I was thrilled last week to find out that one of my three designs has been selected as a semi finalist. 'Passionflower', which happens to be my favourite of the three, is a circular design in two colours. What a huge honour to be chosen from a field of 850! Oh, how I would love to make the top 6 and get my rug manufactured in the new ID collection next year! Even more of a thrill to be picked as the overall winner, who gets to pack their bags for a trip to Milan...There's a peoples choice award,… Continue

This latest just-style report is a think piece about the future of the apparel industry. It is intended to encourage apparel industry executives to consider what is going to shape future products, markets and processes in the apparel industry.

In order to do this, forecasts have been made about future trends in what is, by definition, a very fast and continuously changing industry, one which feeds and lives on change. Areas covered include: future merchandise trends; market and distrib… Continue

Recognize the so-called good , in fact, personality . Such as coach outlet store online's " Houlian "design , originally used only on the City handbag . " Houlian " after the red , no matter what the style - shopping bags , shoulder bag, Shuitong Bao , bag , or even hand bags, wallets , cosmetic bags , purse , were the same brands interpreted as stamp blossom everywhere .

Balenciaga purple leather wallet to do the old / Cosmetic ( 465 U.S. dollars… Continue

I just love these cute kids designs from Kelly Hyatt. Entitled "Zootown", It
is a brand new collection of cards from kelly hyatt at uk publisher

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A good guide to KID'S LIFESTYLE F/W 2011-12 from Infomat.com
Seasonal Themes | Children's Market Fall/Winter 2011-12

At times sports a devil-may-care attitude as we see colour and pattern generally reserved for summer seasons used in wild abandon for winter. For the kid's marke… Continue

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At last! A great new store on the Subway in NYC! As PSFK.com notes, Georgia;mso-ansi-langua

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Following on from just-style's recent report predicting tomorrow's apparel manufacturing industry, this sister title looks at tomorrow's clothing retail market. This think-piece report is about the whole of clothing retail, now and in the future. It is an analysis of where the consumers' money will be spent. Accordingly, it has been split into broad price, merchandise and geography segments. These are:

* Price (luxury; mass; value).
* Merchandise (women’s outerwear; women’s underw… Continue

The corporatewear market can still be split into five segments. These are:

* workwear;
* careerwear;
* corporate casualwear;
* uniforms;
* protective clothing.

The dividing lines between them are becoming ever more blurred. It is no longer possible to be categorical about where workwear ends and protectivewear begins. To most people a standard boilersuit made of poly/cotton is workwear. But if the fabric is impregnated with chemical dyes which make it refl… Continue