Trendy Fashion Brands for Your Review

Are you curious to find an interesting new fashion brand?  Below are a few that we think that you may want to learn more about.  Actually, some are not entirely “new”, but they are worth a second glance if you have visited their sites in the past. 

If you work in the apparel industry and would actually like to meet with the company behind these brands, you may be able to find them at the next MAGIC Trade Show events.  For your convenience, we have listed some of the trade shows next to the brands.  However, you should check with the brand or the trade show organizer to double check if you are making a special trip to meet one of the companies.

Photos: Haute Rouge

Women’s Fashion Brands:

Honey Punch

Kozakh

On the Road

Haute Rouge

Erimish

Molly Bracken

Little J Headbands

   Learn more about women’s fashion brands.

Men’s Fashion Brands of interest:

OppoSuit

Two Guys Bow Tie

OppoSuit

Two Guys Bow Tie

MNKR1

WoodRoze

NO&YO

Sorel

Bellfield Clothing

Superdry

   Learn more about men’s fashion brands.

Children’s fashion brand are also a hot topic for the industry.  You can find the majority of these brands at trade shows as well.

Baby Beast may be able to find them at the playground trade show.

Hello Apparel at playground

Lanoosh at playground

Chelsea and Chester at playground

Polo Kids at FN PLATFORM

   Learn more about children’s fashion brands.

If you prefer to evaluate shoe brands, you may have interest in the following group of exciting footwear companies.

Claetyn Wood at FN PLATFORM

Papucei at FN PLATFORM

Raphaella Booz at FN PLATFORM

Conhpol at FN PLATFORM

Old Soles at FN PLATFORM
Sorel

Musse & Cloud

Maruti 

You may want to also visit the popular brands page to learn about additional resources of interest.

Thank you for taking the time to read our fashion blog post. We hope that you have found this news to be informative. If you have comments or questions, please add your thoughts in the discussion area below.

Novozymes Environmental Benefits to Textile Industry

Enzymes from Novozymes help textile mills improve operations by reducing production costs, improving quality, utilizing resources more efficiently and meeting environmental legislation.

Brands and retailers are constantly under pressure from consumers, NGOs and media to keep track of their supply chain and to consider the social and environmental factors surrounding their retail products. Meanwhile, legislators around the world are continually introducing environmental regulations which producers, small and big, must adhere to. Enzymes help mills optimize production by lowering chemical, water, and energy consumption. Enzymes are biodegradable components that do not interfere with the natural balance of rivers and streams.

Novozymes is a biotech company with a strong focus on enzyme production.  They are committed to changing the very foundations of our industrial system for the better by using industrial biotechnology.

Find textile mills that may be able to benefit from Novozymes products and services.

Learn more about what Novozymes offers to textile mills that manufacture fabric for the clothing industry.  You can research more at http://www.novozymes.com/en/solutions/textile/textile-mills/

Thank you for taking the time to read our textile industry blog post. We hope that you have found this news to be informative. If you have comments or questions, please add your thoughts in the discussion area below.

Novozymes Environmental Benefits to Textile Industry

Enzymes from Novozymes help textile mills improve operations by reducing production costs, improving quality, utilizing resources more efficiently and meeting environmental legislation.

Brands and retailers are constantly under pressure from consumers, NGOs and media to keep track of their supply chain and to consider the social and environmental factors surrounding their retail products. Meanwhile, legislators around the world are continually introducing environmental regulations which producers, small and big, must adhere to. Enzymes help mills optimize production by lowering chemical, water, and energy consumption. Enzymes are biodegradable components that do not interfere with the natural balance of rivers and streams.

Novozymes is a biotech company with a strong focus on enzyme production.  They are committed to changing the very foundations of our industrial system for the better by using industrial biotechnology.

Find textile mills that may be able to benefit from Novozymes products and services.

Learn more about what Novozymes offers to textile mills that manufacture fabric for the clothing industry.  You can research more at http://www.novozymes.com/en/solutions/textile/textile-mills/

Thank you for taking the time to read our textile industry blog post. We hope that you have found this news to be informative. If you have comments or questions, please add your thoughts in the discussion area below.

Novozymes Environmental Benefits to Textile Industry

Enzymes from Novozymes help textile mills improve operations by reducing production costs, improving quality, utilizing resources more efficiently and meeting environmental legislation.

Brands and retailers are constantly under pressure from consumers, NGOs and media to keep track of their supply chain and to consider the social and environmental factors surrounding their retail products. Meanwhile, legislators around the world are continually introducing environmental regulations which producers, small and big, must adhere to. Enzymes help mills optimize production by lowering chemical, water, and energy consumption. Enzymes are biodegradable components that do not interfere with the natural balance of rivers and streams.

Novozymes is a biotech company with a strong focus on enzyme production.  They are committed to changing the very foundations of our industrial system for the better by using industrial biotechnology.

Find textile mills that may be able to benefit from Novozymes products and services.

Learn more about what Novozymes offers to textile mills that manufacture fabric for the clothing industry.  You can research more at http://www.novozymes.com/en/solutions/textile/textile-mills/

Thank you for taking the time to read our textile industry blog post. We hope that you have found this news to be informative. If you have comments or questions, please add your thoughts in the discussion area below.

Novozymes Environmental Benefits to Textile Industry

Enzymes from Novozymes help textile mills improve operations by reducing production costs, improving quality, utilizing resources more efficiently and meeting environmental legislation.

Brands and retailers are constantly under pressure from consumers, NGOs and media to keep track of their supply chain and to consider the social and environmental factors surrounding their retail products. Meanwhile, legislators around the world are continually introducing environmental regulations which producers, small and big, must adhere to. Enzymes help mills optimize production by lowering chemical, water, and energy consumption. Enzymes are biodegradable components that do not interfere with the natural balance of rivers and streams.

Novozymes is a biotech company with a strong focus on enzyme production.  They are committed to changing the very foundations of our industrial system for the better by using industrial biotechnology.

Find textile mills that may be able to benefit from Novozymes products and services.

Learn more about what Novozymes offers to textile mills that manufacture fabric for the clothing industry.  You can research more at http://www.novozymes.com/en/solutions/textile/textile-mills/

Thank you for taking the time to read our textile industry blog post. We hope that you have found this news to be informative. If you have comments or questions, please add your thoughts in the discussion area below.

Fabric Stores in New York

Are you looking to purchase fabric in New York?  If you are in the city, we would suggest heading into the garment district to locate various textile retailers.  You will find plenty of fabric stores on or near 38^th street.  The Garment District, also known as the Garment Center, the Fashion District, or the Fashion Center, is a neighborhood located in the Manhattan borough of New York City.  The dense concentration of fashion relevant businesses give the neighborhood its name.  In this district garmentos can find trim & notions relevant to clothes, footwear, and accessories.  The area contains manufacturers, wholesalers, and retailers.  The majority of store fronts are for selling to the trade only.  They don’t typically sell to the general public.  The neighborhood is less than 1 square mile (2.6 km2), and has generally been considered to lie between Fifth Avenue and Ninth Avenue, from 34th to 42nd Streets (in recent years, this range may have shrunk a bit).  If you are not familiar with the city, you may want to aim for 38^th street between 7^th & 8^th Avenue.

Here are a few New York fabric stores that may be of interest for your project:

New York fabric stores help support the manufacturing component of the NYC fashion industry.  In addition to actual manufacturing, the fabrics found in local stores are used for merchandising purposes and sample making.  Even if some of the mass production is manufactured in other countries, the fabrics purchased in New York area have importance to the global industry.  Fashion designers visit Manhattan from various boroughs as well as other states.  It is not uncommon for clothing businesses to shop the NY fabric stores even if their headquarters are from other areas of the tristate region (New York, New Jersey, Connecticut).

B&J Fabrics: B&J Fabrics is a family-owned, family-run fabric retail store specializing in ladies’ fashion textiles. Their mission is to provide their customers with the largest and latest selection of high-end fabrics from all over the world. B&J is one of the best and most famous fashion fabric retail stores in the USA and the World. They are located on 7th Avenue, or "Fashion Avenue," in Manhattan.  Address: 525 Seventh Ave. New York, NY  10018 Phone (212) 354-8150

Mood Designer Fabrics: Mood Fabrics is one of the top shopping destination for fashion fabric in the world:  The NYC flagship store alone plays host to more than 1,200 customers every day. Named one of “Fashion’s 50 Most Powerful” by The New York Daily News, Mood Fabrics has played a vital role in the fashion world for more than two decades.  The company prides itself on being a family business that is the manifestation of founder Jack Sauma’s dream, and a true American success story.  Address: 225 W. 37th St. New York, NY 10018 Phone (212) 730-5003

New York Elegant Fabrics: Founded in 1989, New York Elegant Fabrics serves the theatrical and fashion industries in New York City, offering almost 20,000 square feet of retail space.  Sharing experience in textiles for more than 30 years each, the family has remained an important part of the garment district.

Address: 224 W 40th St New York, NY 10018 Phone (212) 302-4980

Rosen & Chaddick Fabrics: Located in the heart of New York City's Garment center, this business has been family owned and operated for over 60 years. Featured in this image, are current owners, Ellen Rosen and David Chadick. Our new location is a one floor showroom stocked with beautiful designer fabrics from all over the world. Rosen & Chadick prides themselves on having the most desirable fabric selections in New York City.  Address: 561 Seventh Ave. New York, NY  10018 Phone (212) 869-0142

Sure this is only a few of the many options.

If you would like to consider other cities or states, you can try our fabric retailer and fabric wholesaler sections for additional options.

You may also find the fabric search website to be of interest.

Thank you for taking the time to read our textile industry blog post. We hope that you have found these resources to be informative. If you have comments or questions, please add your thoughts in the discussion area below.

Making Money with a Fashion Blog

How do I make money with a FASHION BLOG?  Wow, that's an amazing question.

The most important question that a fashion blogger should ask his or her self is, "why am I creating a blog?".  It needs to be determined if you are creating one for love or for money.  If you are simply creating a blog for the love of doing so, that is awesome.  You are already a success.

If you are creating a fashion blog in the attempt to make money, you need a plan.  The truth is that making a great blog is easy.  Making money from it, is not so easy.

Here is a secret to success... Test, test, and test.  In other words, you need to know what works for your website and what does not.  The best way to achieve this goal is to play around with colors, layouts, advertising, etc.

Rather then figure this all out on your own, you can use a service such as Ezoic.

Find out what Ezoic can do to help you improve your fashion websites revenue.

Apparel Search is currently testing the ezoic system and we have been happy thus far with the experience.

A Google Certified Publishing Partner.  Learn more about Ezoic here.

One of the best parts of the system is that it makes old websites mobile friendly.

Interfilière Lingerie Trade Shows

Interfilière is an important international rendezvous for lingerie and swimwear materials and accessories.

The trade shows take place in New York, Paris, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Lyon.

Interfilière is the proven platform for making contacts and doing business. It’s the place where many professionals in the international lingerie and beachwear markets come together.  The fashion industry trade show is an incubator for progressive thinking and an accelerator for trends in the intimate apparel and swimwear market. Interfilière explains what consumers want and anticipates evolutions in growth regarding these key markets.

The trade show is also a place for ready-to-wear and haute couture professionals to find inspiration.  More than ever before, it’s the reflection of a constantly changing international market that’s driven by innovation and performance.  This clothing industry trade show satisfying visitors’ and exhibitors’ needs to stay informed and be as visible as possible in the market.

Salon International de la Lingerie, is in synch with the reality of the profession and in synergy with Interfilière Paris which provides constant, solid value, as proven by its loyal following of the market’s most influential players.

Learn more about fashion trade shows in the trade show directory section.

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How To Be Single star Rebel Wilson stepped out in Beverly Hills with lighter locks after leaving NINE ZERO ONE salon.  In preparation for her new film premiere, Rebel's stylist Nicole Leal from NINE ZERO ONE touched up her blonde locks for a sleek and simple look.

LondonEdge confirms guest speaker line-up for SS16 show

It’s t-minus two weeks until LondonEdge makes it return to Olympia West, Kensington, London W14 from 7^th-9^th February 2016 for a weekend of mayhem, fun and cutting edge fashion. This season the team just keep on packing the punches as this week they reveal the final line-up of the guest speakers who will be sharing their knowledge with visitors to the exhibition this season. Here’s the rundown on the presenters who will be setting the stage alight with their business know how.

SUNDAY 7th February:

1.30pm : Bloggers Panel Featuring Amanda Davies of Honey Pop, Vintageena + Beauty & Fashion Blogger Sophie Hannah Richardson.

Topic: Developing Successful Blogger and Brand Relationships Within the Lifestyle Fashion Industries

A discussion with influential bloggers and vloggers within the alternative fashion, beauty and lifestyle industries, about the best practice for effective brand and blogger collaborations, and the continued importance of rewarding social media marketing.

 3.30pm : Image Maker Panel Featuring Photographer Xanthe Hutchinson and Stylist Hannah Grunden.

Topic: Discussing Image Making for the Alternative and Lifestyle Fashion Industries

A discussion with practicing image-makers about working with brands to create strong imagery, and how they are modernising the image of alternative fashion through their work and collaborations.

 MONDAY 8th February:

12 Midday: Accessing Young Talent to Drive Your Social Media and Digital Marketing Cost Effectively by Nic Eatch Employer Engagement Officer at SR Education. 

Topic: Nic Eatch has had a long and distinguished career in Sales and Marketing Training and, this breadth and depth of knowledge, has been critical in driving the growth of SR Education as a training provider. 

He's an incredibly positive, creative and problem solving character and, at LondonEdge, he will be talking about how you can access substantial free training budgets of £7,500+ under the apprenticeship umbrella by up-skilling existing staff, recruiting a new apprentice or harnessing young talent to work on you Social Media and Digital Marketing for a minimal cost.

2.00pm : TFN The Fashion Network, Capitalise and Alan Horridge

Topic: Access to Finance & Managing Finances In Clothing Companies

Featuring Barbara Durand of Capitalise, Alan Horridge who is a consultant specialising in the fashion industry and chaired by Dale Hicks of The Fashion Network. A specialist finance panel that will cover subjects such as accessing finance for fashion companies plus an insightful and useful look at how to best manage cash flow and finances within clothing companies.

4pm: Phil Strongman Band Manager, Music Journalist, Book Author, Environmentalist & Film-Maker.

Topic: ANARCHY IN FASHION 

Phil started work in fashion at 17, as a Saturday boy who then became a designer for seminal 'street couture' boutique ACME ATTRACTIONS, a King's Road basement managed by DON LETTS (film-maker, BBC Radio 6 DJ) and JEANETTE LEE (now CEO at ROUGH TRADE). ACME's customers included JOE STRUMMER of THE CLASH, BOB MARLEY, SID VICIOUS, NICK LOWE, CHRISSIE HYNDE, BILLY IDOL, PAUL GORMAN, CHRIS SULLIVAN and future members of THE DAMNED, PiL etc. After helping launch BOY (aka BOY LONDON) at the height of 1977's punk explosion, Phil went on to supply designs to PX, FANS,
 OFFICE, ROCK A CHA & SIGN OF THE TIMES. Amongst his friends and acquaintances during this time were all the major music groups as well as VIVIENNE WESTWOOD, MALCOLM McLAREN, BOY GEORGE, ADAM ANT, LLOYD JOHNSON and Acme/BOY founders STEPH RAYNER and JOHN KRIVINE. Since the early 80s Phil has been a band manager, music journalist, book author, environmentalist and film-maker. His music and fashion-related books include PRETTY VACANT, METAL BOX, COCAINE AND JOHN LENNON: LIFE, TIMES AND ASSASSINATION. He currently runs the PS ACME GALLERY in West Dalston.

Phil's forthcoming feature length film ANARCHY! McLAREN WESTWOOD GANG has been described as 'the Apocalypse Now of art documentaries' and concerns ‘sex, drugs, rock’n’roll, fashion, crime, politics. The film will be screened this February at the Regents Street Cinema – for more details go to www.regentstreetcinema.com.

The buzz punk created is one of massive influence – look in the pre-punk 1970s fashion magazines for a line about the ‘Little Black Dress’, I couldn’t find one. It had been almost completely forgotten. Dark, stark clothing came back with Punk and has swung in and out of vogue ever since. Look in the same magazines for pictures of narrow slacks or high waist peg trousers or even tight drainpipe jeans – in almost every case, there aren’t any. Or look in the pre-punk music press for successful independent labels, there’s barely one…

From music to journalism to hair to make-up to shoes to clothes to cultural attitudes - everything was changed by punk. And those involved in Punk were to be key figures in all that followed - from New Wave to Power Pop to Post-Punk to Gothic to New Romanticism to Rockabilly, 2-Tone, Warehouse, Acid House, Rave, Grunge, Britpop and Indie. Many of punk’s leading lights - from McLaren and Westwood to Boy George, Adam Ant, Kevin Rowlands, Julie Burchill, Tony Parsons and Sting – then went on to dominate the 80s and 90s … and 40 years later we have still have punk attitudes and punk fashion and cyber-punk and punk ale and punk films and even golf punk.

But why? What made that movement so creative and dynamic? And so influential? That’s what is to be discussed in Anarchy In Fashion; how a gang of ‘isolated non-conformists’ took the music and fashion world by storm, created the biggest mass art movement since Dada and – for a time – changed everything. Why did that happen then…and are there any lessons for today?

TUESDAY 9th February:

11.15am: Kate Beavis: Writer, Speaker and Brand Ambassador

Topic: Social media hacks to grow your social media followers + therefore your business. 

Kate Beavis is a vintage entrepreneur with a number of businesses in the fashion and lifestyle genre. She is a blogger at katebeavis.com, a published writer (her book Style Your Modern Vintage Home was published in 2013 with a foreword written by Paloma Faith), is one half of Vintage Academy and owns the National Vintage Wedding Fair. Prior to this, she has enjoyed a 20 year career in retail in a variety of roles including regional management, visual merchandising, marketing and retail design both in the UK and internationally. She now uses her broad experience in freelance PR roles specialising in social media for small, independent businesses.

Kate Beavis shares some of her trusted and favourite social media hacks, that she’s utilised for both herself & others to grow followers and ultimately to grow your business. She will share who does it well, and why, to get you thinking about how you too can do the same. 

12.45pm: Perelandra Beedles: A plus size fashion writer, blogger and social media manager. 

Topic: The Retro Romance of The Plus-Sized Girl

Perelandra's blog "Pamper and Curves" has twice won the Best Plus size fashion blog award & reaches thousands of plus size women daily from all around the world. She is a regular columnist for Slink magazine and has a lifestyle column in Kustom Kulture monthly. Her work has featured in the Guardian, The Daily Mirror, Vintage Life and BGP. Perelandra regularly works with major plus size fashion brands & is also part of the social media team for the Curve fashion festival. She was recently part of The Fashion Networks’ discussion panel "The Rise of Plus-Size" 

Why is vintage-inspired style so appealing to plus-size women? Trends come & go but clothes influenced by the 1950's continue to attract many women over a dress size 14. 

As more brands increase the size range of their retro inspired offer this talk held by plus size fashion expert Perelandra Beedles will explore the enduring attraction of the 1950's look, as well as presenting ideas and suggestions as to how retailers can better serve the curvy customer.

The next LondonEdge will run, fully loaded, from 7^th-9^th February 2016 at Olympia West, Kensington, London W14. Register to visit LondonEdge at www.londonedge.com/visitors.

Thank you for taking the time to read our fashion industry event blog post. We hope that you have found this news to be informative. If you have comments or questions, please add your thoughts in the discussion area below.