session expecting nearly 1,300 booths operating across more than 30,000 square meters displaying fabrics and accessories, garments, home textiles and textile machinery. More than 2,300 overs

2012 China Keqiao International Textiles, Fabrics & Accessories Exposition will be held onOctober 26-29 at China Textile City International Convention & Exposition Center. Four main products including fabrics, home-textile, textile accessories, raw materials will be shown in the exposition, with an area of 18,000 m2, and exposition booths increased to 856. In addition, dozens of overseas enterprises from different countries including Italy, Korea will also participate. At present, th

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The U by Kotex brand, which has turned the feminine care category upside down with its bold design and attitude, has teamed up with the No. 1 online community for college women, Her Campus, to launch College Fashion Week 2012. The theme of this first-of-its-kind nationwide event, Upgrade Your Life, will showcase the vision of Her Campus's network comprised of one million monthly readers and 3,000 student ambassadors at more than 200 colleges and universities across the country. Models and des

Gov. Bev Perdue announced that Global Textile Alliance Inc, a leading fabrics manufacturer, will expand its operations in Rockingham County. The company plans to create 55 jobs and invest $7.4 million over the next three years in Reidsville. The project was made possible in part by a $150,000 grant from the One North Carolina Fund. "North Carolina has a long and celebrated history in the textile industry," said Gov. Perdue. "Manufacturers are expanding here because of our state’s investments

China may import more crude or refined products in the next few months, after official figures showed a sharp drop in oil and fuel inventories in August. China's commercial crude inventories fell 2.5 per cent by the end of August from a month earlier, and those of refined products by 10.9 per cent, according to China Oil, Gas and Petrochemicals, a publication of the official Xinhua agency. The draw in crude and products isn't surprising, given the large decline in oil imports in August and the

Wearable technology is a growing trend, and usually involves mixing technology you’d keep in your pocket with the clothes on your back. Although concepts for e-waste bikinis and medically-aware shirts are entertaining, most developers admit we’re a long way off from technology that’s actually comfortable to wear. However, US-based Vapor Apparel is developing a high tech fabric that could help clean up the planet sooner than you think. At the upcoming EcoPrint show in Berlin, Germany, the comp