Lux Industries Ltd, a major player in Indian innerwear market, is set to invest Rs. 1 billion for expansion. There is huge growth potential in premium innerwear and undergarment segment in India, and to explore the same the company plans to invest Rs. 1 billion in plant, machineries, marketing and to introduce new products, Chief Operating Officer of the company Dilip Newar said. Intending to cater to urban and semi-urban youth, the firm’s premium innerwear brand ONN would unveil its late

he Shanghai’s education, quality supervision and other departments have jointly issued a statement that henceforth school uniforms must be double-inspected prior to handing over the same to students. The statement has been issued in the wake of the Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision’s announcement last month that a cancer causing aromatic amine dye was found in school uniforms produced in July 2012 by the Ouxia garment company. According to the statement, school

Three of Sri Lanka's brightest fashion designers of the future have been recognised with special awards for Creativity, Innovation and Inspiration respectively by Textured Jersey PLC, the country's largest manufacturer of knitted fabric. The three designers were chosen from 20 students who presented designs when the 34 that made up the seventh batch of the University of Moratuwa's Bachelor of Design Degree in Fashion Design & Product Development graduated recently. One of the universit

This St. Patrick's day, no matter how the holiday is celebrated, Yandy.com, online retailer of lingerie and costumes, has the bases covered with hundreds of sexy and silly St. Patrick's day items recently added to the site. Yandy offers something for every type of St. Patrick's Day celebration, whether it is a night on the town sipping on green beer or a romantic night in kissing more than the Blarney Stone. For those hitting the bar scene, Yandy carries several St. Patrick's day costumes com

The Inditex Group’s net sales in FY2012 (1 February 2012 to 31 January 2013) rose by 16% from 2011, to 15.9 billion euros. Net income totaled 2.3billion euros, an increase of 22% from a year earlier. In constant currency terms, net sales increased by 14%, while like-for-like store sales raised by 6% in the same period. Highlights of results ? The Group created 10,802 new jobs in 2012, bringing its workforce to120, 314 employees. ? Investment totaled 1.4 billion euros, notably on logist

British fashion retailer M&Co has unveiled its spring/summer collection for 2013, with light, pastel colours and pretty floral outfits at the heart of the range. The new Paloma floral print shift dress with its bold and elegant pattern is already proving to be popular with women looking to freshen up their summer wardrobe, along with M&Co's new soft spot red prom dress - perfect with some simple stud earrings and a chain bag for a relaxed lunch, or teamed with heels and a clutch bag a

Apparel Export Promotion council (AEPC) shall once again be participating in International Fashion Fair, Tokyo scheduled from 17-19 July, 2013 along with SRTEPC, TEXPROCIL and WOOLTEXPRO and other EPCs as organizing partners under the aegis of MOT. Over 25,000 trade visitors attended the IFF show last year in July, 2012. On the basis of recommendations of the Ministry of Textiles, Ministry of Commerce has approved funding under Market Access Initiative for the Mega Apparel & Textile Show

The imports of textiles and apparels by the US increased in January 2013, with Vietnam and Bangladesh turning out to be the fastest growing suppliers to the western nation. The overall textile and apparel imports by the US grew by 3.7 percent year-on-year to 4.611 billion square metre equivalents (SME) in January, according to the figures released by the US Department of Commerce’s Office of Textiles and Apparel (OTEXA). Value-wise, US textile and garment imports during the month were wort

The Curtain Exchange, a designer drapery retailer in Louisville, Kentucky will be hosting the Peacock Alley Bedding Trunk Show on Thursday, March 21 from 1-7 pm at The Vogue Center in St. Matthews. The trunk show offers guests the opportunity to meet Peacock Alley luxury bedding specialist Brad Cleveland, as well as the chance to see the latest bedding designs and styles from Peacock Alley. This event is the perfect opportunity for guests to prepare for upcoming events like the Kentucky Derby

The talented American artist Inez Harwood has set a Guinness World record by creating the world’s longest tie-and-dye piece of cloth under her Liberty project, which strives to spread awareness about America’s dying textile industry. Woven in South Carolina’s Inman Mills with 100 percent domestically grown cotton, the approximately 950 pounds heavy tie-and-dye cloth was made of using 120 pounds of dye and 8,000 zip-ties. Breaking Tokushima Japan’s record holding 2739 feet and five inches l