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CurvedNDarted a custom sewing and pattern making company based out of Oakland California has an internship position open for any fashion industry newbies with a little sewing experience. CurvedNDarted mostly works on custom costumes and patterns for original works from clients including Effies Heart and Lilileu creating everything from wedding dresses to faux-fur costumes.

CurvedNDarted is looking for someone who is willing to commit 8-16 hours a week and having sewing skills would be essential, and a beginning knowledge of pattern making is preferred. Computer skills in Microsoft Word, Excel, and Adobe Photoshop are a bonus.

If you’re interested in this opportunity please reply with your availability and resume here or go here for the internship listing.

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A Placket is an opening in a garment that allows a person to put it on. Plackets are usually placed at the end of a sleeve, neck opening, or crotch area (hidden placket). Some plackets are hidden by an overlaying fabric and/or stitched by a hem.

Most places where a button, zipper, clasp, snaps, hook, velcro, or any fasteners appear are usually incorporated into a placket. Plackets are used for functional reasons most often, but are sometimes used as part of a design or to add style to a garment.

Front Placket detail:

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This is the weekly wrap up of the good, the bad, and the ugly from the Dobizo Network Fashion Industry Forum. If you haven’t joined than join now. Once you join the Global Fashion Network you will access to the Industry Forum.

Setting Up Appointments

Transparency Printers

Apparel Buying Trends

Sales reps pay

Do you think I can go to trade shows with only 5 models ?

Understanding the beginning sample/manufacturer process

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Bali Fashion Week is an international event aimed at promoting the textile Industry, garments, accessories, handbags, shoes and jewelery to the world in order to help the Indonesian government in economic development and growth.

Bali Fashion Week is a mix of art and fashion where they collide for an event filled with street carnivals and fashion shows by international designers. Awards for best design will be announced at the end of street carnivals.

The next Bali Fashion Week will be held on November 22-25, 2007 at the Kartika Plaza Hotel in Bali, Indonesia. For more info or to preregister click here.

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By reader demand I had to turn the comments back on. Most articles can now receive comments, but I’m having to go back and turn comments on-on over 180 post so bare with me. They should all be back on before the end of the week.

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Lingerie De Moda is one of the top shows for the lingerie industry in Brazil with fashion shows and top fashion industry contenders being part of the friendly-business professional atmosphere.

More than 400 brands gather at the Lingerie De Moda Brazil to showcase lingerie including: sleepwear, underwear, daywear, swimwear, beachwear, loungewear, hosiery, men’s underwear, fantasy wear, bras, panties, camisoles and any apparel connected to the intimate industry.

There will be fashion shows held twice a day with top models in the industry displaying lingerie brands wears.

The next Lingerie De Moda will be held on November 23-25, 2007 in Sao Paulo, Brazil at Parque Anhembi.

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This is another Dobizo Answers question and answer session. If you would like to get your question answered in a more timely fashion than post it on the Dobizo Answers page instead of sending me an email to add to the thousands I already have .

Brian Asks:

“I know this might be a dumb question but how do the store buyers buy the clothes is it invoice or just a call also

THANKS BRIAN”

I personally don’t think any question is a dumb question especially in this kind of business where you might get three different answers from two different people so confusion is very common. Also what worked for one business might not fair so well for another so different opinions can be to your advantage.

What I’m going to speak on is about the different types of orders I have had from stores and customers, because at one point I had an online store and wholesale store accounts going on at the same time.

Not much information was available about the Fashion & Textile Kenya Trade Show. Other than that it is a garments and textiles trade show presented in a runway fixture where they mix business with pleasure it is a more enjoyable and lively atmosphere than most down to business trade shows.

You can expect a good mix of manufacturers and suppliers from classic, small leather goods, handbags and briefcases, fashionable handbags, footwear, travel ware, leather garments, fashion accessories and lifestyle products, impressed participants with its range of products, innovative design ideas, and information on upcoming color and materials trends will be participating in the event.

The next show is on November 18-21, 2007 at the Kenyatta International Conference Center, in Nairobi, Kenya.

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I just wanted to bring light to a great company that is part of the Global Fashion Network: Where The Apparel Industry Connects. Polina Fashion is a full-service fashion production company offering event production, fashion show production, photo-shoot production,
talent casting and placement services and fashion consulting. The owner Polina Raygorodskaya was featured in Business Week Magazine’s Best Entrepreneus under 25 with sales over $1 million.

I will add their company to our industry page that will be getting a remake to better suit our readers. Make sure and pay Polina Fashion a visit and maybe they can be of some service to your business.

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The Jack Rabbit Collection is an upscale women’s fashion line that is sold in 400+ better boutiques and specialty stores worldwide. Their office, design studio and press lounge is based out of Hollywood.

Jack Rabbit says they run a very tight ship and every promotion has come from an intern, but doesn’t guarantee you will be hired after your internship term is over.

Jack Rabbit is looking for a spirited, organized, creative individual who works well with others, willing to participate in a 4-6 month internship, dedicating 10 ? 15 hours a week. An understanding of design, patterns, wholesale markets, Quickbooks, Photoshop, Illustrator, shipping, Excel, and foreign languages all a plus.

This is a rich opportunity for someone who wants to grow and learn an immense amount in the keen, creative fashion industry.

Here are some of your responsibilities:

Urban Couture is a top wholesales agency that sells of the leading brands in mens and children’s fashion within the country. Selling to boutiques, specialty, and department stores worldwide.

Their is a current showroom assistant unpaid internship position available within the Urban Couture Inc company. If you’re a energetic, computer savvy, intern with strong communication skills and is willing to work out of a showroom daily than this is the position for you.

Here are some of your daily responsibilities:

• Filing and organizing
• Order entry
• Scheduling appointments
• Servicing existing clients
• Assisting with fashion shows and trade shows

If you would like to apply for the showroom assistant internship with Urban Couture than forward your availability and resume to urbancouture7@gmail.com

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The non coloring process to make woven or knitted fabric more acceptable to the end consumer and producing textile fabrics from greige goods. If you’re not familiar with greige goods click here. Different processes include bleaching prior to dyeing, treatments, adding properties/chemicals to enhance the performance.

Knit goods don’t require down sizing and bleaching as opposed to woven greige goods, therefore the finishing process requires only scouring to thoroughly clean the goods prior to dyeing. Most greige goods are dirty and require scouring (steam/water/detergents) to remove oils and mineral materials.

Here is an example of greige fabric in the form of a jacket:

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You wouldn’t really associate Orlando and international together or at least that is what first came to my mind when reading about the Orlando Fashion Week, which is an event that promotes the Textile Industry, Garments, Accessories, Handbags, Shoes and Jewelery to the World.

They have a wide range of visitors from apparel distributors, licensees, importers / wholesalers, fashion professionals, brand name manufacturers, merchandisers, retailers, corporate buyers, media & other related professionals & general public are the target visitors.

Buyers in attendance will have plenty of brands to choose from in the children’s, womens, and menswear market. The event will be held in the Holiday Inn in Orlando, Florida on November 15-18, 2007.

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If you couldn’t tell by the name furs of Russia is an exhibition catering to fur retailers, wholesalers, manufacturers (fur farms) and more.

Furs of Russia is the country’s premier and most international trade show for sourcing the full range of this apparel sector requirements (furs). During the exhibition their will be many fashion shows going on within the framework of the fair.

Exposure is at your fingertips because the trade fair is intensively advertised within mass media including television, radio, press releases, and by means of street advertising. Exhibitors in attendance will be providing ready made garments, head wear, accessories of furs and leather, raw materials, semi-finished products, and equipment for the fur industry.

The next Furs of Russia will be held on November 15-18 in Moscow, Russia at the Manezh Exhibition Centre.

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