A GLANCE OF PAST AND FUTURE OF GARMENT INDUSTRY

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The much awaited quota phase out by 31-12-2004 has opened a new chapter in the history of international trade which is growing substantially post 2004 which necessitates substantial involvement of productivity & quality. The estimation of the value of International apparel trade by 2010 showed a wide gap. As per the estimates of K.S.A. (KURT SALMON ASSOCIATES) the global apparel trade was predicted to touch U.S. $200 billion in year 2000. Where as the study – India The Growth Imperative- (Mc Kinsey 2001) predicted it at U.S.$ 415 billion. Over 80% of the world’s population will live in the developing countries. i.e. 5.94 billion vis–vis 1.32 billion that of developed countries ( As per AAMA predictions). Indeed the global apparel trade has surpassed U.S.$ 415 billion in the year 2010. Many developing countries like India & China that were major apparel exporters have become major markets for ready to wear apparel. In this context importance of productivity & quality in apparel industry will be going to have very good importance. So Indian garment industries should focus on productivity strongly in order to bring up productivity. At present as compared to international market demands the scenario of Indian garments is not much satisfactory; when compared to the productivity levels achieved in Western countries & U.S.A. The efforts of apparel manufacturing industry in Western world to improve productivity did show substantial results. This was made with the development of many specialized machines & equipment for various applications in the apparel manufacturing. The objective was to reduce the labor content of the apparel products to the least possible level in order to make the products cost competitive. The U.S. apparel industry established that with the modern machines & best possible methods, a dress shirt could be produced in about 12 minutes of direct labor input. As per survey conducted by K.S.A. in 1990 the productivity levels achieved in countries like Germany, U.S.A., France & U.K. were 250% more than least productive countries. The productivity ratings of Indian garment industries stand at 50% , which is quite low, & have to be improved and brought up; in order that Indian garment industries can compete globally in the context of Quota phase out . But Indian garment industries have an edge over competiting other Asian countries , i.e. Indian garment industries are capable of producing high value added garments by means of enriching the garments with a lot of different surface ornamentation. Thus they can afford to take small orders also which our competitors, other Asian countries can not do. The following equation will be the revival kit for Indian apparel manufacturing companies. M.E. + E.M. +MO.E. + EN.M. = H.P. + E.Q.C. (Modern equipment + Engineering methods + Motivated employees +Enlightened Management) = Higher productivity + Effective quality product.) Modern machineries has to be employed, & Industrial activities such as Method engineering, Work study, Time study & motion study has to be focused. The worker’s work place has to be ergonomic and should have proper lighting, ventilation and seating arrangements, so that they enjoy their work & do not suffer from work related health problems and care should be taken that labor force becomes motivated employees. Also the labors & staff should be trained properly before allocating work to them. After all employees are backbone of a company.

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Provocative Latex Clothing Generates Second-Skin Effect

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Latex is a material massively used for a wide array of clothing. You can come across latex clothing commonly used in fetish fashion and by BDSM practitioners. Both males and females are seen wearing these stimulating clothes in a large number of fetish clubs. As mentioned, latex can be used to manufacture different clothing such as leotards, bodysuits, stockings and gloves. In addition, most of the fabric-made traditional items can also be made from latex rubber. Some of the widely used fetishistic garments like hoods and rubber cloaks are latex made too. Truly speaking, latex clothing is a craze among contemporary generation.

Latex clothes worn on different body parts remain glued to the skin always and provide you a second-skin effect. They are lot glossier than the matte rubber products. You can judge the popularity of latex clothing from the very fact that some of the magazines have dedicated significant paper space to the use and wearing of it.

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Present Status Of Bangladesh Garment Manufature And Exporters Association

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The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) is the officially recognized capper clothing export trade body of 4,890 apparel manufacturing companies. The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers besides Exporters Association (BGMEA) is the only recognized calling conformation that represents all the export oriented garment manufacturers besides exporters of the dynasty.

The RMG sector earned over US$ 9 billion in 2006. The BGMEA helps to drive commerce by progression sales of Bangladeshi-produced apparel and pursues excellence in the Bangladeshi readymade garments (RMG) articulation as its activities besides programmed, including establishing besides nurturing relationships with alien buyers, businesses and trade associations, organizations, chambers, again research organizations.

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Sexy Glasses- A Potent Stunner in This Summer

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Can you believe it? Wearing glasses can even be a sexy dress-up for women as well as men. Sexy glasses have the pioneering position in changing the previous boring and bothersome glasses wearing into something enjoyable and fashionable. Distinctively featuring the characters of chic and sexy shapes, sexy glasses are the latest glasses styles which are remarkably exquisite and creative. Today growing numbers of people are inclined to wearing sexy so as to pose a refreshed and sexy image. Why are sexy glasses so sexy and to what degree do people feel greatly attached to them?

Sexy glasses are without exception innovative and attractive which flatter people’s high tastes and pursuit of fashion. A pair of good glasses frames is essential to sexy glasses. Sexy glasses frames include ordinary ones, nerd ones and vintage ones. Ordinary sexy glasses include square and round ones, small or over-sized. Nerd glasses are typical sexy glasses which are often in the shape of cat-eye frames, Wayfarer frames, heart-shaped frames and so on. The most unusual sexy glasses may be the vintage ones that have become popularized recently. Wearing vintage glasses is very popular with the rising renaissance of vintage. Familiar sexy vintage glasses cover the metal round ones and rimless round ones, be they small or big. And as you may have noticed, wearers with tinted prescription glasses are also quite sexy. Tinted prescription glasses look somewhat like sunglasses and they are fancy to ensure wearers a sense of sunglasses wearing. Online glasses vendors are offering all kinds of cheap glasses for your budget’s sake. You can enjoy shopping for them to your hearts content.

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How To Tell Dyed And Natural Pearls

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High quality dyed pearls can be quite beautiful. When you first start looking at pearls, maybe it is hard for you to realize that black was a dyed color in freshwater or Akoya. There are some ugly dyed pearls too. Some dyed black pearls that have a sooty look. They will remind us of home-dyed hair, which is a kind of over-colored and unnatural.Therefore, a lot of people are faced with the question how to tell dyed pearls.

Lets get to know how pearls are dyed firstly. Generally speaking, infiltration is the common method of dyeing pearls. Dyestuff is penetrated into the pearl surface through infiltration. Freshwater pearls can be dyed easily in a short time (few hours or few days) because of the soft nacre. While South Sea pearls need much more time (one or two months) and are very costly to be dyed. Due to the compact nacre, it requires a strong light to accelerate the penetration and uniform distribution of dye, which is so called “laser dye,” “radiation stain” or “roast color”. Currently, the method can only be found in the South Sea pearls. And some golden South Sea pearls are dyed and even look more beautiful than natural golden ones. In other words, dyed golden South Sea pearls have metallic fluorescence which will make the golden color deeper because of long-term exposure of glaring light. As for Tahitian pearls, it has high failure rate in dyeing them and also extremely expensive. Therefore, people hardly find dyed Tahitian pearls in the market.

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