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 Heubach India: Bridging the Gap Between Ecology and EconomicsDid you know that ecology and economics can go hand in hand through sustained efforts to incorporate environmental thinking into mainstream processes? Heubach India is doing just that, and making a profit.Pigments, like the colors they reflect, are everywhere: ink in magazines, the plastic covers of mobile phones, anti-corrosive paints on cars, etc. The factories producing such pigments are typically large consumers of chemically based raw materials and hence create vast amounts of highly toxic discharges. Heubach India has set its goal to come as close to zero emissions as possible without compromising its leading position as a producer of high-quality pigments for the global market. Backed up by the results to prove it, their philosophy is one that assertively states that ecology and economics can go hand in hand, even for an upstream/primary producer. As a direct result of their effort to incorporate environmental thinking into their mainstream processes, Heubach has become one of the world’s top pigment suppliers, both in terms of quality and quantity. Investment costs for pollution controls are usually seen as heavy burdens in a competitive market, enticing industries to move to countries where compliance is less restrictive and expensive. more www.sus... (243) added by Levent OZLER |
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 Kashmir Shawls on View at The Textile MuseumIn Kashmir, an area at the foot of the Indian Himalayas, weavers produced a garment of supreme quality – the Kashmir shawl. This fall, The Textile Museum exhibition “A Garden of Shawls: The Buta and Its Seeds” will trace the development of the design vocabulary of Kashmir shawls through the buta, a shape known in the West as a paisley. The exhibition will be on view October 1, 2004 – March 6, 2005. Art historian Eunice Dauterman Maguire, Curator of the Johns Hopkins University Archaeological Collection, is guest curator for the exhibition. All of the objects in “A Garden of Shawls” come from The Textile Museum’s collections.Originally worn by rich and noble men, Kashmir shawls were made under imperial patronage and often presented to foreign dignitaries. As the shawls came West, they became a woman’s fashion, and 19th-century European textile manufacturers imitated their designs using industrial looms. A center of shawl production in Paisley, Scotland lent its name to the Kashmir shawl pattern. Prompted by the European traders, Kashmiri weavers and embroiderers incorporated European designs into their handmade shawls. Centuries before the buta design decorated Kashmir shawls, stylized representations of leaves, trees and flowers were exchanged between textiles of Asia and the Mediterranean. Floral representations ador more news.am... (465) added by Levent OZLER |
 Westfield Style Pasifika Fashion Awards 2004The Westfield Style Pasifika Fashion Awards 2004 were held at the Town Hall on Friday night. The event celebrates the diverse talent and cultures that are New Zealand, giving designers the opportunity to showcase their Pasifika-influence d works.Categories included Pasifika Hero, featuring outrageous and glamorous creations for the more flamboyant, Parent & Child, showcasing cutesie, fun matching outfits modelled by trendy, twirling toddlers, and more traditional categories like Asia Pasifika, celebrating the cultural diversity of Aotearoa, bringing Pacific and Asian styles together. The presentation of each category was accompanied by a diverse selection of Pacific entertainers including colourful indian dancers, hip hop artists, opera singer, Benjamin Makisi, and a wacky young group called Spacifix, who wowed the audience with their energy and unique style. The Supreme Award Winner was an extraordinary and talented young designer, Charmaine Love, whose garment "Te Korowai" was inspired by the traditional Maori cloak. The winning garment was from the Tagata Pasifika TV Urban Menswear category. She also won the Clairol Herbal Essences Three Piece Collection category and was a finalist in three other sections - Traditionally Inspired, Evening Wear and Urban Streetwear. Commenting on her entries, Charmaine Lov more www.bha... (114) added by Levent OZLER |
 New York Fashion Week Ready for its Close-upNew York Fashion Week opens Wednesday with Kenneth Cole in his traditional lead-off spot with Alan Cumming, Ludacris, novelist Brian Keith Jackson and Olympic track and field stars Derrick Peterson and Anthony Famiglietti expected in the front row.Other designers previewing their spring 2005 collections for retailers, editors and other fashion fans over the next eight days include Carolina Herrera, Oscar de la Renta, Ralph Lauren, Zac Posen, Marc Jacobs and Donna Karan. Tommy Hilfiger is back with his better sportswear H Hilfiger collection after sitting out last season and, for the first time, rebel design team Imitation of Christ is joining the fashion mainstream at the Bryant Park tents. Meanwhile, eveningwear designers Mark Badgley and James Mischka are absent from the schedule that includes more than 80 shows. Los Angeles-based designer Monique Lhuillier, who has made a name for herself making wedding gowns and red-carpet dresses for Hollywood starlets, is staging her fourth runway presentation Friday. "It doesn't get easier, but you learn how to deal with the pressure a little better." She said this ready-to-wear collection will be "white and crisp — very fresca." The Labor Day holiday, coupled with the monthlong vacation that most European fabric-makers take during August, makes for a mad rush once the t more www.bha... (92) added by Levent OZLER |
 Mary-Clare Buckle: Floating FeltsSweeping away the two-dimensional limitations of painting, Mary-Clare Buckles work - in the textile/fibre art medium - has a tactile, three-dimensional quality and exemplifies her character - vibrant, colourful, effervescent and full of life. As a fibre artist, she works predominantly in felted wool, but has always avoided the traditional craft‚ connotations of this medium. A large body of her work will be exhibited in her solo exhibition at the prestigious Forest Arts in Hampshire, UK.She has developed the technique of Floating felts, mounting the - ethereal and almost transparent - pieces between sheets of clear acrylic, so that light can interact with them. Unlike conventional framing, the viewer‚s eye is not constrained to a rectangle and, hung slightly away from the wall, the pieces appear to be floating in space. The artist also lights the floating felt pieces from behind or the side and uses gently flashing lights and uv-tubes to create a variety of different and exciting effects - intentionally blurring the boundaries between art and interior design, she adds. Mary-Clares inspiration often derives from pop culture and the clubbing scene: the fluorescent clothes, glow-sticks, lasers, flashing coloured lights and the abstract moving images projected onto screens behind the Djs. She is also working on a ra more www.abs... (233) added by Levent OZLER |
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