Articles
MetroFocus
Op-Ed: Without the Garment Center, There Would Be No Nanette Lepore by Nanette Lepore
February 9, 2012
local manufacturers afford emerging designers the ability to start small and grow their production as orders increase. The other advantages to producing locally include more thorough quality control, easier management of inventory and a quicker turnaround time to fill orders and meet spur-of-the-moment trends.
http://www.thirteen.org/metrofocus/news/2012/02/op-ed-without-the-garment-center-there-would-be-no-nanette-lepore/
Philly.com
Mirror, Mirror: American designers are waving the flag by Elizabeth Wellington
February 8, 2012
According to Cotton Inc., a trade organization that tracks the attitudes of shoppers, 56 percent of consumers say buying clothing made in America is important to them. Furthermore, 87 percent of those consumers say they want to buy American to support the economy. And 38 percent believe American clothing is better made.
http://articles.philly.com/2012-02-08/news/31038131_1_american-designers-clothes-new-york-fashion-week/2
WWD
Made in USA on recovery road by Arthur Friedman
February 7, 2012
Made in the USA is hot again.Driven by rising wages in China and raw material price inflation — not to mention a presidential election year — there is a rebound in interest in domestic manufacturing that hasn’t been seen in a generation. It’s touching almost every industry, from cars to refrigerators to even apparel and textiles, where finding the lowest-cost producer has been a core part of the industry’s strategy for more than four decades.
http://www.wwd.com/markets-news/textiles/made-in-usa-on-recovery-road-5618260
WWD
Like a Phoenix by Arthur Friedman
September 5, 2011
“Our business is to sell machines,” Hofer said. “Our business is also to be the connector between the designer or company here and the manufacturer…We don’t look at U.S. manufacturing as a goal or a by-product, we look at it as a necessity. This generation of young designers is very proud. They want to make a quality product and they only want to make it in America.” Hofer said she often hears from people that there aren’t any mills left in the U.S., even if they want to have some Made in USA production.
http://www.wwd.com/fashion-blogs/like_a_phoenix-11-09
WWD
Stoll Grows an Oasis in Manhattan by Arthur Friedman
August 29, 2011
The Stoll Fashion & Technology Center is becoming an integral part of the fashion center for sample making and knit apparel education and production training, and a “connector” between designers and manufacturers looking to utilize and cultivate U.S. manufacturing.
http://www.wwd.com/markets-news/textiles/stoll-grows-an-oasis-in-manhattan-5094674
PBS Nightly Business report, “Shop Talk”
It’s estimated that only 5 percent of clothing sold in the U.S. is made on American soil. Back in the 1960s, that number was 95 percent. But some American designers are hoping to reverse that trend.
http://www.pbs.org/nbr/site/onair/transcripts/nanette_lepore_110314/
Italian Vogue
Success Stories: Yeohlee Teng
March 2, 2011
Last September, with the opening of her first store in the heart of the New York’s Garment District, Yeohlee discusses her strong commitment to the local fashion industry’s strategic and historical area.
http://www.vogue.it/en/talents/success-stories/2011/03/yeohlee-teng
Municipal Arts Society
Yeohlee discusses how the proximity of pattern makers, pleaters, cutters and fabric suppliers and other vendors within the district make it possible for designers to take their concepts and turn them into reality.
http://mas.org/yeohlee%E2%80%
Municipal Arts Society
Garment District: Fashioning a Future, a panel of design professionals, practitioners, and government officials discuss ideas for shaping the Garment District’s future as a vital hub for entrepreneurship, creativity, and commerce at the MASNYC 2010 Summit for New York City.
http://mas.org/summitnyc/2010/
Municipal Arts Society
Early findings from the Made in Midtown study presented at Made in Midtown: The Garment District Today & Tomorrow, moderated by Tim Gunn.
http://vimeo.com/album/266807
Community Board Five
Town Hall meeting on March 22, 2011 to discuss the Garment District, it’s future and why it matters to NYC, the country and the President’s campaign to Win The Future, an initiative to create and keep jobs in the US. The forum included members of the fashion and garment industries, manufacturers, and representatives of the real estate and commercial development communities.
http://www.cb5.org/cb5/community/garment_center_forum/
Videos
A video of the panel discussion that featured Joe, Yeohlee, Madelyn etc in the Fall:
http://mas.org/summitnyc/2010/08/garment-district/
A video of a panel discussion from June of ’10:
http://vimeo.com/album/266807
Valuable Maps
http://www.fashioncenter.com/wp-content/uploads/MAS-FCBID_GeneralFashionServicesMap_020711.pdf
