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 Pink as Good as a Wink For The New MaleSummer's warmth will highlight a new tint to fashion, in the burgeoning chic of pink business shirts.Tailors and style gurus said that heterosexual men were adopting pink - once seen strictly in women's lines - as never before. "A couple of years ago we couldn't have given away pink T-shirts," says Roger Wade, creative director at British youth outfitter Boxfresh. "Now it's our bestselling colour. It has gone from last choice to first." Acceptance of the colour has been a long time coming, says Tony Raneri of American Tailors - a tailoring institution in Bourke Street - with increased communication and travel exposing men to international trends and soothing buyers' concerns. "It used to be, buy him a pink shirt for his birthday and people might think that, you know . . . there's something wrong with him," he says. "Now people are more ready to accept more colour, getting away from the black scene that we've been living in for some time." Mr Raneri says pink is hot across the whole of Europe and is making major inroads into Australia. Men's wear has typically hidden a rouge flush in ties and stripes, but spring 2005 men's wear collections from international labels Hugo Boss, Paul Smith, Dries van Noten, Alexander McQueen, Etro and Calvin Klein are all pushing pink, with famous faces helping average men to don the once derided tone. more www.the... (131) added by Bige OZLER |
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 Demand for Exclusive Design from US RetailersWith increasing competition round the globe in textile market, major retailers are demanding exclusive designs. This demand comes to prevent rival firms from copying product patterns and designs.The US-based retail majors, including Wal-Mart, Bed Bath and Beyond, are increasingly demanding exclusivity of product designs from domestic textile exporters. The retail chains are asking their dedicated suppliers in India to patent designs to prevent large-scale copying by companies from China. As textile export volumes from India are poised to increase sharply in the next few months, US retailers want to ensure exclusivity of designs, mainly in segments like home textiles. Bed linens, which have a higher element of exquisite embroidery designs, are among the products that are being patented. In some cases, retail chains themselves are patenting the Indian products. The distributor for the Dicitex group, one of the largest home textile exporters from the country, recently patented its embroidery design after it was copied by a Turkish exporter. Swavelle Millcreek, which supplies products for retail chains like Bed Bath and Beyond, has patented Dicitex's product. "Design exclusivity has been the driving force of export business for a long time. This is assuming greater focus since the quotas are set to vanish," s more www.bha... (271) added by Levent OZLER |
 Unwrapped: Australian Fashion and Textile DesignThe Australian fashion market is very small, which is why the goal for designers from Down Under is "not to become rich but be experimental."So said Penelope Aitken in a lecture on "Unwrapped: Australian Fashion and Textile Design," a traveling exhibit at the Tall Galleries of the Metropolitan Museum of Manila. Aitken is a visual artist from Melbourne affiliated with Asialink, which is co-presenting the exhibit with Bendigo Art Gallery and the Met. "Unwrapped" is a collective assembly of works by 22 textile and fashion designers - as varied and unique as each of the artists' backgrounds and design sensibilities. The featured designers are either native Australians or immigrants. From the softest kangaroo pelt incarnated in contemporary pieces and rust-dyed fabrics, "Unwrapped" simultaneously awes and shocks with the unconventional techniques and materials employed by each designer. There's Julie Ryder, who uses "dyes" on silk organza resulting from the fermentation of molt, fungus and bacteria. The arduous process takes up to six months to achieve the desired effect. "These works reflect my continuing interest in recording the passage of time and representing aspects of life that are not visible to our human eyes," Ryder said in a statement. Raised a Catholic, Rosemary O'Rourke's ethereal collection has al more news.in... (284) added by Levent OZLER |
 Atil Kutoglu: Spectacular Turkish Fashion Show in New YorkSpectators at New Yok fashion show of Turkish fashion designer Atil Kutoglu were amazed by his crations, sources said on Sunday.'Zeugma' collection of Kutoglu attracted great interest from the guests of the fashion show held within the scope of New York Fashion Week. Kutoglu said that the fashion show was held within the scope of 'Turqualite' project, a project generated from the words 'Turkey' and 'quality.' Kutoglu said, "This is the best promotion for Turkish fashion, textile and ready-made clothing business." Explaining why he chose Zeugma as the theme of his fashion show, Kutoglu said, "I visited Zeugma (ancient site) in (southeastern city of) Gaziantep a few months ago. I was very impressed by what I saw, and wanted to use it in my designs." Setting his sights his on the US markets, turning out his own brand, Kutoglu said, "I think of opening my first boutique in New York." more www.fib... (739) added by Levent OZLER |
 Armani to Promote Thai SilkItalian fashion designer Giorgio Armani has stressed the potential of Thai silk in international haute couture and offered to promote the use of the material in his fashion house’s products.Having met Her Highness Princess Siriwanwaree Mahidol, Armani commended her on her dress designs during their recent meeting in Milan. The designs were part of a recent fashion show in the Italian city, said Thai Industry Minister Pinij Jarusombat. Armani went on to praise Princess Siriwanwaree’ ;s unique designs, pointing that she had all potential to be a professional designer. The Princess presented him with silk fabric from the Bang Sai Art and Crafts Centre in Ayutthaya. The Italian designer described Thai silk as an ‘excellent material’ that could have a place in the fashion world. And Pinij quoted Armani as saying his fashion house would conduct research into the use of Thai silk in its own clothing and furniture products. Armani and Pinij discussed mutual co-operation to improve the skills of Thai fashion designers. Armani proposed internships of six months to a year for young Thai designers at his fashion house. The trainees would be selected from winners of design contests to be organized by the Industry Ministry early next year, said Pinij. Thai designers joined their counterparts from Hong Kong, Singapore and India more www.fib... (347) added by Levent OZLER |
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