Cycology Clothing – Cyclists and Runners

Posted on October 10, 2011 by Clothing Industry Guide

Looking for some casual wear that’s edgy, yet fun? Check out CycologyGear.com. Cycology offers “tees that mess with your head,” which is a polite way of saying there’s a message that might just make you stop and think.

Although some of the slogans are creative takes on old adages like “Burn fat, not fuel” or “Fall 7 times, stand up 8″, the artwork is fresh, unique, and creative. So while “Surgically enhanced” might evoke images of cups running over, Hollywood style, Cycology’s take is a human hand with tools replacing some of the fingers, and a bottle opener for a thumb. (Now is a good time to mention they are based out of Australia.) Another image is a human head with white headlight in the forehead, and red light at the base of the neck. Steady or flashing, naturally.

Store categories currently include Behavioural, Clinical, Environmental, and Sports, with each category containing clothing that combines slogans and artwork representative of their category. An example is shown to the right, which can be found in the Environmental category.

Everything is designed for the outdoors enthusiast that wants to boldly and proudly express their chosen sport. While the line is currently limited to cycling and running, expect to see skiing, adventure racing, motorcycling, swimming, and more in the future.

CYCOLOGY = Science + Art + Love

It’s an infectious disease that will ultimately mess with your mind.

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Jean-Michel Cazabat 2011 Shoe Designer Summary

Posted on October 10, 2011 by Clothing Industry Guide

Jean-Michel Cazabat, a native of Gascony in southern France, has designed shoes for over 25 years. He began his shoe-industry career as buyer and Creative Director for legendary French shoe designer Charles Jourdan from the late 1970’s through the early 1980’s, Cazabat later ventured to New York and served as president of the prestigious shoe brand Stephane Kelian, overseeing operations and developing product for the American market.

Determined to fill a void in the market and create a quality shoe collection as exciting as his favorite inspirations — loud music, spirited nightlife, women, and fine cuisine — Jean-Michel launched his ultra-feminine women’s line in 1999, followed by his hand-made, rock-n-roll inspired men’s line a few years later. Allowing his passions to dictate his design, Jean-Michel uses fiery colors, flirty silhouettes, whimsical details and exotic skins to create distinctive styles. Signature details include glitter-specked suedes, nightclub bright metallic finishes, intricate strapping, and vibrant colors. Textural elements like braiding, piping, layering and prominent stitching further animate his designs. From stylish refinement for business-wear, to brazen flamboyance for nightclub wear, to subversive chic for everywhere, Jean-Michel presents designs for almost every occasion.

Jean-Michel Cazabat luxury shoes are available at fine stores worldwide, including Barneys, Neiman Marcus, Shopbop.com and Maxfield L.A.  Visit their website for stores.

Learn more about designer shoes on the Shoe Network.

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Return of Lucky Kid

Posted on October 10, 2011 by Clothing Industry Guide

Return of Lucky Kid – learn more at the Lucky Brand website.

You can shop the Lucky Kid collection later this month online and in selected Lucky Brand stores.

Return Of Lucky Kid

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Iconoclast Handbag Indie Designer Catherine Meyer

Posted on October 10, 2011 by Clothing Industry Guide

Iconoclast Handbag designed by Catherine Meyer at Kate Spade New York October 2011

catherine meyer handbag Kate Spade Oct 2011

iconoclast handbag
  • pebbled cowhide leather with matching trim
  • over the shoulder with open top and center zip divider
  • 14-karat light gold plated hardware
  • double slide pockets and interior zip pocket
  • custom woven cream with gold dot lining
  • ksny gold printed signature
  • 8.5″ drop length
  • imported
  • style # pxru3168

Learn more at http://www.katespade.com

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Cotton From Blue to Green – American Eagle Outfitters Participates

Posted on October 7, 2011 by Clothing Industry Guide

Cotton from Blue to GreenAmerican Eagle Outfitters is partnering with Cotton, From Blue to Green denim recycling program this fall.

Return your old jeans to any American Eagle Outfitters store in the U.S. between October 5th-18th, 2011 you will get a 20% off discount on your entire purchase that day.

Learn more about the Cotton From Blue to Green Retail Promotion.

This program is organized by Cotton Incorporated.

Learn about cotton prices from the new cotton prices website.

Read more news about American Eagle Outfitters or simply learn more about American Eagle Outfitters on Apparel Search.

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Perry Ellis International October 2011 – Company Summary

Posted on October 7, 2011 by Clothing Industry Guide

Perry Ellis International, Inc. is a leading designer, distributor and licensor of a broad line of high quality men’s and women’s apparel, accessories and fragrances, as well as select children’s apparel. The Company’s collection of dress and casual shirts, golf sportswear, sweaters, dress pants, casual pants and shorts, jeans wear, active wear, dresses and men’s and women’s swimwear is available through all major levels of retail distribution. The Company, through its wholly owned subsidiaries, owns a portfolio of nationally and internationally recognized brands, including: Perry Ellis®, Jantzen®, Laundry by Shelli Segal®, C&C California®, Rafaella®, Cubavera®, Centro®, Solero®, Munsingwear®, Savane®, Original Penguin® by Munsingwear®, Grand Slam®, Natural Issue®, Pro Player®, the Havanera Co.®, Axis®, Tricots St. Raphael®, Gotcha®, Girl Star®, MCD®, John Henry®, Mondo di Marco®, Redsand®, Manhattan®, Axist®, Farah®, Anchor Blue® and Miller’s Outpost®. The Company enhances its roster of brands by licensing trademarks from third parties, including: Pierre Cardin® for men’s sportswear, Nike® and Jag® for swimwear, and Callaway®, TOP-FLITE®, PGA TOUR® and Champions Tour® for golf apparel.

Learn about Perry Ellis and other fashion companies on the Apparel Search directory.

If you are interested in the apparel industry, you may possibly want to actually work in the industry.  If that is the case for you, you may want to take a moment to visit the fashion job search website.  Potentially, you will discover a wonderful career opportunity at a company such as Perry Ellis.
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Black Swan Halloween Costume Idea

Posted on October 6, 2011 by Clothing Industry Guide
Great Costume Idea”It’s October, which means that orange is in style – until Halloween’s over, that is! But if you’re planning on attending a Halloween party with friends or work colleagues, you probably don’t want to show up in a pumpkin costume.  Here are some costume ideas that are so fashionable, you just might win the costume contest for your style!”
Check out 10 Great Fashion Halloween Costume Ideas.  The Black Swan Halloween costume idea is only one of the great ones.  Great Halloween Costume article written by Andrea Erins for Apparel Search.
Learn more about Halloween costumes from the new Halloween costume retailers website.
Learn more about Black Swan.
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Pink Scrubs For Breast Cancer Awareness

Posted on October 6, 2011 by Clothing Industry Guide
This October, Spectrum is proud to sponsor National Breast Cancer Awareness Month — a time to promote regular mammograms and increase early detection of breast cancer. About 1 in 8 women in the United States will get breast cancer. Other than skin cancer, breast cancer is the most common kind of cancer in women. Mammograms can help find breast cancer early when there is the best chance for treatment.

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Pink Scrub Tops

Show you support Breast Cancer Awareness with our Spectrum pink scrub tops. Save lives while being in style.. They have many styles also available in Pink..

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Signature Design Program and Fashion Show Competition Highlights Local Students

Posted on October 6, 2011 by Clothing Industry Guide

O’Neill Clothing, the original California surf, snow and youth lifestyle brand, today announced the complete details of its 4th annual “Generation Next” design competition and music event, in association with TEEN VOGUE, taking place on Saturday, October 15th at 6:00pm at Avalon Hollywood in Los Angeles, Calif.  The evening will be hosted by fashion industry insider and television presenter, Louise Roe, a cast member on MTV’s hit show, “The City,” and most recently serving as co-host for MTV International’s red carpet coverage of the 2011 Movie Awards, VMA’s and EMA’s; and E!’s live coverage of the Royal Wedding.  Joining Roe as part of the evening’s schedule will be rock band, Everest (Warner Bros. Records/Vapor Records).  Tickets are on sale now at WantTickets.com for $10 in advance online or $15 at the door.

Marking the completion of a six-month program based at O’Neill’s headquarters in Irvine, Calif., five students from local Southern California high schools will present their original dress and handbag designs on the runway, featuring an O’Neill Swim fashion show with international supermodel and O’Neill brand ambassador, Elyse Taylor. Sponsored in part by Paul Mitchell, who also provides all the hair and makeup for the runway shows, and streaming live on O’Neill’s Facebook fan page, www.facebook.com/oneillgirls, this year’s event promises to be the biggest and most exciting yet.

The Grand Prize winner will be determined by text message votes from the audience and webcast viewers on the evening of the event, and judges from O’Neill and TEEN VOGUE.

The Generation Next program provides young designers with the tools and expertise to bring their designs to life by teaching the fundamentals and execution of apparel and graphic design, merchandising, manufacturing and marketing.  In addition to working with an O’Neill mentor on a runway look, each finalist is tasked with building a group of peers to assist with promotional activities, model casting, runway production and overall vibe for their part of the final event.  To help generate support, O’Neill visits each finalist’s high school in the weeks leading up to the show to help lead a pep rally, where each girl promotes her participation in the event.

To further expand Generation Next’s online audience this year, O’Neill has teamed up with entertainment news site, HOLLYWIRE, to feature exclusive behind-the-scenes interviews and video footage from the various steps leading up to the runway show.  Readers can see what the design process is all about, learn about the finalists, and get a sneak peek of their designs and inspirations at www.hollywire.com.

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Esmodshopping Announces Discounted Fashion Products

Posted on October 6, 2011 by Clothing Industry Guide

Esmodshopping, a newly introduced comprehensive website for dresses, shoes and jewelries, is pleased to announce its discounted products in fall/winter seasons for their customers.

Products with discounts range from wedding dresses, evening, cocktail, homecoming and celebrity dresses, trendy high heels shoes of all seasons and daily family healthcare products. With the coming of low seasons, many customers hope they can get the cheap wedding dresses through online shops or second-hand outlets. Esmodshopping has held a promotional sale since the coming of fall, the dresses they offer can suit each wedding theme well.

Esmodshopping is always trying to meet each customer’s taste and wants. For all these products they offer, they focus on simple, elegant and unique as the key principle. Those products are used to help the wearers to create the very looking they like, so they insist that these products cannot catch too much attention.

In recent months, Esmodshopping will continue to search for some part of cooperation to offer more and more new products to let their customers have wonderful experiences and cannot speak high enough about it.

Esmodshopping specially selected over 2000 various styles of wedding dresses, informal or formal dresses, dress accessories including gloves, veils and jackets to offer to retailers and wholesalers. Now new arrivals of stylish products are coming continuously. These products feature unique, trendy but low prices. Recently special discounts can also be given to the customers with large order.

Learn more about fahsion shopping on the Apparel Search website.

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Reflective Fabrics

Posted on October 6, 2011 by Clothing Industry Guide

Are you familiar with reflective fabrics?  I think you must be… Have you ever seen joggers at night wearing clothing that reflects the light from the head lights on your car?  Well, that is the use of reflective fabric.

Learn more about reflective fabrics at the new ReflectiveFabric.org website.

By the way, Halloween is coming soon.  Make sure your kids wear reflective fabric or carry a flashlight or glow sticks, etc.

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Canadian Teen Fashion Brand Garage Expands

Posted on October 6, 2011 by Clothing Industry Guide

GARAGE, the apparel brand that has been delivering effortlessly stylish casual clothing to teen girls in Canada, United States, United Arab Emirates and Qatar is delighted to announce its new partnership with Fawaz A. Al Hokair – Fashion Retail, a leader in brand licensing within the region of Saudi Arabia.

The first Garage store operated by Al Hokair Group has officially opened its doors in Sahara Mall, located in Riyadh. Al Hokair will also branch out with two more store openings over the next month in the largest malls in Saudi Arabia; one in Mall of Arabia in Jeddah and the other in Mall of Dhahran in Dhahran. The Saudi stores showcase the brand’s youthful looks from its Fall 2011 collection, presented in a context rich in storytelling reflecting the teens’ playful spirit and carefree lifestyle.

Al Hokair Group will focus on expanding the Garage brand and operating its mall-based stores. This partnership will be the stepping stone to opening up at least 25 stores in premier malls within the region, in the next five years.

After 35 years in the fashion business, Garage and its sister brand Dynamite, represent two of the most recognizable fashion brands in Canada. This spirited group creates, designs, markets and distributes from offices located in Montreal, Quebec, and operates over 260 stores in Canada and in the United States, and through partners in the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and now Saudi Arabia, with more than 4,000 employees.

Learn more about fashion in Canada.

By the way, you may also want to read more Canadian fashion news and learn about Canada fashion week to learn about more designers and brands in the Canadian market.

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Printed Fabric Website

Posted on October 3, 2011 by Clothing Industry Guide

Textile Printing MachineryA new printed fabric website has recently launched.  The site is called Printed Fabric and can be found at PrintedFabric.org

If you are interested in learning more about printing fabric and printing on apparel, you may want to check out the new guide.

The Printed Fabric website provides simple access to printed fabric suppliers from manufacturers, wholesalers, and retailers.

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HTML5 Developers Building Fashion Websites

Posted on September 29, 2011 by Clothing Industry Guide

Learn about HTML5 from the HTML5 developer website.  This technology can be used to create amazing fashion websites.  Please note that this new technology website has only launched this morning… No members yet.. It will take time to fully develop.  However, it should become a nice resource for the future.  As the site develops, we can hopefully search their for website developers to help us design cool fashion sites utilizing HTML5.

View the new site at http://www.HTML5Developers.org

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Vera Wang’s Advice September 2011

Posted on September 28, 2011 by Clothing Industry Guide

Children bring a youth and element of joy to any wedding. If you decide to include flower girls, their attire should reflect that of the bride’s while remaining age appropriate. Modest necklines and ankle or mid-calf hemlines work best.

Hair ornamentation is ideal for the flower girls – tailored bows, headbands or tiny rhinestone flowers on a barrette. Shoes should be elegant white, stain or ballet slippers that blend in tone.

My favorite finishing touch for a flower girl is short, white cotton gloves. They look adorable and elegant. If the flower girls are holding bouquets, make sure they are small and easy to maneuver – anything complex will seem out of place on a small child. – XO, Vera

Learn more about Vera Wang.

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Oakley Sunglasses Featured on MyReviewNow

Posted on September 28, 2011 by Clothing Industry Guide

Oakley eyewear

MyReviewsNow Online Shopping is pleased to feature Oakley eyewear, sunglasses for men and women as part of its designer eyewear store. Oakley, based in Foothill Ranch, California, is a luxury provider of high quality sunglasses. Oakley, started by Jim Jannard in 1975, has become a symbol of style, elegance and coolness thanks to many celebrities who have been seen wearing the designer eyewear. Rappers/Producers Lil’ Jon and T-Pain both collect Oakley and have been spokespersons for the company.

Oakley sunglasses for men and women have become ingrained in popular culture thanks to carefully selected product placement moments. Hollywood hits featuring the famed sunglasses include the X-men series, Mission Impossible 2, The Taking of Pelham 123 and, most recently, the new version of The A-Team. Operators in the Medal of Honor video game also sport Oakley sunglasses. Celebrities may have helped set the trend, but the glamor of Oakley is accessible to everyone.

Oakley sunglasses for men create a sense of style for whoever wears them. Specific designs and colors match just about any taste. Aside from being fashionable, Oakley sunglasses for men and women serve a functional purpose. In recent years, scientists have confirmed that the sun’s ultra violet rays may be very harmful to eyes. Oakley sunglasses for men and women are designed to keep out harmful UV rays without sacrificing style.

Oakley sunglasses are definitely designed to make anyone wearing them standout from the crowd in a good way. Oakley sunglasses for men include sport sunglasses, active sunglasses and lifestyle sunglasses that can be customized and personalized. The Asian fit is a current customer favorite. Designs in this fit include polarized fast jacket, fast jacket, split jacket, half jacket, flak jacket and radar path. New releases for men include the Shaun White Signature Series Dispatch, Infinite Hero Fuel Cell and Frogskins.

Oakley sunglasses for women include a blend of comfort and style. The same general styles available for men are also available for women. Special editions specifically for women include Infinite Hero Radar Path, Necessity Breast Cancer Awareness Edition, Infinite Hero Necessity, Limited Edition Summer Crystals, Gretchen Bleiler Signature Series Restless, Alinghi Polarized Split Jacket, Limited Edition Fringe Sherbert Edition, Livestrong Jawbone and Yuvraj Singh Signature Series Plaintiff.

Custom designs and goggles may be ordered, and Oakley also offers accessories available for purchase with their famous sunglasses. Some of these accessories include shirts, tee shirts, tanks, jackets and vests, sweatshirts and hoodies, pants, activewear, swimwear and dresses. Special collections available from Oakley include designs dedicated to certain lifestyles and sports such as surfing, wakeboarding and golf. Specific collections available from Oakley include Infinite Hero, Last Chance, Modern Basics, Jupiter Collection, Travel Collection and Back to school.

Prescription sunglasses are also available from Oakley. The company sells just about anything needed to go along with a new pair of sunglasses. Accessories include visors, wallets, stickers, key chains, iPhone cases and Bluetooth accessories. Prices range from the reasonable to a bit more costly, reflecting the specific style of sunglasses a customer wants. According to one estimate, there are nearly 40 million prescription eyeglasses sold in the U.S. each year with an estimated 10-15 million prescription sunglasses sold annually. Oakley remains one of the top-selling brands in the U.S.

For further information regarding Oakley designer eyewear, please visit MyReviewsNow Online Shopping.

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Linton Tweeds Fabric Manufacturer

Posted on September 27, 2011 by Clothing Industry Guide

Linton Tweeds fabrics are of the highest quality, all of them being designed and woven at the mill in Carlisle. They are textured, novelty woven fabrics made with virtually all yarn types and weaving techniques. Unique fancy yarns sourced from all over the world are combined to produce sumptuous, elegant fancy tweeds suitable for ladies jackets, skirts and coats. “Linton Direct” enables you to buy fabric online; you can purchase famous Linton Tweeds woven fancy fabrics by mail order, so if you can’t travel to visit them in Carlisle, Cumbria (near the Lake District) you can still view samples and buy classic Linton material for ladies-wear from the comfort of your home. Whether you are home-sewer, dressmaker, designer, undertaking a bespoke sewing course or tailoring course, or a fashion student, they have the couture dressmaking fabric for you to create your own unique Ladies wear fashion garment.

Learn more at Linton Tweeds Direct.

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Poplin Fabric Guide

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Clothing Industry Guide

Their is a new website to help you learn more about poplin fabrics.  The site is called Poplin Fabric and can be found at PoplinFabric.org  The site is helpful for members of the fashion industry and textile industry.

Here is a brief explanation of the poplin fabric definition from Wikipedia dated September 26, 2011, “Poplin, also called tabinet (or tabbinet), is a strong fabric in a plain weave of any fiber or blend, with crosswise ribs that typically gives a corded surface. Poplin traditionally consisted of a silk warp with a weft of worsted yarn. As the weft is in the form of a stout cord the fabric has a ridged structure, like rep, which gave depth and softness to the lustre of the silky surface. It is now made with wool, cotton, silk, rayon, or any mixture of these, though originally made from silk. The ribs run across the fabric from selvage to selvage. Poplins are used for dress purposes, and for rich upholstery work. They are formed by using coarse filling yarns in a plain weave. Shirts made from this material are easy to iron and do not wrinkle easily.”  Read the full poplin definition at Wikipedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poplin

If you are looking for poplin fabric manufacturers, you can check the poplin mill directory on Apparel Search.

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Nonwoven Fabrics

Posted on September 25, 2011 by Clothing Industry Guide

According to Wikipedia September 25, 2011 nonwoven fabric is the following, “Nonwoven fabric is a fabric-like material made from long fibres, bonded together by chemical, mechanical, heat or solvent treatment. The term is used in the textile manufacturing industry to denote fabrics, such as felt, which are neither woven nor knitted. Nonwoven materials typically lack strength unless densified or reinforced by a backing. In recent years, nonwovens have become an alternative to polyurethane foam.”  You can read the full definition at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonwoven_fabric

Learn more about Nonwoven fabrics at the NonwovenFabric.org website.

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Elena V Designs in New Jersey Fashion Week Runway Show

Posted on September 25, 2011 by Clothing Industry Guide

On October 9, 2011, Elena Vasilevsky, designer for Elena V Designs, will be showing two collections at this year’s New Jersey Fashion Week Event.

Momentum for men and women, multifunctional and hip active wear collection, and Essentials for men and women. Modern day versatile silhouettes for day into the night lifestyle.

Elena V’s Collections will be presented on October 9, 2011 at 5.PM at the W Hotel in Hoboken New Jersey in the Chandelier Room.

Born in Ukraine, Elena grew up in New York. After graduating Fashion Institute of Technology in NYC, Elena explored several artistic challenges and business endeavors. Her intense creativity, passion and discipline helped her experiment with different career moves and develop various talents in both, Fashion and Entertainment Industries.

Since starting her own label, Elena combined the diverse energy of Manhattan with timeless European elegance and sensual Latin flavor to create her collections.

“My designs express my soul and passion for dancing. Every piece of my collection contains a piece of my soul. My main source of inspiration comes from the natural energy of the people, global majority, dancing, music and variety of artistic elements that define my personal style and my life. My creations reveal personalities and allow individuals to refine their own unique beauty, highlighting individuality regardless of perfect proportions.”

Her Couture Collection “Rays Of Sun” won her “Best Designer” at the vitamin water inspired Fashion Show, in June 2011.

Elena’s Current Projects:
Couture Collection of cocktail evening dresses, will be shown in February 2012, at the New York Couture Show in Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City.

Elena Vasilevsky is an Executive Producer and Wardrobe Designer in Mambo-2Mambo “The Movie” to be released in Spring 2012. Directed and written by David F. Smith.

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