April, 16-30, 2017

India has been at the forefront of denim fabric manufacturing since a long time with Arvind Mills being the flagbearer of denim in India. However, of late many new players have come into the market and many existing ones have added capacity for differential denim, upping the game for India in a market which is driven by evolving fashion. Players in the segment are being challenged by both Pakistan and Bangladesh that are eyeing the business seriously. Yet, India enjoys a competitive edge in denim fabric manufacturing due to availability of raw material, latest technology and product development skills, as Team Apparel Online speaks to some of the denim stalwarts of the industry. As is customary with fashion weeks, they are the best representation of current mind-sets of the world at large and never have political messages. AO fashion team gives coverage to the main styles of pantsuit trend in women’s ready-to-wear collections for Fall/Winter 2017-18 under section ‘Fashion Business’. How a small screen printing job working unit turns to a public limited company and today expanding to USA and UK…, a remarkable story of success of Nandani Creation (jaipurkurti.com) – a Jaipur-based company, with turnover of Rs. 14 crore, and a profit of Rs. 46 lakhs in the last fiscal (2015-16), targeting to double its business in the fiscal 2016-17! Besides the above, our regular columns of Mind Tree, Fashion Trends, H2F, Industry Wire, Export Statistics, Resource Centre, etc. make the issue worth reading.