US retail giant Wal-Mart is refusing to pay a Bangladeshi garment firm for its shipment -- after learning of its connections with Tazreen Fashions. The case also turns the spotlight on a complex supply chain of garment merchandise that travels from one manufacturer to another via middlemen. Simco Group, based in Dhaka, sent 130,000 pieces of women's shorts, worth $390,000, to Wal-Mart via its New York-based sourcing company, Success. Simco received the Wal-Mart order through Success i

While globalization has made it such that fashion transcends climatic seasons, each season still brings with it some overarching trends which encompass the catwalks. As Spring Summer’13 sets in high street maven Splash interprets the hottest trends, inspired by the sweltering summer. All about contrasts the season sports an overwhelming feeling of lightness and softness where looks are bound by eclectic styling and a willingness to experiment. With some cracking fashion trends to wear the br

In fiamme, the world's finest Italian golf apparel, introduces its Primavera ("Spring") Collection, a new line of hand-sewn custom-designed men's golf shirts. Included in the Primavera collection are a number of designs utilizing space-dyed, multi-colored woven yarns. This subtle elegant technique results in a soft rainbow-like effect visible within the woven fabrics. "The Primavera Collection is a beautiful in fiamme line with some new features," said Art Kimbrough, vice president of busines

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Smack Sportswear, the leading brand of custom team and beach active apparel, was viewed by over 30 million people on ABC’s hit primetime reality series, The Bachelor. Smack Sportswear debuted its 2013 line of bikinis, boardshorts and casual wear, on The Bachelor, Monday, January 21st. The episode featured a group date where twelve bachelorettes battled it out in a game of beach volleyball to win a date with The Bachelor, Sean Lowe. While most of the country was buried under snow, ice, and fre

Limited Brands, owner of iconic underwear labels Victoria’s Secret and La Senza, committed to eliminate all releases of hazardous chemicals throughout its global supply chain and across all of its brands and products by 2020, in response to Greenpeace's global Detox campaign. It is now the 14th global corporation to make a credible Detox commitment and the first to provide an explicit process that will ensure the total elimination of phthalates. This comes after Greenpeace investigations reve

The United States Government has put forward a proposal that allows procurement of scarce yarn, textiles and apparels from countries that are not signatories to the planned Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement. Addressing the 24th annual Textile and Apparel Importer Trade and Transportation Conference organized by the United States Association of Importers of Textiles and Apparel (USA-ITA) in New York, US Department of Commerce’s deputy assistant secretary for textiles and apparels

Once again the AccuQuilt Gallery is hosting an event that showcases some of the smartest talent in the quilting community. The "Quilts with a Contemporary and Modern Feel" brings together three quilters from the Chicago area, Robbi Joy Eklow, Bill Kerr and Laura Wasilowski. Each artist offers quilts created with a style and execution that embraces contemporary art and modern quilt aesthetics. Each offers a unique, expressive style that is sure to wow audiences with color, shape, and technique

A number of Korean investors have closed down their factories and relocated them to other countries due to the increase in labor costs in the country, a senior executive of the Indonesian Employers Association (Apindo) has said. Apindo’s secretary-general, Suryadi Sasmita, said the Korean companies had shut down their Indonesian factories as their requests to be exempt from paying the new minimum wage had been refused. “These investors that employ hundreds of workers each, have left because t

Kingsland workers protesting outside the factory Workers at a Cambodian underwear factory supplying H&M and Walmart are keeping a 24-hour vigil outside their factory after managers shut up shop and fled, owing hundreds of thousands of dollars in unpaid wages and benefits. Workers from Kingsland Garment are maintaining a camp in front of the factory in hopes of catching managers if they return to take machinery and equipment out of the factory. After the factory abruptly closed in Dec