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...The clothes also stood on their own at Dries Van Noten, where fabrics — hand-painted, hand-drawn, woven in small batches at 100-year-old mills — were the “essence” of the collection, the designer said backstage...
...“For Pueblo this is about jobs and resources and keeping a social fabric,” Bazilian said. “And it’s happening despite the lack of support from the district’s Republican house representative.”...
...“With hand-looming, you’re physically building the fabric and piece row by row – it is sort of like sculpture.”...
...Executives at Vail Resorts Inc may be rubbing their hands....
...He said that investors saw the company as a technology venture, rather than a food producer such as Kraft or General Mills — which puts it under pressure to grow very quickly....
...A little way down the line, those who are not inured to it smell Mahim Creek before they see it....
...They have an amazing talent – just look at the fabrics. We’ve been following their work for a while.”...
...Here is how a similar item is described new at Heal’s, the furniture store: “Hand-crafted from the finest fabrics handpicked from the leading mills in Europe, the proportions offer a formal yet comfortable...
...Mr Pilati said that 80 per cent of the fabrics came from Zegna’s own mills. From such cloth he cut coats of particular crispness, especially the city coat that went on top of a full navy suit look....
...from the mills), but now has become both a signature and a mark of luxury: since no one else has the prints, they have become a signifier of rarity and exclusivity, hence conferring on a very young brand...
...With new inventory levels at a 50-year low, a spike in demand has brought relief for the forestry industry after a difficult few years during which nearly 150 mills halted operation....
...Among the clothing producers that Brooks Brothers buys from in the UK are Johnstons of Elgin, a leading maker of cashmere garments, and Lovat Mill, a tweed weaving specialist....
...Changing preferences and the evolution of polyester from 1970s leisure suit material to trendy athletic wear fabric partly explain the shift....
...Understatement: this concert was not a run-of-the-mill presentation by the New York Philharmonic. Dramatically labelled Contact!...
...that Mr Hunt, director of product development and company’s technical brains, sources from mills in Europe and Asia....
...Consumers are also buying more synthetic fabric....
...My dad owned a knitting mill when I was growing up and he knows everything there is to know about fabric....
...Another Pernod Ricard brand, Jacob’s Creek wine, is very popular in the UK....
...He calls it “the cherry on top of the rumour mill” but also argues that talk of such an exit, like all that restructuring banter, is still likely to garner plenty of attention from investors....
...This broadly chimes with guidance for cost inflation of 4-5 per cent from General Mills of the US. The industry is divided on the severity of the threat....
...Textile mills could weave more polyester into fabrics....
...The SKNL investment thesis, meanwhile, includes using the fine woollen mills it bought in Scotland as part of the HMX acquisition and the silk mills it controls in Italy to upgrade the quality of the textiles...
...He may start a denim mill. For us this is strategic, because it has more impact.”...
...Meanwhile, the reduction in activity at lumber mills means less residue for paper makers, boosting demand in Plum Creek’s (admittedly lower margin) pulpwood business....
...Classics, crime and Mills & Boon romances are most popular with the travelling public, yet even esoteric subject matter finds a readership: a book on post-natal depression diets was snapped up immediately...
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