MM links & info about Vintage |Buy Vintage |Business -Denim  Market |Jean Exchange-coming |'G'old Classics |Today's Blue Jeans|  Business Plan | Blue@ILoveBlueJeans.com   **  Levi Strauss seeks formula of its Manchester-made denim  The Union Leader - Manchester, NH, USA
... was in Manchester earlier this month, hoping to uncover the "magic formula" that created the denim known the world over, a local history buff said yesterday ...

**  Turkmen law banning child labour welcomed by UN  Turkish Press - Turkey
... While the country is no longer a major cotton exporter, it uses its cotton to manufacture clothes for Western clothing giants such as Levi Strauss

**  American Rag Owner Buys $3.8M House From Sela Ward  KGO - San Francisco, CA, USA
... husband sold their renovated French-style Hancock Park home for slightly more than $3.8 million to the owner of American Rag, the vintage clothing outlet, it ...  KGO - San Francisco, CA, USA
... husband sold their renovated French-style Hancock Park home for slightly more than $3.8 million to the owner of American Rag, the vintage clothing outlet, it ...

**  INDIA: Mills and garment exporters expand into denim garmenting  Bharat Textile (subscription) - India
Suryalakshmi Cotton Mills is one such mill planning to increase its denim manufacturing capacity. The company says that the expansion ...

**    Denim shows no sign of fading  Swissinfo - Switzerland
... senior. such as Vanity Fair and InStyle have helped raise the cachet for denim and boost its demand. fashion analyst at retail research group Tobe. ...

**  Denim boom for Sultex  Inteletex - Bradford, West Yorkshire, UK
Sultex reports a boom in weaving machine sales in recent months, with forward orders for over 800 machines, including 620 placed by denim weavers in Italy ...

  **  Goldfinger buys out Lee Cooper local franchise  Ha'aretz - Jerusalem, Israel
... Lee Cooper is a British fashion label that specializes in denim garments. In Israel, Concept Shivuk enjoys relative freedom in designing the brand's fashions. ...

**    Rebound in Korea Denim Imports in 2004 (Statistical Report)  Emerging Textiles (subscription) - France
25 January 2005 - Korea's denim imports rebounded in 2004 after falling in 2003. In addition to a rise in shipments from China, imports ... 

**  Century to add denim capacity  Inteletex - Bradford, West Yorkshire, UK  India's Century Textiles & Industries is to invest up to Rs 1.4 billion to expand denim manufacturing at its plant near Indore. ...         **  Century Textiles to increase capacity  Calcutta Telegraph - Calcutta, India
Mumbai, Jan. 24: Century Textiles and Industries Ltd, the BK Birla flagship, is embarking upon a Rs 525-crore expansion of its paper and denim capacities. ...

**   USA: Tommy Hilfiger eliminates Young Men's jeans division  Bharat Textile (subscription) - India
LOS ANGELES: Tommy Hilfiger Corp., the clothing maker known for its red, white and blue logo, is closing its young men's jeans division and cutting 200 jobs ...

**  Nova Chemicals expansion may add 40 jobs  Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Pittsburgh, PA, USA
... a new store concept that would complement its current clothing chain, which is ... operations from Bridgeport, NJ, to Norvelt, in Western Pennsylvania, plans to ...

**  Denim demand shows no sign of fading  Reuters India - Mumbai, India
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Jeans have gone from humble weekend-wear to high-priced status symbol, with many retailers betting the denim craze -- especially demand ...

**  More thieves have designs on denim  Australian - Australia
DENIM duffing: it's the ugly new trend sweeping the Australian fashion industry, and it's probably happening in a store near you. ...

**  Novel Denim Holdings Limited Schedules Vote on Going Private ...  Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco, CA, USA
2, 2005--Novel Denim Holdings Limited (Nasdaq SmallCap: NVLD) announced today that it will hold a special meeting of holders of outstanding ordinary shares of ...

**  Italy : Jeans maker Diesel SpA reaches €1bn sales mark in 2004  Fibre 2 Fashion - India
Italian casualwear and jeanswear company Diesel SpA reported it achieved sales of €1 billion in 2004 and predicted double-digit growth for the year. 

**  Fallon Adds Earl Jean, Sigrid Olson  Adweek (subscription) - New York,  NY,  USA
CHICAGO Fallon has added two new fashion clients--Lee Jeans' Earl Jean brand and Liz Claiborne's Sigrid Olson--to its roster, according to the shop. ...**  USA: Candie's Launches Men's & 

**  Boys' Bongo Lines  just-style.com - UK
The range, aimed at 15--24-year-olds, involves exclusive agreements with TKO Apparel Inc for men's denim and tops, Mamiye Brothers for boy's denim and tops ...

**  INDIA: Raymond sales up by 14.3 per cent  Bharat Textile (subscription) - India
... Denim Division also recorded a growth in its revenue by 18.0 % at Rs. ... Export growth of Denim Division was higher by 29.6 % in value at Rs. ...

**  Made in LA, for Now  Los Angeles Times (subscription) - Los Angeles, CA, USA
... the factory's assembly line is a lot smaller than it was in 2003, business is healthy enough that Ku plans to begin making two more lines of denim next month ...

**  Day In A Page  Independent - UK
... The clothing industry employs 40 million around the world, most in poorer countries ... To minimise the impact, they also want Western corporations to tailor their ...

**  Jeans Shopping about to go High Tech  Technocrat.net (subscription) - Boston, MA, USA
... These are shown to the customer in a preview screen. The screen shows the key relevant measurements for the garments being fitted eg Waist and Hips for Jeans. ...

**  Head of China textile and apparel council pledges 'ethical ...  CBC News - Canada
TORONTO (CP) - Canadian clothing makers won't necessarily be overrun by Chinese competitors ... China is sensitive to Western concerns about how the end of quotas ...

**  Lee Jeans hopes to capitalize on best town claim  WHO-TV - Des Moines, IA, USA
... Hands down the best town.". Lee Jeans has introduced a new line of jeans that carries the town's name. Its designers searched the ...

**  Denim daze  Fort Wayne Journal Gazette - Fort Wayne, IN, USA
... Taylor Choi, a graduate student at Columbia University in New York, estimates that she has spent close to $10,000 on high-end denim since she discovered two ...

TOMMY GIVES 200 PINK SLIPS  New York Post - New York, NY, USA
... Tommy Hilfiger said it would close its young men's jeans division and instead offer denim for men through its casual sportswear collection. ...Hilfiger to cut 200 jobs, jeans unit  Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel - Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA
Tommy Hilfiger Corp., the clothing maker known for its red, white and blue logo, is closing its young men's jeans division and cutting 200 jobs across its US ...

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  **  Head of China textile and apparel council pledges 'ethical ...  CBC News - Canada
TORONTO (CP) - Canadian clothing makers won't necessarily be overrun by Chinese competitors ... China is sensitive to Western concerns about how the end of quotas ...BANGLADESH: Titas Spinning & Denim Extends Start-Up Loan  just-style.com - UK
Companies from Bangladesh and Germany are to invest Tk75 crore in a joint denim-making venture after being granted an additional loan of Tk53 crore from the ...

**  INDIA: Arvind Mills acquires American rights of Italian denim ...  Bharat Textile (subscription) - India
MR Sanjay Lalbhai of Arvind Mills is on a trans-Atlantic flight of different sorts. He has acquired the American rights of Italian designer denim brand, REDS. ...

**  True Religion Apparel Pre-Announces Strong Fourth Quarter Fiscal ...  Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
... We have quickly gained a position as one of the world's leading vendors of premium denim and are dedicated to leveraging this success into strong sales and ...**  Western/English Equestrian Apparel Fashion Show Available as Video ...  Yahoo News (press release) - USA
... of the annual fashion show held at the International Western/English Apparel ... in apparel for the 2005 lines of riding and classic clothing, jewelry, accessories ...**  Bangladesh : Bangla-German JV to set Tk 75cr denim project  Fibre 2 Fashion - India
A Tk75 crore Bangladesh-German joint venture to kick start a denim project has been approved by the Board of Investment (BoI). Textile ...

**  Warnaco initiated with "buy"  New Ratings - USA
... The expansion of the Chaps denim merchandise, robust bookings for Calvin Klein jeans and the roll-out of Chaps men's sportswear in Kohl's and Mervyn's in 1Q ...

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**  Scanner creates perfect-fit jeans  CNN - USA
LONDON, England (CNN) -- They might be one of the most timeless items of fashion, but finding a pair of jeans that best suits an individual's body shape can be ...

**  Quality and value will outlive shopping boom  The Times - UK
... The cost edge disappeared once trade barriers came down and high streets were piled high with cheap western-designed but Asian- made clothing. ...

**  Women pay the price for the jeans of their dreams  DetNews.com - Detroit, MI, USA
By Tanika White / Baltimore Sun. If a pair of jeans were the perfect length and color, hugged your body in all the right places, would you shell out $50? ...

**  UK: New Look Posts 18.8% Sales Leap  just-style.com - UK
... merchandising team. The company said that strong demand for denim and fake fur had pushed up its sales figures in the past few months. Chief ...

**  Khadi goes global with jeans.:  New Kerala - Ernakulam, Kerala, India
[India News]: Hyderabad, Jan 4 : "Khadi" is now gaining popularity with the country's youth as jeans made in Khadi hit markets. ...

**  Textile quotas end, India eyes huge gains  Times of India -  Mumbai,India
... to rich nations, freeing trade worth $300 billion and throwing open rich Western markets to countries like India. India's textile and clothing industry, its ...

**  Succeeding at Sewing  Newsweek - USA
... global one, imposing complex quotas on dozens of nations in 800 categories of clothing. ... of them I know became quota millionaires," says a Western apparel buyer ...

**  Jeans millionaire in court  This is London - London, England,  UK
    By This is London. Millionaire jeans mogul Shami Ahmed appeared in court today charged with conspiracy to impersonate a customs officer.  Experts take peek at 2005  San Francisco Examiner - San Francisco, CA, USA
... While some retailers hope those trends won't carry over, a few things from 2004 are here to stay: Denim and bright, loud colors. ...

**  True Religion Apparel Inc. and Subsidiary, Guru Denim Inc. ...  Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco, CA, USA
... (OTCBB:TRLG) and its subsidiary, Guru Denim Inc. ... will credit approve, purchase and collect all eligible Guru Denim invoiced receivables. ...

**   TEXTILE QUOTAS Mexico's market threatens to unravel  Chicago Tribune (subscription) - Chicago, IL, USA
... The accord could help the region by extending exemptions on up to 17 percent tariffs on clothing--which China ... "Our company believes the Western hemisphere has ...

**  Aspen, the far western suburb of Chicago  Chicago Tribune (subscription) - Chicago, IL, USA
... tremendous monuments people build to themselves," he says, alluding to the 25,000-square-foot mega-mansion of his neighbor, The Limited clothing store founder ...

**   Comment: Will Pakistan take bronze in the quota-free regime?  Daily Times - Pakistan
... India will raise its share in the US clothing market from 4 percent to 15 percent ... out of China and they will be the next logical place for western buyers to ...

 Africa hit hard as global textiles market opens  Reuters - UK
... Organisation Agreement on Textiles and Clothing, which for 40 years has guaranteed their textile exports duty-free, quota-free access to western markets, could ...

**  New look for global clothing industry  BBC News - London, England, UK
... lose from the changes sweeping the textile and clothing world. But some will gain - businesses in China and India and, perhaps, shoppers in Western cities such ...

**  Retailers lose $600ma year to shoplifting Stuff.co.nz -  New Zealand
... said shoplifting was a huge problem for retailers, particularly with people stealing more expensive goods like designer t-shirts, jackets and jeans, to order. ... 

**  Wearing jeans for a cause: '05 Blue Jean Friday recipients chosen  The Bozeman Daily Chronicle -  Bozeman,MT,USA
... Companies that participate give their employees the option of wearing jeans on the first Friday of the month, but only if they purchase a $2 Blue Jean Friday ...

**  A new pattern for global textile trade: China likely to dominate ...  China Post -  Taipei,Taiwan
... By specifying how many blue jeans or how much fabric an individual country could export, the quotas have effectively limited the amount of goods coming from ...

** 2004: A look back  Billings Gazette - Billings, MT, USA
... store called The Urban Store opened next door and offers more worldly metro clothing. ... In April, The Ranch, a Western store, opened a second store downtown at ...

**  An industry unraveling  Washington Times - Washington, DC, USA
... make fabric and thread and the shops that cut and sew clothing have shed ... Americas, with about 7,000 of its 7,400 workers in the Western Hemisphere, according ...

**Gently used blue jeans help charity  Idaho Press-Tribune - Nampa, USA
Through a project at Bon-Macy's in Nampa, you can trade in your "gently used" jeans for a new pair to help someone in the community receive job training and ...** New Zealand : Shoplifting drains retailers up by $600m  Fibre 2 Fashion - India
... where margins are tight.". Expensive goods like designer t-shirts, jackets and jeans are targeted by shoplifters. One retailer called ...

** Another year of the chicken due in 2005Taiwan Headlines - Taipei, Taiwan
... Western solar calendar is the global standard, and while Western astrology has ... The embroidery of clothing with roosters and cockscomb flowers is auspicious for ...

**  Cast-off clothing fuels a surge in thrift business  Philadelphia Inquirer (subscription) - Philadelphia, PA, USA
... These groups harvest brand-name garments, shoes, unstained items, and vintage clothing for resale, then unload the rest for 2 cents to 20 cents per pound to ...

**  Commentary: Geography will save US textile plants from extinction  International Herald Tribune -  Paris,France
... Wal-Mart Stores and other US chains prefer North and Central American and Caribbean suppliers who are closer to home for products like jeans and T-shirts that ...

**  FIBER PACT:Vietnam Woes From Quota End To Be Short-Lived  Yahoo News - USA
HANOI (Dow Jones)--Factory-reject Next, Gap and other Western brands of clothing line Vietnamese store shelves in growing numbers, attesting to the country's ...

**  LEVI SAYS IT'S OVER ROUGH PATCH  New York Post - New York, NY, USA
December 17, 2004 -- Troubled jeans maker Levi Strauss & Company said yesterday that it expects to report slight improvements in its 2004 financial results ...

**  Levi Strauss & Co: Could Face Bankruptcy  Reuters -  NY,USA
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Jeans maker Levi Strauss & Co. on Thursday warned it could face bankruptcy if its business does not improve ...

**  Hong Kong : Novel Denim to pay shareholders $10m  Fibre 2 Fashion - India
As part of its plan to go private, Hong Kong-based clothing and fabrics maker Novel Denim will pay all shareholders, except for the family of Chief Executive ...

**  The Dragon battles back to beat Nike  Asia Times Online -  Hong Kong
... popular, as a status symbol, in China (and shoes and clothing also are ... upon how far you take the imagery, conveying an impression of Western cultural domination ...

**  No free trade lunch this Christmas  The Times - London, England, UK
... or wool, 5.3 per cent on yarn but almost 12 per cent on clothing, helping to ... Western consumers should be among the biggest gainers from the end of the MFA. ...

**  Some Developing Nations Fear Losses as Textile Quota Ends  Voice of America - Washington, DC, USA
... Through the years, more and more Western clothing companies began sourcing products in Asia, where production is cheap. The quotas ...

** SRI LANKA: Brandix to make denim jeans for Levis  Bharat Textile (subscription) - India
COLOMBO: Denim major Levi's Strauss, which is shifting its manufacturing base out of Europe, signed a deal with Brandix Apparel for denim jeans supply. ...    

** INDIA: Jeans Sales To Exceed 43m Pairs In 04/05 - Research  just-style.com - UK
... jeanswear market is expected to exceed Rs1900 crore in fiscal 2004-05, with around 35 million domestic consumers buying over 43 million pairs of jeans a new ...

** TURKEY: Eroglu Buys Big Star Jeans Brand  just-style.com - UK
Turkish clothing manufacturer Eroglu has acquired the Big Star brand from Swiss jeans maker Big Star Holding AG for an unspecified sum. ...

** Suryalakshmi to expand denim capacity  Inteletex - Bradford,West Yorkshire,UK
Suryalakshmi Cotton Mills, India, is to increase its denim manufacturing capacity by 50%, double what it announced earlier this year. ...

** Beijing set to impose own tariffs on textiles  International Herald Tribune - Paris,France
... The Chinese decision to impose export tariffs under Western pressure will mean that ... States to impose new limits on Chinese textile and clothing imports from ...

** Vyper and PodPaq Denim from Booq  Different District - Lincoln,MA,USA
Booq announced two new products, the Vyper, a ballistic Nylon-covered molded foam sleeve for PowerBooks and iBooks, and the PodPaq Denim. ...

** America Online Unveils Top Searches for 2004  TMCnet - USA
... Top Fashion Trends: 1) Ugg Boots; 2) throwback jerseys; 3) vintage clothing; 4) ponchos; 5) western wear; 6) gothic clothing; 7) skateboard shoes; 8) punk ...

** Novel Denim board approves going private  Inteletex - Bradford,West Yorkshire,UK
Novel Denim's board of directors has approved a deal to take the company back into private hands. The company announced last month ...

** Diets, Denim, And Divas Dominate AOL Search  Mediapost.com - Westport,CT,USA
... Of note, online marketing term "spyware" came in at 43. Diets, denim, and Ugg boots were, in the words of Paris Hilton, "hot" in '04. ... - note: ILoveDenim.com is one of our domain names

** Wrangler partnership ropes home market  Greensboro News Record - Greensboro,NC,USA
... "No one had an image (of Wrangler) other than denim and Western wear. ... "In the first ads, we pointed out, 'Did you expect denim?,' " Piekenbrock says. ...

 ** UK : Italian debut for London Denim  Fibre 2 Fashion - India
Simon King owned London Denim, has entered the Italian market successfully putting up an optimistic over £100,000 sales forecast for the first season. ...

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