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All About Dressing As You Want

A. Das uncovers the current trend which is all about dressing as you want. Easy, over-sized, baggy fits and unstructured cuts are ruling every wardrobe.

Online Shopping Likely To Reach $1.2 Trillion By 2025

Market Watch

Weaving A Sustainable Future

Brinda Gill talks to Ashita Singhal, awardwinning weaver, designer and social entrepreneur, and founder, Paiwand Studio, who is committed to converting textile waste into new, meaningful textiles.

Summer of 2022

Heer Kothari walks our eager onlookers through the runways of New York, Milan and Paris, exploring the nuance of summer styling for men in 2022

Journeying for the Joth

Brinda Gill drafts the interesting journey of Vinay Narkar, a textile designer and revivalist based in Solapur, spared no effort in the pursuit of joth, one of the lost weaves of Maharashtra, and reviving it.

Go Digital - Get Organised Reshamandi Style!

Heer Kothari explores India’s first and largest market-place, digitising the natural textile supply chain. It is a full stack ecosystem in the form of a super app, starting from farm to fashion.

Erotissch – Stitching differently

Chitra Balasubramaniam explores Erotissch, a brand by women for women, based on the concept of ‘Bed to street wear'.

Colourful Fable

A. DAS interviews Karan Torani to find out the inspiration behind the designs of his label Torani and his thoughts on it being widely welcomed and connected well.

Going #PLUS

Heer Kothari explores the growth of the Plus Size apparel segment in India.

Endorsing Desi Oon

Brinda Gill discovers India’s indigenous wools, locally called Desi Oon, which hold potential for use in the apparel industry

Business Connect: Vendor Sourcing Fair

CMAI — Pioneer and Representative Association of the Indian Apparel Industry for over Five decades — Organised a one of its kind ‘Vendor Sourcing Fair’ (VSF) on November 23, 2021. VSF is the industry’s first, unique platform that enables Brands, Retailers and Exporters to meet Manufacturers who have the capacity to cater the demand of the Buyers who own Private Labels. This Two Day Event was held at Hotel Sahara Star, Vile Parle, Mumbai. Approx. 750 Visitors visited this 2-Day Fair including Multi Brand Outlet (MBO) E-Commerce, Brands, Exclusive Brand Outlets, Merchandisers from Sourcing Departments of the Brands, Manufacturers/ Exporters etc.

True Hues

Brinda Gill talks to Dr. Bosco Henriques, a doctorate in plant molecular biology and founder of BioDye India Pvt. Ltd., one of India’s foremost 100% natural dyeing units, about his thoughts on the attributes and potential of natural dyes.

Making Jamdani Trendy

Jamdani was originally known as Dhakai named after the city of Dhaka, one of many ancient textile weaving centers in Bengal. A. Das delves

A Report on Meeting with Industry Associations, held on November 23, 2021

The Clothing Manufacturers Association of India (CMAI) has always been at the forefront of representing the interests of the Domestic Garment Industry to the various Government Authorities, Media, and other Agencies. It has also played a leading role in providing the best possible service to its members through its National Garment Fairs, Conciliation Cell, Skill Development Programs, Ivy League, etc.

A New Lease on Life

Meher Castelino speaks to Ramesh Menon, who is helping revive the dwindling handloom sector in Kerala through Save The Loom

CMAI Launches its Arbitration Cell

The unsolicited misfits in business see no solution for the parties. In order to settle the dispute and maintain a good flow among the parties for further business practices, CMAI, launched its Arbitration Cell on November 23, 2021 at Yogi Sabhagruh, Opp. Dadar Station, Dadar (East), Mumbai – 400 014 to explain the Arbitration process, Rules and its Benefits to the Members and the Trade in general.

A Bird's-eye View

Heer Kothari exploring the potential of hand-woven goods in the virtual space, in an insightful exchange with Nitin Pamnani, founder of iTokri.com

Impact Of The Pandemic And The Choices Made By The Indian Bride

Heer Kothari explores the impact of the pandemic and the choices made by the Indian bride

Turning Goa Into A Fashion Hub

Meher Castelino speaks to Pallav Ojha and Neha Asthana about turning the sunshine state into a fashion buzzhouse

INDIA HAS ALWAYS BEEN A FASCINATION

Brinda Gill talks to Caroline Poiner, founder of the social enterprise Artisans of Fashion (AOF) and business enterprise Cloth & Co, based in Sydney, Australia, shares her thoughts on collaborating with textile artisans in India to create collections for the global market

CMAI'S 1st Vendor Sourcing Fair to Open Doors in November

The Association is Organising its 1st Vendor Sourcing Fair 2021 on November 24-25, 2021 at Hotel Sahara Star, Opp Domestic Airport, Mumbai 400 099. Total 83 Exhibitors are displaying their Products in this Fair.

CMAI holds 25th IVY League Meeting

MR. JAIN & MR. DHALL BRIEFED MEMBERS ON WHAT THE UPCOMING OPPORTUNITIES IN THE GARMENT INDUSTRY POST COVID-19 ERA COULD BE.

Celebrating Indian Textiles

Nila House, located in an aesthetically restored heritage home in Jaipur, is a centre of excellence for revitalising traditional Indian textiles. Brinda Gill writes

Un-Dyeing Efforts To Save The Nature

The dying art of hand printing is thriving in India because of a handful of brands. A Das finds out.

SPIN UP

Satish Nagendra Poludas, Founder & Principal Designer, Kora Design Collaborative, Hyderabad, shares his thoughts with Brinda Gill on the practise and potential of hand-spinning in India

Pure and Simple

Anjali Bhaskar, designer and founder, Samatvam, shares the story of her brand and her new line, Samatvam PURE with Brinda Gill

STYLE FILES: FDCI INDIA COUTURE WEEK 2021

The second, digital edition of the FDCI: India Couture Week 2021 saw 19 Indian designers present their latest collection.

THE EBB AND FLOW OF THE APPAREL INDUSTRY

CMAI’s 73rd National Garment Fair was a ray of hope for Exhibitors and Visitors amidst the fear of yet another blow to the Industry in the form of the Third Wave. The Turnout at the Fair was indicative of the recovery that Manufacturers and Buyers are hoping for. Here’s a look at what transpired over Four Days, across Two Venues.

'BUSINESSES HAD TO EMBRACE DIGITIZATION DURING COVID-19'

In an interview with Meera Warrier, Vivek Ramachandran, CEO, Serai, reveals how Serai plans to disrupt the apparel industry

QUOTE UNQUOTE

The threat of a third wave of Covid-19 notwithstanding, the 73rd National Garment Fair saw enthusiastic exhibitors and organisers take a leap of faith to come together for a successful four-day event. Team Apparel talks to participants across both the venues to know the buzz on the ground.