As American countries head towards recession, many will begin to question exactly how the garment industry is affected by global trade in near future. The US has recently found itself approaching what some economics fear could be the next recession and its impact on many industries negatively in terms of profit and human capital...

The appointment of Dayanidhi Maran as Union Minister for Textiles, India has raised lot of optimism among the industry following his excellent track record as the Minister of Information and Technology in the previous government. It is hoped that...

After a long winter of slowdown in Indian economy and exports, there are reports to suggest that Indian economy is looking up at least in some sectors, which would inform other sectors, too. To my mind, probably yes; or probably no...

Textile and clothing industry is among the few industries contributing highest commercial contribution to the countries' economic growth with major supply base for global apparel brands; however the other fact is that it also has a large contribution in polluting the environment in several ways...

Jeans is the favorite choice of every fashion conscious woman. A curvy structure means more than one type of figure; starting from the typical hourglass figure to the one with high waist to hip ratio, and the woman with a little more extra weight...

School uniforms of both pre and post-primary schools of selected ones in Akure metropolis, Nigeria, were investigated and analyzed by standard methods to evaluate their physical and mechanical properties in relationship to the suitability and comfortabililty of the pupils. The results gave useful indications of...