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This isn’t much like the everyday fashion internship that I would post, but thought it was rather interesting after actually reading it through until the end. In short, the winner of the show will get a career launching prize and get to work side-by-side with the who’s who of high fashion designers….I don’t know sounds like a bunch of fancy talk for a grunt worker. You be the judge.

The CW television Network is hosting a new show that will give any newbie to the fashion industry the chance to work with the network while developing the show and get to go behind the scenes to see how a fashion magazine comes to life.

No technical expertise their just looking for hard workers with style and basic intelligence. If this sounds like the opportunity for you than forward full contact information to castingreality1@gmail.com submitting a photo, a brief description of yourself.

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Their speaking of the Handle or Hand if someone is referring to the way a particular fabric feels. There various hands including: smooth or crisp, springy or stiff, cool or warm, rough, hard, limp and soapy. The various finish and wash processes will affect the resulting handle of a fabric.

Source: Jeans Glossary

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Dobizo had a small power outage during some spikes in our hourly traffic we were down for about a total of 3 hours… :(. Might be time to upgrade my server since we are basically running three sites forum, network, and blog. I don’t know we will see how it holds up tomorrow around this time and if the spike continues hopefully it does.

Sorry if you weren’t able to access the site at any time during the day.

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The Meat and Potatoes Co. is a business catering to up and coming brands in the apparel industry (Think The Hundreds, Crooks & Castles, In4mation) offering a diverse set of services large and small for a small piece of equity in your brand at least that’s how most of their deals are setup. Not bad when you consider the owners (Duke Wu) history in the fashion industry one-half of the brains behind the Artful Dodger brand that sold for $15 million in cash last year to Iconix Brands and Jay-Z’s Scion LLC partnership startup. That’s where the idea for The Meat and Potatoes Co. came to life after realizing that’s what the Artful Dodger brand was lacking (back-office and logistical support).

What can they offer your company?

* Clearing customs
* Warehousing
* Allocation and factoring
* An extensive production connection

FFANY is a non-profit trade organization for the global footwear industry.

The main focus of the Fashion Footwear Association New York is to assist and promote the common business interest of their over 300 members who represent 800+ footwear brands.

FFANY is responsible for the production of two footwear focused trade shows. The New York Shoe Expo is one for instance held at the Pier 94 Convention Center and the New York Hilton Hotel and the FFANY Collections held in FFANY showrooms.

FFANY members produce more than just footwear and you can expect a broader product line when attending the FFANY Collections or the Shoe Expo. Everything from accessories, handbags, and industry technology specific publications presenting products for womens, mens, and children. Over 4500 buyers attend the New York Shoe Expo alone more than enough reason for your brand to attend as an exhibitor.

The next show will be August 6-8, 2008 show venue has not yet been announced. For more information please visit FFANY online.

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Juniors clothing line Hot Kiss has sold a majority stake (Undisclosed stake) of their $100 million a year company for $20 million to Bluestar Alliance a private equity fund.

The strategy of the sale is for Hot Kiss to build a retail division, grow its licensing, partner with better manufacturers and possibly lower wholesale prices.

Founder Moshe Tsebag will remain at the company as the director of marketing and merchandising. Son and daughter Jordan Tsebag and Hallie Tsebag will also continue their positions at Hot Kiss.

Source: (You Guys Didn?t Think We Knew Everything Did You )Apparel News

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Talulah New York bags and accessories was founded by international model Teresa Graham. As of February they’re looking for a sales and marketing intern for their New York location.

Some of your responsibilities will include, but not limited to:

• Cold Calling
• Coordinating Showroom appointments
• Assisting with trade shows
• Research
• Merchandising the showroom

Their ideal candidate will possess strong communication and organizational skills, great energy and is very personable

NOTE: This position is available for immediate hiring.

If this internship position interest you please forward your resume and availability to tanisha@talulahnewyork.com

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Niche 212 Showroom is looking for a sales intern for their multi-line accessory New York location.

Requirements:

• Highly motivated
• Detail oriented
• Very social and outgoing
• Strong computer and phone skills
• College student or recent graduate
• Must live in the tri-state area

They make a note that this internship would be good for the (fashionista) that is interested in the business of fashion. (Most likely the creative mind of a designer would be bored)

If this sounds like the opportunity for you then send your availability and resume to rosa@niche212.com otherwise check out Niche 212 online.

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Bartack stitches is a sewing technique mostly used on denim which reinforces the stress points on jeans, including the pocket openings also used to attach belt loops. On jeans you could see them places where you might see surrounding rivets. There are special sewing machines made especially for bartacking and they are available in either lockstitch or single-thread chain stitching.

Below is a picture of bartacking up close:

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Levi Strauss is running a contest for its own version Project Runway (Project 501) by having novice-experienced fashion designers contribute original designs to their 501 line of denim. Guess they’re tired of suing everybody and decided to put their efforts toward a rather interesting project. (Read up on their lawsuits here and here)

(Deadline for submissions have passed February 6th )Rules to enter the contest are very simple first you must register on Levi 501 you are automatically entered to win the sweepstakes and once you submit your denim design illustration you become part of winning the grand prizes.

Prizes designers are eligible to win:

• First Prize-Levi’s? will produce your design, and sell it on levi.com, and you’ll also win a $501 gift certificate [redeemable on levi.com]
• Second Prize-A $501 gift certificate [redeemable on levi.com]
• Third Prize-A $250 gift certificate [redeemable on levi.com]

(Voting is still open!)The contest is based on registered voters on the site who are also eligible to win some attractive prizes check them out below:

KnowShow is a three day event in Canada for the snow, skate and lifestyle industry. If your company is lacking a presence on the retail circuit in Canada then this could be the trade show for you.

There is an east and west version of the KnowShow trade show. There isn’t much information available on the east Canada trade event. KnowShow west is being held at the Vancouver Convention and Exhibition Centre, Vancouver BC.

Many established brands from apparel to footwear have attended KnowShow including Artful Dodger, Supra Footwear, WESC Clothing, LRG, Luxirie and Triple Five Soul. For a complete list of attending exhibitors click here.

For more information on KnowShow trade show check out their site.

If anyone has attended KnowShow before, I would like to hear your experience as an exhibitor or visitor?

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The Living Room Tokyo is a selection of international designer fashion and accessories within trade show rooms organized by the Japanese company HP France.

The Living Room trade show going strong since 2005 attracts nearly 7,000 buyers, 1,000 journalist and close to 300 exhibitors every year for the Fall/Winter exhibition. It is a meeting place for French and International designers to break into the Japanese market and exhibitors get the chance to present their collections to the head of leading buyers of Japanese retailers …no in-between.

The next Living Room event will be held February 12-14 in Tokyo at the Yoyogi National Stadium. For more information make sure and visit the The Living Room website.

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In the $3.1 trillion federal budget submitted to congress earlier this past Monday Bush’s proposal will allocate more funding to international trade and import safety programs , also to the enforcement of trade remedy laws.

What does this mean for the fashion industry?

• Up to $46 million, from $40 million the appropriation for the U.S. Trade Representative’s Office to negotiate deals with other countries and in the World Trade Organization.
• Up to $66 million from $63 million, for the Commerce Department’s Import Administration, which investigates anti-dumping and countervailing duty trade cases and monitors apparel and textile imports.
• An $8 million increase, to $49 million, for a Commerce program to help U.S. manufacturers and service providers compete with foreign rivals.
• Continued funding of $5 million for the Wool Trust Fund, which gives grants to domestic manufacturers of worsted wool fabric.
• A $6 million rise, to $74 million, for the International Trade Commission, which conducts economic investigations and helps decide anti-dumping and countervailing duty trade cases.