Realizing that the buzz about companies within the apparel industry becoming insolvent and some downsizing was actually a reality, the Gujarat textile entrepreneurs now want to have a reality check ready to combat effects of global recession. This withstanding, they have found that the only secret to stay in business is to implement innovative strategies based on a thorough and accurate findings of Vadodara research bodies.

Lucky are these entrepreneurs because they are receiving massive support from two principal textile research associations namely ATIRA and MANTRA. The research bodies are keen to expedite the procedure of transferring new technologies to these open-minded entrepreneurs to start implementing the innovative strategies. ATIRA is essentially doing its best to make this dream real and enable the Gujarat textiles enterprises not to sink during these hard-hitting economic times.

MANTRA or the man-made Textile Research Association, found in Surat is in the process of establishing its operating center while Ahmedabad Textile Industries Research Association- ATIRA is rounding up the process of relocating technological advancements to medical and geo textiles industries. At MANTRA center, the entrepreneurs desiring to diversify their operations will have a chance to consult the research experts at the center particularly about coating and lamination of textiles as Dinesh zaveri, a textile entrepreneur at the center put it. Read the rest of this entry »

As a top fashion designer in Los Angeles, Kambiz Hakimis revealed recently that the handwork and determination his fellow designers and him are putting on the sample garments is derived in the similar crowns as it leaves their warehouses. Hakimi whose label ‘mesmerize’ is celebrated for it’s original patterns over elegant silhouettes and sensitive garments gave his experience as an example of this unfair habit. It happened to him when a group of famous retails representatives from New York appealed for this incredibly created sample and he accepted. Later, Hakimi was to receive the shock of life when he saw the crown of his sample selling on the retail e-tail site at discount price.
As a result, Hakimi is now cautioning the other fashion designers about this unfair practice quoting that such incidents have gone up in the Los Angeles city and even in other fashion capitals. Read the rest of this entry »