SOURCING at MAGIC February 2019

Feb 2019 Show Happenings - What to expect at next months trade show event.

#1) WHY THE FOCUS ON Smart Design / Advanced Manufacturing?

The is the fourth industrial revolution is here! Smart design and advanced manufacturing are changing the game – making businesses more flexible, more collaborative, and lean. These areas are evolving at record speed and creating a wave of new efficiencies that are forcing the industry to listen and shift. Topics include:

Smart Design

o   Make design changes in real time digitally

o   Digital rendering of design in 3-D

o   3D to 2D digital pattern rendering

o   Smart color management “rip “system

o   Create and manage a virtual inventory

Advanced Manufacturing

o   Precision cutting of textile materials

o   Working with advanced materials

o   Digital “direct to garment” printing (cotton and synthetics)

o   Sublimation printing

Cooling Sweaters

“Who wants a summer sweater that makes you sweat?” says Betabrand Design Chief Cathy Ahn. “Beach wraps are a much-loved style, but heat and humidity can make them too toasty. Jade delivers a cooling effect that’s refreshingly real, thanks to the natural heat-reducing qualities of the stone.”

Online clothier Betabrand has just released the world’s coolest sweater. With thermoregulating green jade infused right into the knit, this garment is able to deliver a unique cooling effect that lets women enjoy sweater coziness in warmer temps. 

Vegan Fashion Week 2019

The launch of Vegan Fashion Week.

CMC is proud to host the launch of the first-ever Vegan Fashion Week (VFW), an experience dedicated to elevating ethical fashion globally by providing a platform where fashion meets activism, produced by Le Frenchlab.

Giza 45 Luxury Egyptian Cotton

Ayman and Tamer Nassar are spearheading the luxury Egyptian cotton industry as textile leaders on a micro and macro level.  Up until the mid-90s’, the private sector was prohibited from trading and exporting Egyptian cotton. Immediately following the liberalization of Egyptian cotton in 1994, the Nassar brothers co-founded Nassco Trading SAE and began purchasing Giza 45 and exporting it as raw cotton in 1995, quickly becoming one of Egypt’s leading cotton exporters.  By 1996, Ayman Nassar was known as a cotton-classing expert certified by the Cotton Arbitration and Testing General Organization (CATGO).  

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Betabrand Quells Furor Over Pocketless Women's Pants.

Last fall, the fashion world faced a full-scale trouser revolt as women demanded equal access to pants with pockets.

Social media exploded with pant protests, but conventional clothing companies couldn't react quickly enough. So crowdsourcing-based Betabrand leapt into action,  inviting hundreds of thousands of customers to help reinvent women's professional pants.  In just a few weeks, the online clothier had launched a brand-new line of its popular Dress Pant Yoga Pants featuring  pocketed styles.

Nike Men's Yoga Clothing

There’s a secret workout weapon many competitive athletes, from skateboarders to sprinters, have in their sport-performance arsenal: yoga. 

This is Nike’s first yoga-specific apparel for men.

Jeannie Mai and Torey Devitto Golden Globe Sparkle

Jeannie Mai stepped out on the red carpet at the 2019 Golden Globes last night wearing LIVEN CO's Small Diamond Huggie Earrings ($450; www.livenco.com).  

Google Evil Empire

Google+ Closed Possibly Due to Evil Empire Development

Is Google an evil empire?  "Don't be evil" was a motto that was officially used within Google's corporate code of conduct.  In October 2015, Alphabet (the new Google corporate name) took "Do the right thing" as its motto instead.  Why did they replace "don't be evil".  When they say "do the right thing" does that mean do the right thing for the "company"?  Clearly a distinction between doing the right thing for the company and doing the right thing for users of the service.  Hey Google, maybe it is time for, "Do the right thing and don't be evil".

The following article is only somewhat relevant to fashion.  It is relevant to fashion due to the fact that we had thoroughly enjoyed Google+ and had spent a great deal of time posting to our fashion relevant pages and communities on the social network.  In fact, each blog post from this fashion blog was posted on Google plus.  Apparel Search is very disappointing that Google has shut down the service due to what appears to be a poorly reported security breach.

Warning: If you are interested in reading only about clothing, shoes, handbags, etc., this is NOT the article for you.  Skip this one, unless you are curious.  Again, this particle article is not really relevant to our typical topic of interest.

Google+ Is Closing

Another FAILED Google Experiment

Why did Google+ close?  Read on for a strong possibility of the reason.

Karrueche Tran in High Waisted Girlfriend Jeans

Karrueche Tran was recently photographed shopping in Beverly Hills wearing daniel patrick. The actress looked casual and stylish in her High Waisted Girlfriend Jeans / Blue Wash ($175, www.danielpatrick.us).