Louis vuitton fter tasting success with its 'green' designer clothes range at last year's Lakme Fashion Week, Bhu:sattva, the organic textile division of Ahmedabad-based Rising Tradelink (RTL) has now set its eyes on the global market. The company plans to start exporting its clothesline from September this year and has initiated talks with overseas players like Marks & Spencer and Louis Vuitton. Currently, it has non-resident Indian clientele who purchase Bhu:sattva clothes directly from RTL and market them at their multi-brand retail outlets in Germany, UK, US, Canada, Italy and other European countries. "We are not into direct exports, but are in talks with luxury goods makers like Louis Vuitton and Marks & Spencer to tap the global market," says Jainam Kumarpal, Director, RTL.
Louis vuitton outlet hu:sattva now works with four to five non-governmental organizations that procure organic cotton from 50 to 100 villages in southern India. The raw cotton to yarn to fabric processing is done organically without using strong chemicals at south India's power-looms. RTL colors the fabric using herbals dyes and stitches them in-house in Kutch and Bhuj region of Gujarat.
Louis vuitton bags nterestingly, rural Gujarat is gradually witnessing the emergence of local brands, thanks to entrepreneurs like RTL. By forming self-help groups, rural artisans and textile entrepreneurs, mostly women, are being assisted by the non-government organizations, educational institutions and textile firms alike in developing their own local garment brands. Kumarpal talks about the venture as a win-win situation for both."While these clothes would be marketed under the Bhu:sattva banner, we will definitely position these garments as manufactured by rural women. It will have its own connotations,” he avers.
Louis vuitton shoes art of this project is India’s premiere design institute, National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), Gandhinagar. Using its expertise in fashion and textiles, the NIFT is helping rural artisans in product development, design development, branding and marketing of their textile products. "These artisans are forming their own federations and self-help groups through which they market their brands.
Burberry outlet On our part, we assist them in developing their local crafts by giving product development, branding and design inputs in textiles. For instance, they have been able to market crafts like ikkat and tangail within and outside Gujarat," said Rupali Pandit, Associate Professor, textile department, NIFT. Playing the crucial role of facilitator, Bhu:sattva is supplying the organic cotton fabric to these women together with imparting training by designers from the National Institute of Design (NID) and NIFT.
Louis Vuitton purses the meantime, Bhu:sattva is firmly focused on India. "Our strategy is to first exhaust the niche market in India that comprises multi-brand designer outlets, then move on to direct exports and eventually come up with stand-alone Bhu:sattva brand stores, Kumarpal says. Currently,.
Louis Vuitton Sunglasses :sattva clothes are available across 50 stores in India spanning the major cities like Mumbai, Delhi, Ahmedabad, Kolkata, Pune, Hyderabad and Chennai among others. RTL plans to tie up with 30 more outlets this year. Around 120 designer multi-brand outlets in the country are Bhu:sattva’s target. The privately held company plans to go for a listing in around three to five year's time to raise funds for its expansion.louisvuittonbags
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Louis vuitton outlet Louis Vuitton, the French maker of laminated canvas handbags, is the world’s most valuable luxury brand for the sixth consecutive year, a research group says. The brand, owned by Paris-based LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton, has a value of $US24.3 billion ($22.6 billion), an increase of 23 per cent from 2010, according to Millward Brown Optimor’s 2011 BrandZ study published today. That’s almost as much as the combined values of Hermes, Gucci and Chanel, which ranked second, third and fourth in this year’s luxury-brand standings.
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Louis vuitton outlet Hermes International, in which LVMH holds a 20.2 per cent stake, posted the biggest increase in brand value in the luxury industry with a 41 per cent jump to $US11.9 billion, according to the BrandZ study. Gucci’s value declined 2 per cent to $US7.45 billion, affected by French parent PPR SA’s financial performance, Pearson said. Chanel advanced 23 per cent to $US6.82 billion. LVMH’s role. Hennessy, Moet & Chandon and Fendi placed seventh, eighth and ninth in the study respectively, with values of $US3.42 billion to $US5 billion, meaning LVMH, the world’s largest luxury-goods maker, owns or has a stake in five of the industry’s 10 most-valuable brands.
Burberry outlet LVMH has a lineup of labels “that have very high standards in terms of craftsmanship and that give the impression of very high exclusivity, even in some cases where it may not be so exclusive,” Pearson said. The Cartier and Rolex watch and jewelry brands owned by Cie. Financiere Richemont ranked fifth and sixth in the luxury-brand ranking, while Burberry replaced Tiffany as No. 10. Vuitton placed 26th worldwide among 100 companies across 13 industries in the BrandZ study.
Louis vuitton sale Apple, maker of the iPad and the iPhone, is the world’s most valuable brand, with its estimated value surging 84 per cent from a year earlier to $US153 billion, according to Millward Brown Optimor. The study was based on interviews with consumers as well as analysis of company performance.