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Eric Trachtenberg

Executive Director International Cotton Advisory Committee
Eric Trachtenberg

Eric Trachtenberg is Executive Director, International Cotton Advisory Committee.

 
 
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Handmade India / Dokha Story First Person
A tradition kept exactly as it was can survive in archives, but one allowed to change its form can remain part of how people dress and earn.

A Himalayan Winter Garment Sheds Its Wool and Finds a New Life

  • Tapan Sharma

30 September 2026
Global Apparel / Export Strategies Analysis
A sample carries the weight of collective sign-off, yet its authority holds only while the fabric, trim, label and pack behind it remain the ones accepted.

Four Identities That Move Between Sample Sign-Off and First Production Lot

  • Yinghang Wu

8 September 2026
 
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Handmade India / Dyes & Labour Interview
Colours drawn from plants shift with season, soil, water and temperature, asking makers to work with a living material and its variations instead of a fixed industrial formula.

Fashion's Appetite for Handmade Irregularity Must Extend to the Labour behind It

  • Subir Ghosh

2 October 2026
Biomaterials / Labels and Trust Interview
Replacing fossil inputs with plant-derived carbon can reduce dependence on non-renewable resources, but the gain is only as credible as the evidence offered to support it.

Bio-Based Textiles Need Honest Labels before Their Green Claims Can Be Trusted

  • Subir Ghosh

1 October 2026
 
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War Effects / Surat Exodus Feature
The decision to leave is rarely about wages alone; it is about whether a city can sustain the basic conditions that make staying possible. In Surat, those conditions have collapsed.

Paying for a Distant War: Surat's Migrant Textile Workforce Is Leaving 'Coz It has Run Out of Gas

  • Richa Bansal

27 March 2026
Country Overview / Ethiopia Report
The basic wage that workers get simply does not cover the cost of living in a big city. At the time of the survey, the average (monthly basic salary was 1,449 Ethiopian birr (ETB) (equivalent to about €26). Ironically, about two-third of the workers surveyed had to seek support from families living in the countryside in spite of being wage-earners. There are both internal and external factors that don't make a garment job so attractive.

It’s Now or Never for Ethiopia’s Garment Industry

  • Subir Ghosh

27 November 2023