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Arrow known for its strong heritage of making unique high quality of formal wear presents an exclusive collection of ‘President’s Collection’ shirts, inspired truly from the office of importance. The unique play of garment, colours and quality gives you a chance to step into the president’s shoes & “Live Like a President”.
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ARROW has always been for the few. The quintessential choice of the discerning gentleman, Arrow changed the way corporate India dressed. In the post liberalization era, foreign names came knocking on our boardrooms & India turned to Arrow, a 150 yr old American icon, to make sure it was sartorially prepared. Arrow has always elevated one’s wardrobe to another league & exuded a certain pedigree, heritage that spoke in a subtle, sophisticated & yet emphatic way.
Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden and her husband Prince Daniel are on an official visit to Beijing. While in the capital, they inaugurated a Swedish fashion exhibition.
Princess Victoria attended the opening ceremony at the White Box Museum of Art with her husband Prince Daniel, to whom she was married in June of this year.
The touring exhibition is produced by the Swedish Institute and presents avant-garde fashion by young Swedish designers. It has already been on display in Moscow, London, Tokyo, and Shanghai.
Designer Diana Orving explained why China is an area of interest for Swedish designers.
Diana Orving said, "At the moment I don't think there are many Swedish designers selling to China, but I think as the country is developing so fast I think that it's a really important market to look for in the future."
The royal couple later enjoyed a dance performance at the Yan Club.
The fashion exhibition runs until November 7th.
The famous Japanese online luxury products sales website, Glamour Sales came to China in April. Shortly in five months, it boasts of 200,000 registered members. More and more luxury products sales websites such as 5lux.com and 91lux.com appeared from last year. Shopping luxury products becomes very popular among young Chinese.
Influenced by financial crisis, the global luxury products market is quite gloomy. However, the luxury product sales in China increases by 12% with the sales value of 9.6 billion US dollars, which makes China the second largest luxury products consumption market in the world leaving USA behind.
Statistics show that over 100 million netizens shopped online last year. However, experts predict that the consumption capacity of netizens is much stronger. As a result, global luxury brands expand their Chinese market share not only by increasing franchise stores but also exploring online market.
However, the development of online luxury products sales is not always smooth. These sales websites face difficulties during their growth. Some of them cannot attract top luxury brands and some don't have enough consumer source.
The textile commissioner has suspended cotton exports registration saying they have received applications equivalent to the quantity earmarked for this season that is 5.5 million bales.
We have received applications for the stipulated quantity of 5.5 million bales (1 bale = 170 kg) of which nearly 1.58 million bales have already been approved. Export authorisation registration certificates (EARCs) for the approved quantity of 1.58 million bales have already been issued, said Textile Commissioner A B Joshi.
All applications would not yield into EARC. Some of them are bound to be rejected on various grounds including incomplete applications, lack of details and letter of credit (LC) from banks etc. The difference between allotted quota and approved quantity will be filled by new applicants,Joshi clarified. As on October 11, the government received applications for export of 5.5 million bales of cotton of which quantity 7058.82 bales were rejected.
The group of ministers late last month decided to permit export of 5.5 million bales in 2010-11 marketing season for which registration with textile commissioner started on October 1. The shipment, however, is expected to start from November 1. The government had kept cotton under the restricted list of exports in 2009-10, as exports had hit a record 8.3 million bales, resulting in a sharp rise in domestic prices.
USAID representatives expressed support for Ethiopia's effort to increase foreign currency from textile and leather sectors, reports ENA.
Speaking at a forum organized to discuss with the Ministry of Industry on activities to be carried out in the textile and leather sectors to achieve the five-year Growth and Transformation Plan, Chief of Party USAID/VEGA Ethiopia, Addis Alemayehu said the U.S government is prepared to provide support towards success of the Plan.
Addis said though the plan put in place for the sector seems broad, it will be achieved if activities will be carried out in integrated and appropriate manner.
Head, Economy and Business of Ethiopian Embassy in the U.S, Eyob Tekalegn on his part said the U.S government expressed desire to work with the private sector engaged in textile and leather work towards success of the plan.
Ethiopia plans to increase income from textiles from 20 million USD to one billion USD within five years.
40 Chinese shoes recalling cases took place in EU countries during the first half of this year, 38 of cases were due to failure to meet the standard of DMF that account for 95% of total footwear recalling. Obviously the DMF is the most urgent quality problem to be solved for Chinese shoemakers; otherwise it will be the largest trade barrier for Chinese footwear exports.
The DMF has been banned in all the consumption products since March 17, 2009 in EU, in recent years products content DMF caused many health diseases in EU countries. Now products with content of 0.1mg/kg DMF are forbidden to sell in EU market. According to the resolution of 2010/153/EU the regulation for banning DMF are extended to March 15, 2011.
Currently China produces 10 billion of pairs of shoe and 80% for exports. Quality and safety should be the top priority for shoemakers. The quality inspection department warned that DMF should be totally banned on shoe production and the some agents used as desiccants and fungicides are recommended which are safe and compliance with the regulations in EU countries.
A museum displaying the famed shoe collection of ex-first lady Imelda Marcos has reopened in the Philippines, heralding a fight back by its beleaguered shoe industry against a flood of cheap imports.
The museum is not just a showcase of the best of Imelda Marcos’s 3,000-pair collection, but also of the craftsmanship in shoe-making in the riverside eastern suburb of Marikina where the industry was born over a century ago.
Footwear consultant Tessie Endriga said Imelda Marcos failed to provide the Marikina shoe industry with much-needed infrastructure or financing when she was in power. But she did help in her own way. “She did patronize local brands. If she liked a certain style, she would buy a dozen pairs,” recalled Endriga, who has worked with the government’s Bureau of Product Standards.
Marikina shoes were once famous, both locally and abroad, until low-priced footwear from countries like China and Vietnam flooded the industry over the years, said local business leader Jose Tayawa.
The museum was set up in 1998 as just one more way for Marikina to advertise its century-long history of making footwear, from humble slippers to rugged work boots to high-fashion custom shoes.
The town has also made the world’s largest shoes – a pair of leather men’s shoes, each as large as a van – which are still on display at a Marikina mall.
Generations of Filipinos grew up wearing the local products, and Marikina-made snake-skin shoes became the toast of Fifth Avenue in the early-1980s, the city boasts on its website.
But Marikina’s shoe-makers – and the shoe museum – have suffered setbacks in recent years. Massive flooding from tropical storm Ketsana last year damaged the museum as well as many shoe-makers’ facilities and inventory.
The storm and the foreign competition took their toll. From the mid-1990s peak of 3,000, only about 200 Marikina shoemaking factories remain, said Roger Py, director-general of the Philippine Footwear Federation.
Giorgio Armani, a fashion luxury retailer from Italy, recently stated that, it is in India for a long heave and is in no rush to broaden its horizons here. It added that, instead it would prefer to take up a standardized approach for expansion here.
John Hooks, Deputy Chairman of the Giorgio Armani Group, stated that, they are in no rush to launch their outlets in India as they don’t want to commit any blunder. However, he admitted that, they need to adopt a distinct outlook for India.
He averted that the company is still not able to make it out clearly as to at what speed it could develop here, so presently they are trying to comprehend and survey the markets.
The firm which already vends two of its labels Giorgio Armani and Emporio Armani in Delhi through its two outlets there, is all set to launch its third outlet in Mumbai within a couple of days.
While responding to a question on the company’s expansion plans for the future, Hook said that, they are intending to launch Giorgio Armani outlets in cities like Chennai, Bangalore and Hyderabad, and added that, all in all they intend to have 10-12 outlets in India, but did not reveal the time limit for the same.
He further emphasized that the firm is gearing up to pave a strong base for healthy trade in India, and added that, they have a strong game plan for expansion in India, and would have to control the urge to cash on imminent opportunities, as they are planning a long stay in the country.
Dearth of good retail locations in India, has been coming in the way of the firms expansion plans, he said and added that, the distribution channel in the country is lacking as there are not adequate number of departmental outlets and luxury retail points here. However, he did state that, the company is satisfied with its performance in India, till date.
Hooks further stated that, the company possesses various highly-value brands like Giorgio Armani, Emporio Armani, Armani Collezioni, Armani Exchange, Armani Jeans, Armani/Casa and Armani Junior many brands which can be launched in India and could serve needs of different class of people.
This season, green is the new black. Los Angeles-based nonprofit, the Green Youth Movement (GYM) will be presenting The Green Initiative Humanitarian Fashion Show at 2 p.m. on Saturday, October 16th, 2010 at Sunset Gower Studios in Hollywood, California. As part of Los Angeles Fashion Weekend, this highly anticipated event aims to celebrate sustainable living by showcasing collections from eco-friendly designers. THE GREEN INITIATIVE is positioned to prove that fashion and sustainability can go hand-in-hand, and that eco-conscious alternatives can be just as “haute” on the runway.
Produced by The Gallery Los Angeles, THE GREEN INITIATIVE will feature collections from sustainable designers such as Emily Factor, Jonano, Kristinit and Keok’jay. All designs utilize sustainable materials and are responsibly produced – just the kind of environmentally sound solution that the Green Youth Movement advocates in its mission to promote sustainable living and green education amongst the younger generation.
"THE GREEN INITIATIVE is an opportunity to communicate the importance of living sustainably to the next generation of consuming adults,” says 18-year-old Ally Maize, founder of the Green Youth Movement. “We want people to reduce, reuse, recycle and rethink the choices they make every day in every aspect of their lives, including fashion.”
Proceeds from THE GREEN INITIATIVE will go directly to continuing the support of Green Youth Movement’s active projects and initiatives. THE GREEN INITIATIVE will also give guests a sneak peek of GYM’s “GREEN DREAM PROJECT” which is an effort to encourage teens to recycle holiday dresses by donating them to less fortunate students. “Fashion is such a big part of youth culture and serves as an ideal means of raising global awareness of sustainable living,” adds Chloe Mills, GYM’s 16-year-old president. “We hope THE GREEN INITIATIVE gets people excited about being green and making environmentally-conscious lifestyle choices.”
The designing competition for leather goods will be held in Huadu district, Guangzhou city on December 23, the event, organized by China Leather Industry Association, aims to improve the Chinese leather goods designing and competitive capability, and to make the leather products more fashionable.
The competition will take place simultaneously with the 10th China Shilling Leather and Leather Goods Trade Festival.
The event will offer a best platform to display the creativity and latest designs in the industry, increase exchanges and trade opportunities. The professors, industrial experts and well known designers are invited to be the members of competition judging panel. The competition activity is also sponsored by media and leather industrial magazines and websites that include Leather World, China Leather, Beijing Leather, Footwear and Bags, China Fashion Weekly, Consumption Daily, Leather Weekly, Chinaleathernet, Hc Web, etc.
