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Copenhagen Fashion Summit 2020 will focus on redesigning growth which will be its theme this year. The summit will urge industry leaders to harness the power of creativity and ingenuity to create a positive change.
The summit will also urge these industry leaders to think outside the box and investigate new business models that will challenge the traditional concept of prosperity. This will not only future proof their business, but also enable them to meet the needs of future generations.
Another topic of discussion at the summit will include how fashion industry leaders can approach profitability and reconfigure the parameters of success. These topics will be discussed at the summit that will bring together decision-makers from across the globe and present sustainable solutions.
Lee has relaunched the first ever denim it made for women in the 40s and 50s. While vintage sizing has been updated to reflect modern sizes, the thread choices, hardware and manufacturing processes are the same as they were back then. These pieces represent a time when Lee took what was made for men and created jeans made specifically for the female body. They were aimed at women who were riding horses, working in factories during the war, who were making things happen and looking cool and effortless while doing so.
The reissued jeans are for the same women, the ones who forge their own path with confidence and grace, the women who don’t believe being a tomboy or a girly girl are mutually exclusive. The collection includes the Lady Lee Rider, the original boyfriend jeans created in 1947; the Lee All Purpose Blue Jeans, a high-waisted wide leg introduced in 1950; the Lee Frontier Lady, a high-waisted, side-zip straight leg with pearl accents from 1952; the Lee Riders jacket from 1949; and a raw denim jacket and jeans set with classic white stitching.
Like many other denim brands, Lee has been riding the nostalgic wave for a while now.
Global organic cotton production has gone up 56 per cent, reveals Textile Exchange. India, Tanzania, Turkey, Kyrgyzstan and China all have significant areas of cotton-growing land in transition to organic. The number of facilities certified to voluntary organic standards is also on the rise. Cotton is grown organically in 19 countries around the world. Organic cotton now makes up 0.7 per cent of total cotton production globally. Most farmers engaged in this production are smallholders growing organic cotton in rotation with other crops. In India organic cotton farmers have increased the proportion of certified land used to grow cotton (as opposed to other organic crops) from 45 per cent to 70 per cent, which contributes in part to the 44 per cent growth seen in India’s production.
However, farmers access to cotton seed that has not been genetically modified remains a huge obstacle for organic farmers, particularly in countries such as China and India where GM cotton dominates the cotton landscape.
Fourth edition of the Uniform, Garment and Fabric Manufacturers Fair will help generate 2,500 new units in Maharastra by 2024 and make the state and Solapur the uniform sourcing hub of India. The fair will be organised by the Solapur Garment Manufacturers Association (SGMA) from December 17 to 19, 2019 at Goregaon Exhibition Centre in Mumbai. It is brainchild idea of the Textile Ministry of Maharashtra and is organised in association with the state government.
This year, renowned brands and corporate houses in uniform and garment sectors will participate in the fair. Around 200 stalls will display the latest trends and designs in different types of uniforms at the three-day event. The fair will bring all brands, retailers, dealers, manufacturers, wholesalers, retail chains, semi-wholesalers, traders, distributors, E-commerce agents, retail chains under one roof.
It will showcase uniform wear, men’s, ladies and kids wear, shoe manufacturers, socks manufacturer, uniform related accessories and uniform fabric. The uniforms segment will showcase school, corporate wear, hospital, hotels, bags, industrial and government uniforms. It will lead to new employment generation and also the pave way for new investments in the state.
Stoll’s knitelligence enables automated sweater knitting development and production and personalised sweaters and knitted products. Knitelligence is an innovative networking concept for the textile production of future. It combines all its software solutions and covers the entire value creation chain of flat-knitting production. From the design idea to development and manufacture, knitelligence offers tailored solutions for every component. Customers will benefit from more consistent workflows, shorter, transparent production cycles, and an increase in quality, productivity, and, therefore, overall plant efficiency. Customers can not only design their processes to be considerably more efficient, but can also react far more flexibly to the requirements of the market.
Stoll, based in Germany, is a leading manufacturer of flat knitting machines. The company was founded in 1873 and has 1,000 employees around the world. Its brand portfolio includes flat knitting machines and pattern software that are used to produce fashion and technical textiles. Stoll exports its products to more than 50 countries worldwide and offers integrated services through affiliated companies, sales and marketing centers and numerous agencies. The Stoll product portfolio comprises 3D knitting machines and patterning software, which are used for the production of fabrics for fashion as well as for technical applications. With innovative technical developments and a modern production environment, Stoll enables a broad spectrum of knitting trends.
America Knits, which is into cut and sew, is dedicated to producing the finest quality apparel. Production focuses on premium knit tops using 100 per cent US grown ring-spun cotton. The company currently has about three large customers, including one that supplies T-shirts to the US military, and is about to start a program for a bra supplier. America Knits is committed to developing and using the most sustainable production practices available, including the use of sustainable fibers. The company currently employs 52 people and would like to employ between 120 and 150 people.
Cut and sew jobs in the United States declined steeply after 1993. And with the recent resurgence of the US textile and apparel industry, that important part of the supply chain still has some catching up to do to keep up with demand as more manufacturers continue to seek ways to reshore to the US. This cut and sew factory promises to help fill that supply chain gap. The industry is looking forward to see an expansion of cut and sew in the United States since for every one spinning job there are 16 sewing jobs downstream. It also allows the industry to reclaim jobs that have wandered offshore over the years.
Mothercare-the British children’s fashion company will cease operations in the United Kingdom in the following weeks and month. The company has 79 stores in the country and 2,500 employees. Mothercare’s UK arm had been up for sale before it fell into administration, but no one had stepped forward to purchase the groups local business and store portfolio. Before administration, two parties made indicative offers but neither progressed to the stage of final offering.
In the last year, the company had losses worth £36.3 million in the United Kingdom and a drop in sales of 13.5 per cent, to £336.6 million in the country. The group’s international business, meanwhile, ended the period with a profit of £28.3 million.
After eight months of negotiations, factories producing for ACT brands in Myanmar have agreed on a Myanmar Freedom of Association (FoA) Guideline with IndustriALL affiliate Industrial Workers’ Federation of Myanmar (IWFM).
The Myanmare FoA Guidline aims to secure constructive relations between employers and workers. By providing workers a voice and representation, the guideline facilitates cooperation to solve workplace issues.
The guideline aims to specify and ensure the practical application of the principles of Freedom of Association under International Labour Standards, and also outlines a timetable to begin to the process of collective bargaining. Twenty-one major brands have signed a global agreement with IndustriALL Global Union to form the Action, Collaboration, Transformation (ACT). Companies including Hennes & Mauritz AB, Zara-parent Inditex SA and the owner of Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger, PVH Corp. have signed on to use their purchasing power to enable better working conditions and push for industry level wage agreements secured through collective bargaining.
The parties have agreed on the next steps in the process, including among other things disseminate and explain the content of the guideline to workers and management at factory level, and develop a dispute resolution procedure, as outlined in a signed letter of agreement.
Discover e-Solutions (DeSL) recently released the latest module in the company’s suite for software applications designed to enable brands, mills, and factories to readily embrace and deploy end to end digital transformation.
The conventional routine to color management has become outdated, it is prone to error and time and money consuming. As brands strive towards complete digital transformation of the supply chain, color management is often forgotten, or misinterpreted. DeSL’s software solution, created to communicate color requirements at a scientific and digital level, the enterprise, grants the companies to completely digitalise the previously manual processes which are reliant on a plethora of physical samples and are evaluated via human eye. It is now possible for brands and mills to approve lab dips and strike off’s in real-time over the cloud without the need for physical samples to be sent.
The solution collaborates with a range of equipment such as spectrophotometers, digital fabric printers, and sublimation printers are time effective and it ensures that quality of color/print is consistent from initial definition right through to final production. Getting the wrong color done can lead to increase returns and markdowns. By digitising color into the supply chain, brands are ensuring consistent color through controlled and scientific methods involving all parties in the process.
Coats Digital recently announced its participation in VTG 2019, the 19th Vietnam International Textile and Garment Industry Exhibition, happening at Saigon Exhibition & Convention Center, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam from November 20- 23, 2019. The integrated technology business will be conducting their business first time, in Vietnam for the South-East Asian market.
Coats Digital is a provider of specialist, technology-based solutions and industry best practice expertise for the fashion industry. With proven solutions, in GSDCost, FastReactPlan, IntelloCut and IntelloBuy, Coats Digital shares deep industry knowledge with a practical application of the latest technology, including Big Data and AI, delivering market-leading software solutions.
These solutions enlighten mainly on delivering significant and measurable cost, speed and efficiency improvements to brands, retailers, sourcing companies and manufacturers, supporting a truly integrated and maintaining a better supply chain. Coats Digital solutions are progressively being used in over 50 factories in South-East Asia, including Song Hong, Viet Vuong, Saitex, Hansel, Hansae, SAE-A, Yakjin, Pan Pacific, Luenthai, Far Eastern, Esquel and Nice Group.
