Fashion SMEs can grow further if designers get support
FE Report | Sunday, 15 June 2008
Small and medium enterprises in the fasion sector would grow substantially in future if the communication gap between the government and the fashion designers is filled up.
Internationally renowned fashion designer Bibi Russell said this whiel she was speaking as the special guest of a workshop on 'Fashion Design and Dress Making' at Spectra Convention Centre in the city.
Small and Medium Enterprise Foundation (SMEF) Saturday arranged the workshop with participation of about 50 SME entrepreneurs engaged in fashion design and dress making in the country.
"Fashion design is very important in modern life. We need to share the experience of every fashion designer so that our local fashion is enriched alongside the international," said Rokia A. Rahman, former advisor of caretaker government and president of the Bangladesh Federation of Women Entrepreneurs (BFWE).
"We also need to emphasise on our own heritage of Muslin and traditional handlooms to help the people who work in this sector at the grassroot level," she added in her speech as chief guest.
Bibi Russell said, "Clothes are, in a way, more important than food as people can go without food but not without clothing,.
Internationally renowned fashion designer Bibi Russell said this whiel she was speaking as the special guest of a workshop on 'Fashion Design and Dress Making' at Spectra Convention Centre in the city.
Small and Medium Enterprise Foundation (SMEF) Saturday arranged the workshop with participation of about 50 SME entrepreneurs engaged in fashion design and dress making in the country.
"Fashion design is very important in modern life. We need to share the experience of every fashion designer so that our local fashion is enriched alongside the international," said Rokia A. Rahman, former advisor of caretaker government and president of the Bangladesh Federation of Women Entrepreneurs (BFWE).
"We also need to emphasise on our own heritage of Muslin and traditional handlooms to help the people who work in this sector at the grassroot level," she added in her speech as chief guest.
Bibi Russell said, "Clothes are, in a way, more important than food as people can go without food but not without clothing,.