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The 39th India International Garment Fair, rated Asia's largest
fashion fair, opened here Tuesday and largely focused on the
women's wear section.
"Women's garments have seen tremendous growth and this is
reflected at this fair as 322 of the estimated 391 participants are
in the women's section," Vijay Mathur, senior director of the
Apparel Export Promotion Council, one of the organisers of the
fair, told IANS.
The three-day fair, inaugurated by Qaiser Shamim, joint secretary
in the textiles ministry, provides a platform to Indian garment
manufacturers to showcase their wares.
Mathur said the event was expected to generate business worth $150
million. The last fair held in January got business worth $122
million.
With fashion in women's wear moving ahead of men's and kids wear,
the organisers have given more space to women garment manufacturers
and this has evoked immense response from foreigners too, Mathur
said.
He added that the fair had been divided into three sections for the
first time - accessories, women's wear, and men's and kids'
wear.
"This will enable participants to have more space to display their
wares and visitors will have better viewing facility," Mathur said.
Printed linen and sheer fabrics were predominant at the fair, while
in the man-made fibre (MMF) section, there was a shift towards
heavier polyester georgette. And in terms of design, long dresses
seemed to find favour.
The exhibition has on display a variety of items ranging from
fashion accessories like laces, buttons, threads, zippers, surface
embellishments to different kinds of printed, hand embroidered and
embellished shawls, stoles, handbags and shoe-uppers, Mathur said.
Indo-Asian News Service
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