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Fashion 2021-08-31

'Bata India’ Q1 FY22 revenue doubles to Rs 267 crore

31th August 2021, Mumbai:

The Q1FY22 revenue of footwear major Bata India doubled to Rs 267 crore, as against Rs 135 crore it reported in the corresponding period of the previous fiscal year. As per Fashion Network, the brand’s consolidated net loss narrowed to Rs 69 crore during the first quarter ended June 30, 2021, as against a net loss of Rs 101 crore it reported in the year-ago period. Its total expenses for the quarter rose to Rs 372 crore as compared with Rs 322 crore in the year-ago period.

Gunjan Shah, CEO opines, the brand’s agile contingency plan helped it navigate through the changing business landscape amidst infection surge. It was able to serve customers through alternate retail channels such as the company’s website, online market places, Bata Chat shop and Bata Store on Wheels. These channels enabled the company to minimize the overall impact of the second pandemic wave, he adds.

Bata India also strengthened its retail presence during the quarter by opening 7 new franchise stores to take its overall count to 234 franchise stores.

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Fashion 2021-08-31

'Bata India’ Q1 FY22 revenue doubles to Rs 267 crore

Amit GT launches women’s couture collection at 'India Couture Week'

30th August 2021, Mumbai:

Amit GT presented women’s couture collection ‘Scintilla’ with a fashion film shot at Udaipur’s UdaiVilas at the India Couture Week.

The collection included statuesque gowns and lehengas. Inspired by a return of hope following the darkness of the pandemic, the collection featured the brand’s signature exuberant bustles and trains, played with opulent textures, and had an ethereal aesthetic.

Delicate hand embroidery and bead-work depicted natural elements including flowers, constellations, snowfall, and dew drops. The collection’s color palette was as diverse as the colours in nature itself with occasion wear every hue from deep red to pastel blue and mauve to emerald and aubergine.

India Couture Week is organized by the Fashion Design Council of India in association with the Hindustan Times. The fashion Week’s first went online last year due to the pandemic and this season is it’s second digital edition. India Couture Week runs until August 29 and featured a total of 19 brands.

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Fashion 2021-08-30

Amit GT launches women’s couture collection at 'India Couture Week'

INDIAsize is now available in Delhi! In the apparel industry, it aims to bring India's standard size chart

28th August 2021, Mumbai:

INDIAsize, a collaborative project of the Ministry of Textiles (MoT) and the National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), was officially inaugurated in Delhi to bring India's standard size chart to the textile business. Despite the fact that the project was launched in February 2019, it was postponed due to the pandemic.

The National Institute of Fashion Technology is doing an intensive anthropometric research study in order to establish a comprehensive body size chart for the Indian population. The new sizing chart will include a size identification number generated by mapping, categorising, and describing body size and type. Only roughly 18 countries in the world have their own sizing charts at the moment.

The survey's Delhi leg is now in progress, with a goal of reaching 5,700 people. “The textile business is the country's second largest employment, generating roughly Rs. 140 billion, of which Rs. 100 billion comes from Indian customers alone,” said UP Singh, Secretary, Textiles. We only make roughly Rs. 40 billion in exports. For a long time, there has been a need for uniform sizing. We are now undertaking size surveys across six Indian regions, namely Delhi, Chennai, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Shillong, and Kolkata, utilising INDIAsize.” More than 25,000 persons between the ages of 15 and 65 will be weighed and measured.

“We are employing roughly 100 anthropometric data points from each of the participants,” said Shantmanu, DG, NIFT. For us at NIFT, the study is also a scientific research project. Participants will be of all ages, socioeconomic backgrounds, and ethnicities. All of the information will aid in the development of a complete and uniform sizing chart.”

NIFT is using a safe 3D whole body scanning technology to collect anthropometric data from a sample population. It adheres to all international national size survey norms, and the results can then be used by the apparel industry. The desire to create a ‘India-specific' size chart is a reflection of a worldwide debate now raging in the fashion business. Many worldwide fast fashion firms have been chastised for using body type descriptions such as small, large, medium, and extra-large on their labels. The survey's preliminary findings will be released in a few months, and the entire project is expected to be completed by the end of 2022. International clothing firms are expected to sign up and follow the new sizing guide.

“It's solid commercial sense,” said Noopur Anand, professor at NIFT and the project's primary investigator. Returning ill-fitting and incorrect-sized clothing costs a lot of money and time. H&M, for example, has expressed enthusiasm for the move.”

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Fashion 2021-08-28

INDIAsize is now available in Delhi! In the apparel industry, it aims to bring India's standard size chart

Export demand is causing a denim downturn in the United States

26th August 2021, Mumbai:

The second wave of the pandemic prompted a drop in denim fabric sales in the local market, but the export industry has responded with a much-needed spike in demand.

Denim sales and production mills across the nation have ramped up their pace as a result of continuous export demand, with Gujarat accounting for 60% of total denim manufacturing capacity and earning the moniker of "denim capital" of India.

“Demand from the worldwide market, including nations like the United States and those in Europe, has increased substantially, and orders have begun to flow in,” said Gaurav Davida, Head of Corporate Finance and Strategy at Jindal Worldwide Limited. Export orders, in fact, were a lifeline for denim manufacturers, as they helped compensate for a drop in domestic demand from April to June 2021, when the second wave of COVID-19 was at its peak and a raft of limitations were implemented to keep the spread in check.”

Denim manufacturers saw strong growth in the first quarter of 2021, despite the low base of the previous fiscal year's first quarter. Despite this, according to an industry spokesperson, their output has returned to pre-COVID levels. “Manufacturers are also seeing higher price realizations, which is helping to offset the margin loss. This is due to a rise in demand, with merchants in major areas such as Europe, the United Kingdom, and the United States reporting double-digit sales increases, both offline and online.”

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For the first quarter of 2021-22, major denim producers reported a significant increase in revenue. Arvind Limited, for example, reported a 186% rise in denim manufacturing sales, from Rs. 145 crore in the first quarter of 2020-21 to Rs. 416 crore in the same quarter of 2021-22. According to the company's investor presentation, total volumes increased 2.8-fold year over year. “We attained at least 80% of the pre-COVID level of our revenues from denim sales in the April to June quarter of 2021-22,” Davada noted. We generated an income of at least Rs. 500 crore over this time, thanks to improved export realisation.”

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Fashion 2021-08-26

Export demand is causing a denim downturn in the United States

Lakme Fashion Week & PETA India, Indian fashion designers pledge to go leather-free on the World Fashion Day

29th August 2021, Mumbai:

Urged by the Lakme Fashion Week and PETA India, thirty-two Indian fashion designers pledged to go leather-free on the World Fashion Day on August 21. The designers include Gaurav Gupta, House of Masaba by Masaba Gupta, Jade by Monica and Karishma, péro by Aneeth Arora, Ranna Gill and Shyamal & Bhumika.

The pledge has also been taken by other designers including Sonaakshi Raaj, Siddartha Tytler, Rina Dhaka, Vikram Phadnis, Rocky Star, Atsu Sekhose, Dev R Nil, and Bloni by Akshat Bansal have also taken the pledge. Anita Dongre and Purvi Doshi have been leather-free for a while

Vegan leather can be made with materials as varied as cork, mangoes, coconut, pineapple leaves, recycled plastic, mushrooms, tomato composite, grapes, and discarded temple flowers. In addition to saving animals, these options avoid the environmental and societal costs associated with animal-derived leather, including greenhouse-gas emissions, deforestation to raise cows and toxic tannery waste that pollutes the Ganges and harms tannery workers.

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Fashion 2021-08-28

Lakme Fashion Week & PETA India, Indian fashion designers pledge to go leather-free on the World Fashion Day

Amit Aggarwal launches conceptual couture collection ‘Metanoia’ at India Couture Week

27th August 2021, Mumbai:

Designer Amit Aggarwal launched a conceptual couture collection ‘Metanoia’ on day three of the second digital India Couture Week. The collections is inspired by the three elements of earth, water, and air, the collection was launched with a thought provoking fashion film.

It features 35 unique styles and silhouettes with a color palette ranging from moss, sage, forest green, roseate, azalea, lisianthus, taffy, mulberry, and fuchsia to eggplant and indigo. Materials including glass fiber, raffia palm, and optic fiber were used to create solid structures which were contrasted with light, sheer fabrics to explore the interplay of form and fluidity.

The designer explored the technique of hand painting a marbling pattern over discarded PVC and handwoven polymer as well as over silks and tulle. 3D hand embroidered thread work and metallic cording also added subtle texture to the collection’s lehengas, gowns, sarees, and capes. India Couture Week’s second digital edition runs until August 29 on the Fashion Design Council of India’s website and social media platforms. The online fashion week features a total of 19 designers and brands.

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Fashion 2021-08-27

Amit Aggarwal launches conceptual couture collection ‘Metanoia’ at India Couture Week

Lux fashion brand 'Samarpita Saha' expands portfolio with a new collection

25th August 2021, Mumbai:

Luxury fashion brand Samarpita Saha is expanding its portfolio with a new women’s collection. The fashion brand also has plans to participate in upcoming events and exhibitions like Bridal Asia.

The outfits of the namesake luxury fashion brand are perfectly embroidered by its artisans. The key highlight of these outfits is their Indianness. The bra nd’s collections Priroda and Rajmahal are inspired by India’s rich heritage. Moreover, the Indo-Western outfits of the brand are a sheer beauty that goes apt on the beautiful women and girls.

This Indian homegrown luxe fashion label partners with several celebrities for different events. Apart from this, it is known for its exquisite floral motif outfits. Through its fashion pieces, Samarpita Saha has not just shown the true essence of the Indian culture but has even set trends in the fashion industry.

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Fashion 2021-08-25

Ashima Leena launches fashion film for latest collection at 'India Couture Week'

29th August 2021, Mumbai:

Ashima Leena launched her latest women’s couture collection 'Nazm-e-Mahal' with a fashion film at the India Couture Week. As per Fashion Network, the collection launched rich-hued sarees that celebrated classic Desi femininity and traditional craft techniques.

The collection combined the delicate hand embroidery with jewel tones handloom textiles. It paid an ode to the maharanis of the Mughal era. Bright red and gold bridal sarees and champagne lehengas provided classic colour combinations and emerald greens, royal purples, and deep magentas added vibrancy.

The collection was launched with a fashion film that showed a group of regal women carrying out all of the traditional festive preparations in a cloud of incense smoke and sea of petals.

Jewellery for the film was provided by Archana Aggarwal Timeless Jewellery, the official jewellery partner for the fashion week. Hair and makeup was kept classic with dark kajal for the eyes and hair worn in loose curls or tied in a low bun with fresh flowers for decoration.

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Fashion 2021-08-28

Ashima Leena launches fashion film for latest collection at 'India Couture Week'

Designer Gaurav Gupta to launch a new collection titled ‘Universal Love’

26th August 2021, Mumbai:

Designer Gaurav Gupta plans to launch his 2021-22 collection titled ‘Universal Love.’ As per Vogue International, the collection includes conceptual lehengas embellished by shaded glass in the edgy hues of gunmetal, and hybrid gowns with multi-layered skirts and rainshower embroidery. Its highlight is a violet gown having a fan-like pleating. The color palette of the collection ranges from cosmic grey and asteroid pink to neptune blue and gilded gold. For the men, the colors include striking monochromes and stately teals, served against the backdrop of velvet tuxedos and flared trousers.

The designer has chosen to unveil the new collection with a couture film shot at the Taj Falaknuma. Gupta believes the current mood of the industry is that of self-discovery. People are looking at intimate affairs and conscious weddings of one hundred people. However, they still want to experience the magic and have that extravagant moment for themselves through couture and jewellery, he adds.

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Fashion 2021-08-26

Designer Gaurav Gupta to launch a new collection titled ‘Universal Love’

Manish Malhotra presents a traditional wear collection at 'India Couture Week'

24th August 2021, Mumbai:

Manish Malhotra presented his latest traditional wear collection ‘Nooraniyat’ with Bollywood actress Kriti Sanon as his showstopper at the second digital edition of India Couture Week.

Malhotra’s fashion film showed his signature opulent, heavy traditional wear worn for modern weddings. The designer’s fashion film was broadcast on the Fashion Design Council of India’s social media platforms including Facebook and Instagram on August 23.

A playful delivery and star-studded cast gave Malhotra’s collection a modern feel, showing that the Gen Z bride can still look contemporary in heavily embellished, red ensembles. Filmed at the Leela Hotel in New Delhi, the presentation also featured veteran model Noyonika Chatterjee as a bride getting a second chance at happiness and influencer and plus size advocate Sakshi Sindwani. Showstopper Kriti Sanon wore a red lehenga with gold and silver embellishments complete with an elaborate maang tika and bangled stacked high.

The collection’s classic colour scheme of reds and golds had a regal air and heavyweight textiles were contrasted with floaty chiffon dupattas. Bridal looks were accessorised with jewellery by Archana Aggarwal, India Couture Week’s official jewellery partner this season.

India Couture Week will run until August 29 and feature 18 other designers. Organised by the FDCI and held in partnership with the Hindustan Times, the fashion week will present a range of traditional and bridal wear for the upcoming festive season.

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