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Clothing Trends :Mama Said series by Outstanding Apparel

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Outstanding Apparel the theme-based clothing company is at it again. This time they are using humor to get the point across. Cornelius Davis, CEO believes laughter is good for the soul and their latest design is aimed at getting people to do just that.The company announced the release

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Outstanding Apparel the theme-based clothing company is at it again. This time they are using humor to get the point across. Cornelius Davis, CEO believes laughter is good for the soul and their latest design is aimed at getting people to do just that.The company announced the release of its first design which is part of entire “Mama Said” t-shirt series. “The shirts feature funny captions laced with a touch of mama’s wisdom” said Davis. These shirts display some of the most famous one-liners mothers have ever shared.“This is a new element for us considering most of our themes are rather serious in nature. We want to stay creative as possible and keep things fresh for our customers. We know how much people like to laugh pr be entertained so from a market perspective this design just made sense. I hope people have as much wearing them as we did designing them.”For more details please visit: ‘Mama Said’ series by Outstanding Apparel @ Fibre2fashion

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Trendy Clothing :PacSun Posts Q3 Results – Will Shut 175-200 Stores

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Pacific Sunwear of California, Inc. announced the completion of extensive negotiations with landlords that will result in the closure of approximately 175-200 underperforming stores within the next 14 months.The Company also announced the completion of a five-year, 0 million revolving

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Pacific Sunwear of California, Inc. announced the completion of extensive negotiations with landlords that will result in the closure of approximately 175-200 underperforming stores within the next 14 months.The Company also announced the completion of a five-year, 0 million revolving credit facility with Wells Fargo Capital Finance and a five-year, million senior secured term loan funded by Golden Gate Capital, a leading private equity firm with extensive experience in the retail sector.”The combination of these transactions greatly enhances our financial and operating position, and is another critical step forward as we work to re-establish PacSun as a leading specialty retailer across the U.S.,” said Gary H. Schoenfeld, President and Chief Executive Officer.”With the support from all of our major landlords, we can now focus on our targeted base of 550-600 better performing stores and our enhanced merchandising and marketing strategies for becoming the preferred destination among teens and young adults for great style and great brands.”For more details please visit : PacSun Posts Q3 Results – Will Shut 175-200 Stores @ Fibre2fashion

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Clothing Trends :MoJo Now Produces HadleyStilwell Fleece Top

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HadleyStilwell, designer of unique tailored and professional clothing for breastfeeding mothers, is pleased to announce that American MoJo is now manufacturing the Fleece Lounging and Co-Sleeping Top.The Polartec stretch fleece lounging top doubles as a co-sleeping shirt for easy

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HadleyStilwell, designer of unique tailored and professional clothing for breastfeeding mothers, is pleased to announce that American MoJo is now manufacturing the Fleece Lounging and Co-Sleeping Top.The Polartec stretch fleece lounging top doubles as a co-sleeping shirt for easy breastfeeding while keeping mom’s top half warm during the cool months. Originally designed for co-sleeping and lounging at home, the fleece top is also a perfect layer to discreetly nurse outdoors, making it a versatile gift this holiday season.American MoJo is a social venture that addresses the issues facing poverty-stricken single mothers by creating sustainable employment opportunities in the apparel manufacturing sector.By partnering with MoJo on fleece top production, HadleyStilwell is contributing towards providing these mothers with liveable salaries, a chance at a career path, and freedom from the prohibitive daycare and health care costs that keep so many mothers from re-entering the work force and being able to support themselves and the families that need them. A Fleece Lounging and Co-Sleeping Top is a gift that truly gives back to other families.For more details please visit : MoJo now produces HadleyStilwell fleece top @ Fibre2fashion

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Clothing Trends :Forecasts of Future of Office Fashion at Park Avenue show

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Park Avenue, one of India’s leading apparel brands from the Raymond Group organized a fashion show in the city New Delhi, to bring to the ramp the future of office wear over the next two seasons.With Soha Ali Khan as the show-stopper sporting an eveningwear dress gracefully, the brand

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Park Avenue, one of India’s leading apparel brands from the Raymond Group organized a fashion show in the city New Delhi, to bring to the ramp the future of office wear over the next two seasons.With Soha Ali Khan as the show-stopper sporting an eveningwear dress gracefully, the brand showcased its men’s, women’s, accessory and its new Dress Casual range, for Autumn Winter’11 & Autumn Winter’ 12 collections, which were high on style in royal hues.This was second in the series of fashion shows organized by Park Avenue. The first show was at Mumbai and attracted key stylists and designers from across the city. These shows follow the brand’s recent redefinition of its identity and extending of its apparel range beyond formal apparel and accessories like ties and cufflinks to office casuals and related accessories like sunglasses. The women’s wear range recently announced the launch of scarves and an interesting 30 ways to tie the scarf.Park Avenue celebrates 25 years of success and style for men and women with these shows.Mr Shreyas Joshi, President – Apparel, Raymond Limited said, “Park Avenue has been a trendsetter in the Indian apparel industry in terms of product and range innovation. Be it autofit moisture-management trousers or non-iron or anti-UV or temperature-control or pure white crystalline shirts, trousers, Park Avenue has been pioneering trends in the Indian apparel industry.For more details please visit : Forecasts of future of office fashion at Park Avenue show @ Fibre2fashion

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Clothing Trends :Bangladesh Should seek duty free access for clothing to US

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The Bangladeshi government should push for duty and quota free access to the US – the biggest global clothing importing country, attendees of a dialogue on upcoming world Trade Organisation (WTO) Ministerial: Challenges for Bangladesh said.They strongly lobbied for political action

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The Bangladeshi government should push for duty and quota free access to the US – the biggest global clothing importing country, attendees of a dialogue on upcoming world Trade Organisation (WTO) Ministerial: Challenges for Bangladesh said.They strongly lobbied for political action on part of the Government for getting duty and quota free access to the US markets during the forum organized at a City Convention centre by the national think-tank – Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD).While presenting a keynote paper during the dialogue session, an eminent fellow of the CPD, Debapriya Bhattacharyya said that Bangladesh should now start concentrating on “second-generation” issues ahead of duty preferences including rules of origin, non-tariff measures and other regulations. Facilities pertaining to such issues may aid Bangladesh to boost its trade and exports, he said.For more details please visit : Bangladesh Should seek duty free access for clothing to US @ Fibre2fashion

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Clothing Style :Sports Brand Under Armour to Outfit Tough Mudder

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Tough Mudder and Under Armour announced a multi-year partnership that will start in January 2012. The global partnership designates Under Armour as the “Official Outfitter” the 35-event worldwide Tough Mudder series and title sponsor of events in London and Maryland. The Tough

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Tough Mudder and Under Armour announced a multi-year partnership that will start in January 2012. The global partnership designates Under Armour as the “Official Outfitter” the 35-event worldwide Tough Mudder series and title sponsor of events in London and Maryland. The Tough Mudder powered by Under Armour events will take place in London, May 12-13, and in Fall 2012 in Maryland.As part of the partnership, Under Armour and Tough Mudder will design a new obstacle that will be incorporated into all the 2012 events. In addition, with the help of Under Armour’s training specialists, Tough Mudder will develop a custom training program to prepare future participants for the unique rigors of the event. The program will be available through the Web sites and Facebook pages of each brand.“Tough Mudder is excited to partner with Under Armour, a brand that is the epitome of ‘tough,’” said Will Dean, CEO and Co-Founder of Tough Mudder LLC. “We believe this is a perfect partnership between the two brands, aligning the ultimate performance apparel with one of the most recognized, award-winning endurance series in the world.”For more details please visit : Sports brand Under Armour to outfit Tough Mudder @ Fibre2fashion

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Fashion Clothing :French Lingerie Maker Lejaby Gets Second Takeover Bid

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French lingerie maker Lejaby, which was put into administration in October this year, has got a second takeover bid. The bid has been placed by a UK-registered company, Pacific Junction Corporation, on behalf of an unidentified French firm that is currently being established.Under

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French lingerie maker Lejaby, which was put into administration in October this year, has got a second takeover bid. The bid has been placed by a UK-registered company, Pacific Junction Corporation, on behalf of an unidentified French firm that is currently being established.Under the bid, the French company proposes to retain 220 of Lejaby’s 450 employees. Since the bid has been submitted after the November 30 deadline, a bankruptcy judge will decide on whether to receive the new offer.The first bid was from Abcia, a France-based pension fund, which promised a restructuring plan to save 135 of the 450 staff employed by the lingerie house.The bids are scheduled to be examined by the commercial court of Lyon on December 22 this year.Lejaby shut three of its four French manufacturing units at the end of 2010. It registered a loss of euro 2.7 million (US$ 3.6 million) during financial year 2010-11. The company also cut nearly 200 jobs due to restructuring and shifting of production to North Africa.For more details please visit : French Lingerie Maker Lejaby Gets Second Takeover Bid @ Fibre2fashion

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Fashion Clothing :Bangladesh Garment Exports Sustain Growth Momentum

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Bangladesh’s knitwear and woven garment exports were able to sustain growth momentum during the initial five months of the current fiscal that began on July 1, even though the eurozone crisis has started affecting the Bangladeshi industries and exports of some of the sectors witnessed

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Bangladesh’s knitwear and woven garment exports were able to sustain growth momentum during the initial five months of the current fiscal that began on July 1, even though the eurozone crisis has started affecting the Bangladeshi industries and exports of some of the sectors witnessed a fall due to declining orders from European nations.Bangladesh’s knitwear exports grew to four billion USD during July-November period, registering a rise of 13.14 percent year-on-year, the Export Promotion Bureau statistics showed. Woven garment exports during the period grew to US$ 3.57 billion, registering a rise of 23.64 percent year-on-year.However, the country’s overall exports slumped by 18 percent to US$ 1.60 billion in November compared to previous month. Although this was 2.4 percent more when compared to November 2010, it failed to meet the monthly target by 16.95 percent.Based on the latest data, the Commerce Ministry claimed that they have yet not missed on the export growth target and in spite of overall fall in exports, if the country’s key sector continues to post positive export growth till close of the current fiscal, they would be able to achieve their export target for the year.For more details please visit : Bangladesh garment exports sustain growth momentum @ Fibre2fashion

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Clothing Trends :Delhi fashion gala marks M&S’ Tenth Anniversary in India

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Marks & Spencer celebrated its tenth year of trading in India with a special fashion gala unveiling its latest winter collections at its Connaught Place store in Delhi.Bollywood actress Kalki had joined Marks & Spencer Reliance India CEO Martin Jones and his team to mark the

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Marks & Spencer celebrated its tenth year of trading in India with a special fashion gala unveiling its latest winter collections at its Connaught Place store in Delhi.Bollywood actress Kalki had joined Marks & Spencer Reliance India CEO Martin Jones and his team to mark the occasion with an exclusive catwalk show. Over 200 guests attended the gala which showcased this season’s latest looks and must-have pieces from across M&S’ popular clothing brands. Some of the well known faces comprised Mrs. Neila Devi Kapoor wife of late Mr. Shammi Kapoor and prominent models like Sachin Khurana, Himani Thapa and Kajal Srivastava.Speaking from the Connaught Place store, Martin Jones said: “The last decade has been an incredible journey for Marks & Spencer in India and we’re delighted to mark this important milestone in Delhi where we started 10 years ago. Tonight we’ve been able to celebrate how far we’ve come by showcasing the very best of our fashion collections, in one of our newest stores. We’re continuing to grow our business in India and are looking forward to the next 10 years and beyond.”For more details please visit : Delhi fashion gala marks M&S’ tenth anniversary in India @ Fibre2fashion

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Trendy Clothing :Indian retailer The Bombay Store plans global exposure

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The Bombay Store, which set standards for the swadeshi movement in India more than a century ago, hopes to introduce more signature stores and spread its legacy far and beyond to all the fashion hubs around the globe.Established in 1906 as the Bombay Swadeshi Co-operative Store Co.

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The Bombay Store, which set standards for the swadeshi movement in India more than a century ago, hopes to introduce more signature stores and spread its legacy far and beyond to all the fashion hubs around the globe.Established in 1906 as the Bombay Swadeshi Co-operative Store Co. Ltd. by the great Indian patriot Bal Gangadhar Tilak, along with eminent businessman Munmohandas Ramji in 1906, the classy retail store epitomizes Indian panache.With the Indian retail industry entering a new era, the retail firm is in the midst of change and is even open to foreign investment.Speaking to fibre2fashion, Mr. Asim Dalal, Managing Director of The Bombay Store, said, “The whole world is opening up and we need to change with the times. The new generation prefers to make their purchases online through their PCs. Hence, business will change.”Talking about plans to seek funds from overseas, he said, “We are not immediately seeking international funds, but we are not averse to the idea of getting foreign investment in future.”For more details please visit : Indian retailer The Bombay Store plans global exposure @ Fibre2fashion

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