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kaeasia2008
3 min - Aug 22, 2008
Textile is one of China's largest industries; it contributes US$ 420 billion to the national GDP. Exports of China's textile industry were valued at US$178 billion in 2007 and contributed US$150 billion to China's trade surplus.
Impressive numbers but China's textile industry is actually facing a crisis that could dramatically change its 'texture", no pun intended.
The industry is highly fragmented: 40,000 companies with annual sales above ~ USD 0.5 million and another hundred thousand smaller players which all are facing the same challenges:
- Recent appreciation of the Chinese RMB of some 15% percent against USD and reduction of VAT rebates have directly affected already thin bottom line profitability.
- Rising competition from lower cost countries (specifically Bangladesh, India, and Vietnam).
- Risk hedging of 'large Wal-Mart buyers' splitting orders between countries instead of going "China only". More short term purchasing contracts.
- A cotton shortage of 3.6 million tons has lead to substantial increasing raw material prices
- Higher minimum wages as a result of China's new labor law
KAE's views on the textile industry's future in China
• Bloody consolidation across the industry
• Larger players going public
• Smaller players vanishing
• Chinese companies moving abroad to manufacture
• Chinese companies acquiring Western textile brands
• Chinese companies acquiring Western retail outlets to control distribution a la Zara
• Increasing local demand
• Moving towards mechanized manufacturing, higher tech
• Increase in demand for more innovative textile materials
There are some possible short term fixtures China can apply such as reinstating Value Added Tax rebates, import duty exemption of special textile machinery and the usage of more astute financial tools to hedge exchange rates or conclude deals on Euro basis.
But time is of the essence -- a recent survey conducted by the Chinese Government shows that two-thirds of China's textile companies are having an average operating margin of only 0.6%. If these companies fail, it will affect some 15 million jobs -- not good news after the Olympic hype. | The Arts Show & Tell: The Textile MuseumThe Arts Show & Tell: The Textile Museum
Cultural Alliance of Greater Washington
13 min - Aug 20, 2007
The Textile Museum's segment of The Arts Show & Tell program. | Kimono Fashion Show - Kyoto Nishijin Textile 2 Kimono Fashion Show - Kyoto Nishijin Textile 2
athenathon77
9 min - Jul 11, 2008
Apresentacao de kimonos feito a mao no Kyoto Nishijin Textile Center, em Kyoto.
Kimono em japonês significa literalmente "coisa de vestir". Fora do Japão essa expressão designa genericamente uma variada gama de peças e que no conjunto formam um visual considerado típico ou tradicional japonês, mas também é sinônimo da peça principal. No Japão, a peça principal que nós chamamos de kimono é chamada de kosode.
O atual significado da palavra de kimono tem origem no século XVI, quando navegantes ocidentais - principalmente portugueses, espanhóis e holandeses - chegaram ao arquipélago. Nos primeiros contatos com os japoneses, sem conhecerem os idiomas de uns e de outros, os ocidentais perguntavam com mímicas e gestos qual era o nome das roupas de seda que viam os japoneses usarem, e os japoneses respondiam kimono. Era como alguém perguntando a um japonês: "Como se chama sua roupa?" E o japonês respondia: "Roupa". Foi assim que a palavra kimono tornou-se designação moderna do vestuário tradicional japonês.
No Japão o vestuário divide-se em duas grandes categorias: wafuku (vestimenta japonesa ou de estilo japonês) e yofuku (vestimenta ocidental ou de estilo ocidental)
Visita que fizemos (Johrei Center).
Kimono are made from a single bolt of fabric called a tan. Bolts come in standard dimensions of about 14 inches' width and 12½ yards' length (enough for one adult kimono)[4], and the entire fabric is used to make the kimono. The finished kimono consists of four main strips of fabric—two panels covering the body and two panels forming the sleeves—with additional smaller strips forming the narrow front panel and collar[4]. In the past, the kimono was often taken apart for washing as separate panels, and re-sewn by hand. Because the entire bolt remains in the finished garment without cutting, the kimono can be retailored easily to fit a different person.[4]
The maximum length of the sleeve is dictated by the width of the fabric. The distance from the center of the spine to the end of the sleeve could not exceed twice the width of the fabric. Traditional kimono fabric was typically no more than 36 centimeters (14 inches) wide. Thus the distance from spine to wrist could not exceed a maximum of roughly 68 centimeters (27 inches). Modern kimono fabric is woven as wide as 42 centimeters (17 inches) to accommodate modern Japanese body sizes. Very tall or heavy people, such as sumo wrestlers, must have kimono custom-made by joining multiple bolts of fabric together or custom-woven. source
Traditional kimono are sewn by hand, and their fabrics are also frequently hand made and hand decorated. Various techniques such as yuzen dye resist are used for applying decoration and patterns to the base cloth. Repeating patterns that cover a large area of a kimono are traditionally done with the yuzen resist technique and a stencil. Over time there have been many variations in color, fabric and style, as well as accessories such as the obi.
Kimono and obi are traditionally made of silk, silk brocade, silk crepes (such as chirimen) and satin weaves (such as rinzu). Modern kimono are also widely available in less-expensive easy-care fabrics such as rayon, cotton sateen, cotton, polyester and other synthetic fibers. Silk is still considered the ideal fabric, however, and is a must for formal occasions.
Modern styles of Kimono
Modern styles of Kimono
A young girl wearing a kimono.
A young girl wearing a kimono.
Customarily, woven patterns and dyed repeat patterns are considered informal; Formal kimono have free-style designs dyed over the whole surface or along the hem[4]. During the Heian period, kimono were worn with up to a dozen or more colorful contrasting layers, with each combination of colors being a named pattern[4]. Today, the kimono is normally worn with a single layer on top of a slip style undergarment. The pattern of the kimono can also determine in what season it should be worn. For example, a pattern with butterflies or cherry blossoms would be worn in spring. Watery designs are common during the summer. A popular autumn motif is the russet leaf of the Japanese maple; for winter, designs may include bamboo, pine trees and plum blossoms.
Old kimono are often recycled in various ways: altered to make haori, hiyoku, or kimono for children, used to patch similar kimono, used for making handbags and similar kimono accessories, and used to make covers, bags or cases for various implements, especially for sweet-picks used in tea ceremonies. Kimono with damage below the waistline can also be worn under hakama to hide the damage. Historically, skilled craftsmen laboriously picked the silk thread from old kimono and rewove it into a new textile in the width of a heko obi for men's kimono, using a recycling weaving method called saki-ori. | China Textile, Shower Curtain, Bath Mat, Home Storage, Tableclot China Textile, Shower Curtain, Bath Mat, Home Storage, Tableclot
1 min - May 26, 2008
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12 min - May 17, 2007
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