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Monday, November 2nd, 2009We all hear a lot about the exploitation of women in fashion. From young models to factory workers, a woman’s role in fashion is often a tenuous one. So we were thrilled, to come across a story of a big brand doing something to help women in third world countries who work to produce the [...]
Intro to Overseas Sampling
Friday, June 26th, 2009 image via tsuacctnt
Despite our love of all things domestic, especially production, we recognize that often in the apparel business, manufacturing is done overseas. [...]
Behind the Scenes With a Technical Designer
Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009 image via daBinsi
Today we have another often overlooked arena of the fashion business, technical design. For those of you not in the business, a technical designer is not someone who works in IT but rather handles issues relating to measurements, fit, [...]
Fashion’s Plus Size Dilemma
Wednesday, March 11th, 2009
Diana Blackwell via Flickr
Recently an article in the LA Times was published regarding the lack of fashionable clothing for plus size women. While this article has many good points, and perhaps can be wake up call to retailers, there are a few issues we would like to address. One of the key complaints of this article is [...]
Garment Center Bulletin
Wednesday, February 4th, 2009In case you haven’t heard….
Fashion Week- Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the Council of Fashion Designers of America and IMG Fashion have decided to move New York’s Fashion Week away from Bryant Park. The new larger space will be, Lincoln Center. We will most certainly miss hosting this event in our neighborhood. See how people are reacting [...]
Launch Your Fashion Label Online
Thursday, January 15th, 2009Recently we came upon a fascinating new fashion website that we’d like to share with you. While there are a ton of fashion forward sites and style centric blogs, this one stands out as particularly unique. Ustrendy.com is an interactive site which provides an excellent opportunity for design professionals. Whether you are an aspiring fashion [...]
Your Dollar, Not Your Vanity
Friday, November 14th, 2008We recently posted an article explaining how and why size labeling is developed, we also gave examples of why sizes and fits may differ seasonally or from brand to brand. We received a good response to this article but also questions as to if this explained vanity sizing. The previous post gave many examples on how [...]
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