Releasing the export data for the month of October 2012 for the apparel exports in India, Dr. A Sakthivel, Chairman AEPC, stated that, “Apparel exports for the month of October 2012 were to the tune of USD 907 million, with decline of 0.75 percent against the corresponding month of last financial year. In rupee terms, the exports have increased by 6.83 percent in October 2012-13 over the same month of previous FY.” Export in dollar terms for first seven months of the FY 2012-13 has decli

Width CM Width CM Specification/Weight（meter） Wholesale Price：yuan/meter Wool/Polyester Korean Wale Cloth 150 580 25．00 T/C80/20 Thickened Dacron Drill 148 20S×16S 128×60 10．80 Cotton Pad-dyed Drill 150 16S×12S 108×56 14．80 Multi-chemical fiber woolen cloth 150 600 15．00 Multi-chemical fiber Hopsack 154 480 12．80 8-wale Cotton Corduroy 145 16S×

Top 10 Categories in Rising Top 10 Categories in Falling 1 Polyester Fabric 1.39% 1 Nylon Fabric -1.67% 2 Cotton Fabrics 0.96% 2 Fashion Fabric -1.47% 3 Blended Fiber Grey Cloth 0.83% 3 Household Textile -0.92% 4 T/C Fabric 0.63% 4 Thread/Rope -0.69% 5 Chemical Fiber Grey Cloth 0.33% 5 Viscose/ Wool Fabric -0.55% 6 Viscose Fabric 0.25% 6 Nylon/Cotton Fabric -0.51% 7 Polyester

A. The summary on the recent fabrics market Recently, the marketing in China textile city market developed partially. Some cloths companies with a shop in front and a factory behind and large business households have good business in spot transaction and large orders for marketable winter fabrics due to the transformation and upgrade of products, as well as the creative fabric. B. The analysis on the main price index of textile products: The price index of issue 20121203 of “China ? Keqi

Photography by Thomas Lohr London-based designer, J.W. Anderson, is having a pretty solid week. It started with winning the Emerging Designer Award at the 2012 British Fashion Awards and today it was announced that Anderson will be the first to design a capsule collection for Versace’s younger brand, Versus. The collection will be released at a preview event sometime in the spring and will be comprised of women’s and men’s ready-to-wear as well as accessories that will be sold online at V

Photography by Peter Stigter The fate of Balenciaga has been decided. Alexander Wang has been unofficially named the new creative director, succeeding Nicolas Ghesquière—whose final day at the French fashion house is today. What has been a month of rumours and suspicions about who will take the helm of the brand was settled with a new report from WWD early this morning. According to market insiders, PPR—owner of Balenciaga—has selected the New York-based Alexander Wang to take over although

Every year since 2002, Chanel has staged a Métiers d’Art show in celebration of the skilled artisans they employ in various specialized ateliers: costume jeweler Desrues, feather dresser Lemarié, embroiderer Maison Lesage, shoemaker Massaro, milliner Michel, goldsmith Goossens, floral finery maker Guillet, embroiderer Atelier Montex , glovemaker Causse, and recently acquired knitware mill Barrie. The event has evolved into an extravagant affair, with last year’s “Paris-Bombay” show staged wit

Item WidthCM Specification/Weight（meter） Wholesale Price：yuan/meter Centipede yarns fashion Flannelette 150 600 18．50 T/C80/20 machine Dyed Plain fabric 150 45S×45S 110×76 6．50 Embroidery rayon fabric 145 30S×30S 68×68 9．30 Wool/polyester shinny thread twill cloth 150 600 25．50 Full-size polyester clipping printed curtain fabric 280 600 18．50 T/R double

The West Bengal government will set up a Silk Park in Malda district, Small Scale Industry and Textile Commissioner Prasanta Bhattacharyay said today. The Silk Park would be set up at Madhu Ghat, about 10 km from here, on an 18 acre land belonging to the sericulture department. The Planning Commission has already sanctioned Rs 39 crore for this purpose, he said. A filature unit where silk spinning had been done was there on the land but now it is closed. Source: Business Standard .

The Belarusian company OAO Mogotex will more than double deliveries of home textiles to the international company IKEA in 2013, Mogotex Director for Commerce Mr Vitaly Dedinets told BelTA. Mogotex started working together with IKEA in 2002 but serious changes in this cooperation have been witnessed only in the last few years. “We have come to terms with the Russian representation of the company, have managed to satisfy the major chain’s requirements for quality and the choice of products and ha