- 2023 Shengze Fashion Week opened grandly!
- May 31,2023
- On May 29th, the 5th China Suzhou Jiangnan Culture and Art International Tourism Festival and 2023 Shengze Fashion Week kicked off, offering a classic creative feast for the global audience. After three consecutive years of precipitation, 2023 Shengze Fashion Week empowers the fashion industry through culture, helps the development of Wujiang cultural industry and effectively enhances the soft power and influence of Shengze culture. At t...
- Automation is central for Swedish textile machinery
- May 12,2023
- Fully integrated technologies with up-to-the-minute automated features for the end-to-end production of fully-finished garments and home textiles will be demonstrated by members of TMAS – the Swedish Textile Machinery Association – at the ITMA 2023 exhibition in Milan, Italy, from June 8-14.“Technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning and automation are becoming increasingly important in the textile industry and in Milan, ...
- Global textile sector's order backlog at record low in Mar 2023: ITMF
- Apr 21,2023
- On average across all regions, order backlog in the global textile industry fell to the lowest recorded level in March 2023—at 2.2 months. This indicator has been steadily decreasing from its peak at 3.1 months a year ago. Expectations about order backlog in six months’ time are steadily falling as well, as per the International Textile Manufacturers Federation (ITMF). Order backlog has been declining since the second quarter of 2022 in line w...
- “Chinese New face” influences the world fashion industry
- Apr 14,2023
- —China’s visual designer Haotian Dong More and more Chinese designers are involved in International Fashion Week to show the charm of “Chinese design” At the same time, other Chinese design new forces internationally are another way, are overseas study and local fashion Chinese design. HaotianDong is one of the representatives. Haotian Dong has won the 2023 IDA Design Award and the 2023 Indigo Design Award. Two significant design awards. “Cl...
- US researchers identify challenges for adaptive clothing customers
- Apr 14,2023
- US’ University of Missouri researchers have identified two main challenges for adaptive clothing consumers. The study involved mining online reviews to understand the perspectives of adaptive clothing customers. Customers said product offerings were inadequate and didn’t meet their specific needs. Access to the few products that do exist was limited. “When designing clothing for people with special needs, it’s important to consider functionali...
- Chinese apparel exports up in 2022 as unit price rises 9%, volume down
- Apr 14,2023
- China’s apparel exports rose 7.05 per cent to $167.876 billion during 2022 despite economic slowdown and restrictions from the US. However, this increase in value was due to a rise in per unit price in the segment, which increased by 9.27 per cent to $4.24 in 2022 compared to $3.88 in 2021. Therefore, the increase in value does not reflect an increase in volume of apparel exports. Apparel exports from China increased in 2022 from $156.764 billi...
- Fashion brands adapting to merchandising shifts can gain
- Apr 14,2023
- Fashion companies that adapt to shifts in the industry’s merchandising model can create a competitive advantage, according to McKinsey, which recently said in an insight note that given the current economic environment and unprecedented uncertainty, the need to get merchandising right is even more urgent than usual. For that reason, many companies are seeking out new approaches to turn more efficient, and many are adding cutting-edge digital t...
- ITMA 2023: Exploring new routes to efficiency with Thermex and Econtrol®
- Apr 14,2023
- At ITMA 2023 in Milan from June 8-14, experts from Monforts will be on hand to ouline the latest significant advances that have been made in sustainable continuous dyeing for woven fabrics and yarns with its industry-leading Thermex system configured for the Econtrol® process. Over 900 Monforts Thermex hotflue dyeing systems are now operational in the main textile producing countries like Bangladesh, Brazil, China, India, Mexico, Paki...