The country s annual clothing and textile exports are expected to drop by 24.5% due to the coronavirus pandemic
Sri Lanka is making a significant step to increase the share of locally-sourced raw materials in clothing made in the country by setting up a new fabric processing park.
Located at Eravur, Batticaloa, in the country s Eastern Province, the park is being funded by the government s investment promotion agency, the Board of Investment (BOI), with construction beginning in the first week of February.
Yohan Lawrence, former chairman of the Sri Lanka Apparel Exporters Association, told just-style that there are already three to four investors, including apparel manufacturers, holding talks with the BOI about moving to the park.
Kravet
You ve likely heard the term painterly used to describe a fabric pattern, but nowhere is that adjective more apt than on this new line of textiles from Carmel, Indiana–based Lantz Collective for Kravet.
Lantz Collective is comprised of father-daughter duo Barry and Amanda Lantz, who have been working together for five years, after Amanda joined Barry at the firm he d run for decades (oh, and they have a store, too!). In addition to outfitting interiors, Barry is also a prolific artist, painting abstract canvases in bright, saturated colors. Now, with the help of Amanda, he s translating these artworks into fabric in the aptly-titled Canvas to Cloth collection for Kravet.
How Tharangini is keeping the handblock printing in fashion
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Back in 2007, if you had asked around for a heritage textile studio using sustainable practices in Bengaluru, chances are your search would have yielded no answers. Cue to the present. Tharangini is one of the few sustainable fashion studios in the country and is keeping the art of hand block printing alive, season after season. Its owner Padmini Govind only has her roots to thank for the success.
For Padmini, the decision to make a switch from a career in tech to running Tharangini was one that she made by listening to her heart. My mother, who passed away in 2011, gave me the freedom of choosing between running Tharangini and continuing with my job. While she had never pressured me into taking over the studio, I couldn t let the last heritage studio in Bengaluru get shut. So, I took over in 2007, she says. Years later, Tharangini is now catering to an impressive clientele with its custom-made orders
The Mall at Johnson City announced Tuesday it will conduct an exterior renovation of the town center’s entrance located next to Dick’s Sporting Goods, which will include a new greenspace
The small store, which Dee Ferguson relocated to its current home at 1709 Clarksville St., is also a center for a community of crafters, the Red River Valley Quilting Guild.