Apparel industry outlook: Upcoming trends and market growth

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As per CMAI’s research undertaken in 2019 across nearly 85,000 households spread over the entire country, the domestic consumption of apparel excluding women’s innerwear and winter clothing was to the tune of INR 5.30 lakh crores. Add to that the estimated consumption of women’s innerwear and winter wear of INR 1.50 lakh crores, and the size of the Indian apparel market would be INR 6.80 lakh crores.

Fashion Designer Carla Fernández : Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

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Carla Fernández is a Mexico City based fashion designer who creates new clothes inspired by traditional, indigenous garments of Latin America. Her work is a revolutionary approach to fashion and is absolutely breathtaking. Carla joins us on Bullseye to talk about her “Manifesto de moda Mexicana,” thrift shopping and so much more.

Conspicuous consumption: Why the worlds of food and fashion are colliding

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By Melissa Marra-Alvarez and Elizabeth Way, CNN (CNN) — Food and fashion seem an unlikely pairing. While encouraging the consumer consumption of luxury goods, high fashion has long glorified thinness, with eating deemed almost taboo. In recent years, however, their convergence seems to be everywhere. The worlds of clothing design and cuisine have deep and complex

Cutting back on spending and waste, one stitch at a time

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TORONTO — Mending clothes was a regular part of growing up for Anna-Marie Janzen, who started to learn the craft at age three from her grandmother. “That was just kind of like, of course, that’s what you do, put it in the mending pile,” she said.  “It’s just another part of taking care of your […]

Sustainable Fashion: Do you want your clothes to shrink our forests?

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Brands seeking to make more sustainable materials using less energy, water and biodegradable are ironically relying on fibres extracted from forest produce like wood pulp.  An estimated 300 million trees are cut down for these manmade cellulosic fibres every year, and there have been reports linking rampant deforestation with some of the world’s largest pulp and viscose producers

Carter King ’24, costume designer

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In his four years, Carter King ’24 has worked on 13 Yale productions and is currently designing costumes for the December 2023 production of the Shakespearian-inspired opera, “The Fairy Queen.”

Fashion, fun benefit local nonprofits

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When Edna Mendoza, co-owner of clothing boutique Apricot Lane, sees her customers in her shop’s clothing, it makes her happy. So, she’s especially looking forward to seeing her garments being