We've talked a lot about the recent resurgence of overalls, but we've pretty much ignored the fact that their more girly cousin the pinafore dress has been popping up a lot lately as well. I like overalls; I think they're cool in a sort of irreverent, tomboyish way. But up until now I've been a little on the fence about pinafore dresses. I know they're essentially just overalls with skirts where the pants should be, but they run the risk of looking too "little girl" if not styled right.

India's man-made staple fibres imports in April 2013 fell by 0.49%, compared to the month before, according to the latest data from InfodriveIndia.com, India's premier research company in export import statistics. The findings were compiled from bills of entry filed by Indian Importers at Indian customs through April 2013 at more than 110 ports in the country including JNPT, Bombay Air and Sea, Chennai Air & Sea, Delhi IGI Air, Delhi Tughlakhabad ICD, Delhi Patparganj, Kolkata Air and Se

Exhibitors set to take part in the autumn/winter 2014/15 session of international denim show, Denim by Première Vision, have increased by 13% compared to last year. The 12th edition will welcome 95 exhibitors, including weavers (up 43% on 2012), manufacturers/laundries/finishers, (up 27%), and accessory makers (up 21%). Exhibitors will travel from 20 of the leading denim-industry countries including Turkey (27%), Italy (18%), Tunisia (9%), Morocco (8%) and Pakistan (7%). These will inclu

Eighth grade pupils of School 32 in the village of Tulkun in Karakalpakstan’s Amudarya district are weeding cotton fields instead of studying on 10 May. School children in Karakalpakstan’s Amudarya district have been forced to weed cotton fields since early May. All schoolchildren beginning in the fourth grade have been forced to weed cotton fields, residents of Karakalpakstan’s Amudarya district report. Children are sent to cotton fields through schools. School principals and teachers are

The Obama administration may strip Bangladesh of import breaks following deadly accidents in the country’s textile industry, another sign of the pressure building on the southeast Asian nation to improve labour conditions. The move was prompted partly by a fire late last year that killed 112 people and gained momentum after the recent factory collapse that claimed more than 1,100 lives. Business, labour and advocacy groups are all struggling over how to respond to the April 24 incident — t

The Netherlands is to co-chair a group of donor countries, businesses and civil society groups tackling rampant safety issues in Bangladesh's textile sector, the foreign ministry said on Thursday. The move comes after over 1,100 people died in a factory collapse in Bangladesh in April, prompting top Western retailers and global trade unions to promise to improve shocking factory conditions. The Netherlands is giving nine million euros ($13 million) that together with funds from the textile se

File photo It’s a testament to globalization that the death of at least 1,127 people three weeks ago at the Rana Plaza garment plant continues to outrage Americans. Seen from the USA, Bangladesh looks like one giant ongoing human tragedy. Poverty is extreme, wages paid at the factories that make clothes to be sold in richer nations are pitiful, and working conditions in them are hazardous. In November, 112 people died in a garment factory fire. Last week, eight lives were claimed in a fire

British fashion label Alexander McQueen has unveiled a new-look website, which not only has a “more cohesive vision and clearer navigation” but also offers shipping to almost 100 different countries. Previously, the McQueen website only offered delivery to around 30 different destinations, with the redesign the brand is expanding its global reach to include Australasia, Asia, UAE, Russia, South, Central and North America as well as additional countries in Europe. The shipping expansion coincid

Photography by Eric Charbonneau/Getty Images When Angelina Jolie announced her preventive double mastectomy in yesterday’s New York Times, the almost-instant reactions were unanimous: Jolie was praised for her courage in both having the surgery and opening up to the public about it. Today that openness has continued, with Jolie’s doctor at the Pink Lotus Breast Center posting further details about the decision making process and medical procedures the actress undertook. It is by far the most

The Cannes Film Festival kicked off today, and if the celebrity red carpet gowns we've seen on day one are any indication we're in for a festival of fantastic, OMG-worthy gowns. Now this is how you do major glitz and glam, ladies. Carey Mulligan, star of that tiny little film you may have heard of (The Great Gastby, duh), chose a blush satin Dior couture gown for the film's premiere. It's a little reminiscent of a gown Gwyneth Paltrow has worn in the past but beautiful none the less.