share towards the end of 2006 in total apparel exports. The other major apparel exporting nations include USA‚ Germany‚ Hong Kong‚ Italy‚ Malaysia‚ Pakistan‚ Thailand and India. Some of the apparel trade statistics are presented below: The clothing and apparel industry
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each question or part question. This document consists of 5 printed pages and 3 blank pages. DC (CB (NB)) 32629/2 © UCLES 2011 [Turn over 2 Asia Clothing (AC) The current situation Asia Clothing (AC) is a private limited company. All of the shares are owned by the Bappoo family. The company manufactures a wide range of fashion clothing for women. 90% of its output is purchased by three large chains of retail fashion shops in Asia. Increased competition in the retail market has led to these
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A History of Clothing Long long ago‚ in a time very different from the one today‚ two cavemen‚ Borg and Org‚ were out looking for something tasty to eat. They had just realized that they could use a rock-sharpened stick to help kill the wild game that roamed their forest home. They were now in for another invention. As they trekked through the wilderness‚ they did not find their way to grandma’s house‚ no‚ they got hopelessly lost‚ with no GPS to call upon they settled in a pleasant clearing
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is leaving the competition in the dust in terms of sales and profits‚ not to mention speed of inventory management and turnover. Wal-Mart‚ you might think? No! Tesco‚ possibly? No! The company is Zara‚ the flagship specialty chain of Spain based clothing conglomerate‚ Inditex. Forget football stars‚ the Costa del Sol and Real Madrid‚ they are nothing compared with Zara as Spain’s most successful international export. And it has other retailers reeling as Zara’s low-cost‚ fast fashion takes global
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to the majority of clothing purchases‚ and the inspiration that comes from the runway shows in major capital cities in the U.S and abroad. In the past few years however‚ the fashion industry has responded in a positive way to menswear‚ focusing more on catering to male clientele (WikiAnalysis‚ 2012). The menswear market provides different categories of clothing that constantly evolves through color‚ style‚ and pattern‚ a huge factor that has impacted expansion of men’s clothing industry—Over a five-year
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Tailoring allows players to cut and weave various pieces of cloth into armor‚ bags‚ shirts‚ and other cloth items. Tailors play an especially important role in guilds because they can create bags for the entire guild‚ provided the guild members gather the proper ingredients. Tailors are responsible for creating cloth items for cloth-armor wearing classes: Mages‚ Warlocks‚ and Priests. They occasionally make items for other classes‚ such as cloaks or spellthread for pants. They also make decorative
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Indonesian women can be extremely fashionable and highlight the beauty of the body without overexposing the skin. In fact‚ such fashion trends greatly benefit the textile industry because modesty in dressing leads to a much greater quantitative use of clothing materials. In Indonesia‚ there are no Madonnas‚ Britney Spears‚ Christina Aguilera or Jennifer Lopez who seem to think that they can improve their singing talents by showing more skin than material in some of their performances. Unfortunately‚
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Fashion (is) a key resource through which individuals in late modernity construct their identities and position themselves in relation to others. Bennett‚ A.( 2005). Culture and Everyday Life. London Sage. p. 115. Discuss this statement with reference to individual examples. This essay will explore the importance of fashion‚ and how style is used to construct identities of individuals in particular those who followed the New Romantic movement of the late Seventies through to the early Eighties A
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of Economic Geography Advance Access published October 23‚ 2007 Journal of Economic Geography (2007) pp. 1–18 doi:10.1093/jeg/lbm035 Global sourcing: insights from the global clothing industry—the case of Zara‚ a fast fashion retailer Nebahat Tokatli* Abstract Until recently‚ Zara‚ a major international clothing retailer and pioneer of ‘fast fashion’ principles‚ kept almost half of its production in Spain and Portugal‚ earning the reputation of being one of the exceptions to globalization
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Today’s basic wardrobe will consist of whatever clothing a person needs for work ( a suit or nice dress‚ uniform‚ or work clothes)‚ clothing for going out (party dresses‚ suits‚ etc.)‚ clothing for sleeping or lounging‚ and clothing for when you are just living (tees‚ jeans‚ sports attire‚ etc.). For the purpose of this comparison‚ the fashion of the Victorian period will be used. The Victorian wardrobe consisted of clothing for the day and clothing for sleeping. Many times the undergarments would
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