Textile and clothing manufacturers in the northern region of Morocco, gathered, Tuesday at Tangier, on the occasion of the first stage of a "Road Show" designed to establish the state of the sector and map out strategies for 2010, in a context of global economic recovery.

Source: Source: MAP - 02/02/2010

After a first edition in April 2009, the second "Tunis Fashion Week" will be held from April 12 to 20.

In addition to many designers, will also attend the international fashion schools located in Tunis as Esmod.

The program includes a day dedicated to sewing, two days to ready-to-wear and many special days for accessories.

The French brands "Paul & Joe" and "Ungaro Homme" will be on the party.

For communication and international relations, the organizers of the "Tunis Fashion Week" has selected "2nd bureau" agency from Sylvie Gumbach.

Source: Fashion United France - 21/01/2010

Christina Sfez and Rosemarie Blum are the two young winners of the 2010 edition of "la Charte des créateurs". The first founded the urbanwear brand D. Dikate (Djoon SARL, Paris) where prototyping is done in Marseille (Stylin), ready-to-wear in Casablanca and bags in Marseille (bag workshops Mary). Distributed in 25 outlets in France and abroad, the brand, which has seen its turnover increase by 40% from 2008 to 2009, plans to open a shop at the end of 2010 in Aix-en-Provence, Marseille and Paris, and is working on a variation for children called "B. Bikat. The second was launched Rosemarie B., premium brand distributed in 45 shops in France and abroad, where production is carried out between Marseille and Montpellier.

The competition, organized by the Mediterranean Fashion Institute (IMM), provides assistance to the winners , valued at nearly € 20 000, and  supports over a period of two years, the time to achieve four collections.

Source : Sud Infos - 03/02/2010

Spotlight on Turkey this year sharing and spreading its culture and creation in Paris with the "Year of Turkey" and prepares meticulously chosen Istanbul European Capital of Culture 2010. The launch of "Istanbul Fashion Days" which took place last summer, from August 26 to 29, the detonator was to promote the city as the capital of the fashion creativity, design and arts. The event has received over one hundred international buyers and a fleet of curious journalists from 27 countries. In total, over 1000 publications since the first edition.

The new edition of "Istanbul Fashion Days will run from February 3 to 6: A major opportunity for Turkish artists to reveal their talents on the international stage. The local elite composed by Arzu Kaprol, Bahar Korcan or Hakan Yildirim among others, present their collections in a program of 20 parades, including young designers.

It is the former power station Santralistanbul, home to a university campus, a museum and a convention center and deemed as a must for art, and culture festival, which will be responsible for hosting the event during the three days.

"Istanbul Fashion Days is organized by the ITKIB associations (Expo(Istanbul Textile & Apparel Exporters Associations), BAT (Fashion Designers ) and IMA (Istanbul Fashion Academy)

Source : Fashion United France - 29/01/2010

Indian Minister of Textile Dayanidhi Maran encouraged yesterday French clothes and textile companies to invest in the country and to explore advantages for entering partnerships with local players as part of its tour in Europe to promote the opportunities of Indian textile sector.

The Minister already visited Switzerland, Italy and Turkey and his next stop is Germany. However, a major obstacle in front of European sector companies remains the Indian government protection measures towards the local textile industry including high custom taxes of 50-60% or even up to 400%. By comparison, the levy in European Union (EU) is up to 12%.

The clothes and textile sector in India represents 14% of the country's industrial production, or USD 62 billion. However, the exports' share of 35% was affected by the financial crisis and its negative impact on the largest export markets of the EU and the USA.

Source: Les Echos - 04/02/2010

51 companies on the textiles and clothing have been closed during the first ten months of 2009, due to the global economic crisis, which resulted in the loss of 3209 jobs.

These figures were provided by the Tunisian Technical Center for Textiles (CETTEX) in a report that emphasizes that employees who lost their jobs have received support measures.

Source : africanmanager - 02/02/2010