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Related Keywords: fashion industry, fine wool, Optim technology, outdoor recreation clothing market, wool industry, Woolmark Company

The wool industry looking for a big break in the outdoor recreation clothing market is likely to get success due to the technology originally developed to make fine wool finer.
 
The Optim technology behind the new fabric was originally developed more than 20 years ago when the world was desperate for more fine wool, prompting the then UK-based International Wool Secretariat (IWS) and various textile processors to look at stretching woollen fibres in the early processing stage.
 

Related Keywords: die finishing, fashion industry, industrial strategy, Morocco Quality Knitting, Morrocan textile industry, printing, projects, technical equipment

The industrial strategy approached by Morocco as given its textile industry a priority and ability to not only face but overcome the rising challenge of competition, especially from China and Turkey. Five projects are underway and agreements have been signed. These include an investment by Paris Texas in die finishing, printing and dyeing for MAD 101 million, Sefita is investing MAD 100 million in finishing and dyeing rooms. Plastima is investing in technical equipment for the textile industry with an investment of MAD 80 million.

Related Keywords: ancient Greek style, Arsinoe de Thrace, fashion industry, Greek clothing, Greek fashion company

Arsinoe de Thrace, a Greek fashion company established a year ago in Samothrace by three Greek women with a determination to leave their own mark on the global fashion industry, inspired by the ancient Greek style of Arsinoe, the ancient queen of Thrace has introduced haute couture garments by combining ancient Greek clothing with contemporary design.

Each dress is made of raw Greek materials, such as pure silk and cashmere from the Greek town of Soufli, known for its silk production.

Related Keywords: Africa design, designer, fashion industry

African fashion has taken a dramatically change in the past few years. Wearing African-designed clothes is now seen as a sign of the times. It’s fashionable and brings to light a high social status which was earlier linked to rural living or with poverty.

Africans are now becoming more and more identified with their local brands. Celebrities and government figures are seen wearing local brands, according to Lilly Alfonso, a leading fashion designer from Malawi.