Lightness is a fundamental asset in the current trends of the apparel industry, especially when we speak about outerwear that, more and more often, have to combine comfort with technical properties
The body proportions of the Italian population have changed significantly in recent decades. A survey of current body measurements was tackled by Sistemi Assyst in the SizeITALY project, with the support of the apparel industry and retail trade
According to the data provided by Sistema Moda Italia after a year 2012 in which the Italian women’s fashion industry (understood as including fabric outerwear, knitwear, shirts, and leather apparel) substantially confirmed its results for 2011, in 2013 as well the sector turnover changed little with respect to the previous year
According to data cited by Levi's, it takes almost 5000 liters of water to produce a pair of jeans, while the C02 produced is 32.3 pounds, the equivalent of the carbon dioxide processed by 6 trees in one year. These data are particularly important because jeans are perhaps the most popular item of clothing in the world