Your cheap fashion – our misery The fashion industry’s willingness to continue producing cut-price clothes by exploiting Asia’s cheap labour force, including the children who harvest cotton in Uzbekistan, was discussed in a German television programme on 23 January.
The group of German teenagers, including girls dressed in clothes by the fashion chain H&M, were clearly shocked by the plight of textile workers in Bangladesh.
Journalists from the German TV channel ARD visited this South Asian country to film the working conditions in the factories where closed for the well-known Swedish chain H&M (Hennes and Mauritz) are made.
The progamme, entitled “Your Cheap Fashion – Our Misery”, featured a 12-year-old girl, from a large family that live together in one room in a slum. In the bags containing H&M branded items, she recognises a striped sweater which is produced in the factory where she works 14 hours a day for a pitifully small wage.
Source: Uznews.net
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Bangladesh Clothing Industry Hit by European Woes – BBC News China’s current willingness to help the European economy is down to one factor – trade issues. And with the European economy in trouble other Asian countries may also be feel the squeeze. In Bangladesh the clothing industry is already facing problems. It depends heavily on exports to the EU countries and millions of people are employed in the industry
The BBC’s Bangladesh correspondent Anbarasan Ethirajan looks more closely at the issues
BBC Video Reportage from Dhaka : Bangladesh Clothing Industry Hit by European Woes
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Seoul South Korea. Animal activists steal limelight at FENDI show As expected, FENDI’s second big show in Asia after the 2007 show at the Great Wall of China not only attracted fur-friendly consumers but also hundreds of anti-fur protesters
While about half of the 50 models strutted down the catwalk decked in fur coats and vests, a model dragged a fake fur item dipped in blood red paint across a huge piece of white fabric with the word FENDI written on it.
When performers hired by FENDI banged on drums to spice up the after-party, the activists across the bridge upped the volume of the video featuring animals shrieking as they were skinned alive
Source The Korea Herald
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New Delhi. Bollywood losing its grip on popular fashion? Oh how women used to scramble for the latest Bollywood clothes, be it that blue sari Madhuri Dixit wore in “Hum Aapke Hain Kaun” or the short kurti with patiala salwaar donned by Rani Mukerji in “Bunty Aur Babli”. But the influence of Hindi film industry fashion is waning, say designers.Some put the blame for it on the extensive exposure to international fashion, thanks to TV, fashion magazines and the internet, and others on the fading aura of Bollywood stars.
Source: The Economic Times India
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Plus Size Clothing Wholesale and Retail Fashion. The plus-size market offers the biggest opportunities online and offline
The demand is so huge that one in four of all women’s fashions sold this year will be a plus size – counted as 18 and over
Leading catwalk designers and high street chains are trying to tap into the reality of modern women’s larger shapes with collections for bigger sizes. Retail analysts suggest the market for large sizes, particularly for clothes aimed at young women and teenagers, is the fastest growing on the high street
Zimbabwean model Nyasha Matonhodze has been revealed as one of the faces of luxury French fashion label Louis Vuitton’s 2011 autumn/winter campaign. The confident Nyasha’s poise and maturity belies her 16 years of age.
It’s her statuesque grace (she’s five foot eleven) and sweet-as-pie personality that’s made her the new favourite of fashion editor Katie Grand, who kick-started Matonhodze’s career during her debut spring 2011 season when she booked the young model for Louis Vuitton, Emanuel Ungaro, and Loewe — all shows that Grand styles.
After those key catwalk sightings, Matonhodze shot spreads for Harper’s Bazaar, Teen Vogue, and V magazine. Better yet, she got the contract with Louis Vuitton, shot by renowned fashion photographer Steven Meisel and styled by Karl Templer
Source New Zimbabwe
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BIFF & BIL 2011 Bangkok International Fashion Fair and Bangkok International Leather Fair 2011 Bangkok International Fashion Fair and Bangkok International Leather Fair 2011 is Thailand’s biggest fashion extravaganza organized by Department of Export Promotion of the Thai Ministry of Commerce. The theme of this year is “Influence the World” and will feature local and international brands; highlighting works from professional and upcoming fashion designers from Thailand and ASEAN
Online Fashion Shopping Sites in India It’s not just the stylish fashionista who can be found trawling numerous online sites hunting for the latest ‘it’ bag or a pair of trendy pumps but a host of fashion portals that have sprung up in the recent past are helping people shop effortlessly.
And, their clients range from new parents shopping for baby clothes to the busy women executive seeking that one exclusive business suit, or even men who want to gift their girlfriends some stylish lingerie
The sites, some of them which operate more like by-invitation clubs draw in customers through word of mouth or through social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter offering them a range of brands – both local as well as global – that are not easily available in India.
Apparel is the second most popular item bought online according to eBayIndia, one of the country’s leading online marketplace which functions in the four verticals of technology, lifestyle, collectibles and media.
“In the velocity of transactions of eBay India , the most popular is jewellery followed by clothes. One apparel is sold every six minutes and among the most popular sections are sarees, salwar kameezes, T shirts and men’s formal shirts”
