Now Log On To Cyber-Tailor For That Dream Dress

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New Delhi: : From buying customised clothes through online tailors to ordering the material of your choice on the Net, technology has revolutionised the textile and related areas across the world in the past few years. Here are some examples:

Online Tailor
There are several websites dedicated to this space. And Indonesia-based www.anikatailor.com is one such. What does it do? Customers can place orders online by entering the relevant data (size, colour, design, etc). The site guides you in taking the right measurement also. Not only that, if your specifications do not match those given in the site columns, you could attach your own model or design as an image file, and send it across.

Another popular site for tailoring purposes is www.onlinetailor.co.uk. It is from the UK-based Grants stable. The online tailor of the group is the latest expansion in the Grants’ business. According to the information on the site, its clients include the British Olympic teams, many airlines and cruise lines as well as members of Parliament. The online tailor of the group caters to both large as well as individual orders. “We offer a wide range of clothing and patterns for export anywhere in the world,” it says.

R&D Tech
Hong Liong Textile, which is one of the core enterprises of Taiwan Nam Liong Group in the Fujian province of China, focuses on state-of-the-art technology for research and development. The company has over the years developed several series of knitting fabrics such as mesh, wicking and fast drying (Ho-cooling, coolmax), anti-microbe (Ho-guard, AEGIS), elastic (Ho- pandex, Lycra), microfiber (Thermolite) stainless steel fiber, nylon66 (Supplex, Ractel, Meryl), high needle count style, etc.

Because of the company’s hi-tech capabilities in the R&D area, it is in long-term cooperation with several brands such as Adidas, Nike, Lee Fashion and Mizuno. Hong Liong Textile products are used in sport and casual wear, toys, caps, gloves, sport shoes, luggage and bags, furniture and other industrial uses. Another company using great deal of technology in R&D is UK-based Boltex/Paramount Textile. The company manufactures and distributes institutional textiles, catering mainly to the hospitality and healthcare sectors.