The Fashion industry that we know today was literally born and cultivated out of the Manhattan borough of New York City. Though Parisians would dare argue, New York's Garment District has enough weight to stake its claim as a global fashion epicenter.
New York's Garment District is an elite microcosm of its own, a miniature facet animated by iconic fashion houses and gilded show rooms containing the year's best season samples. However, the heart of New York's Garment District lies within the workrooms and warehouses- where it hosts hundreds of workers, tailors, suppliers, merchandisers and suppliers. The invisible people responsible for colors and trends, fashion styles planned months and years ahead before it hits the mass market.
The Garment District is that nurturing fashion lab, an incubator for design up-and-comers who learn the ropes of the fashion industry through sourcing and producing garments on their own. Doing the walk, respecting the tradesmen and artisans while learning to haggle for every yard of fabric they can get their hands on.
Without the Garment District’s vast lifeline of suppliers and manufacturers, nothing will ever come to fruition out of these designers sketchbooks. The Garment District is the go-to place for specialized services ranging from equipment-dependent appliques, textile sourcing and handcrafted embelishments. You can get samples done by top outsourcing tailors who cater to the large houses or you can seek to outsource garments in a mass production level.
The Garment District plays a crucial role in keeping the industry fashion forward with the constant infusion of emerging talent. Despite the downward economy, the Garment District has continued to survive. Albeit, most workrooms have cut down a lot of jobs and the cluster of suppliers have gotten smaller, due to US manafacturing demands being sourced to China. Perhaps its about time NYC does something about to support this small and important borough, The Garment District from going extinct. I wouldn't say designers are a dying breed, they're everywhere but its quite sad to see a bustling colony that's supportive of talent and fashion culture just fade away.
New York's Garment District is an elite microcosm of its own, a miniature facet animated by iconic fashion houses and gilded show rooms containing the year's best season samples. However, the heart of New York's Garment District lies within the workrooms and warehouses- where it hosts hundreds of workers, tailors, suppliers, merchandisers and suppliers. The invisible people responsible for colors and trends, fashion styles planned months and years ahead before it hits the mass market.
The Garment District is that nurturing fashion lab, an incubator for design up-and-comers who learn the ropes of the fashion industry through sourcing and producing garments on their own. Doing the walk, respecting the tradesmen and artisans while learning to haggle for every yard of fabric they can get their hands on.
Without the Garment District’s vast lifeline of suppliers and manufacturers, nothing will ever come to fruition out of these designers sketchbooks. The Garment District is the go-to place for specialized services ranging from equipment-dependent appliques, textile sourcing and handcrafted embelishments. You can get samples done by top outsourcing tailors who cater to the large houses or you can seek to outsource garments in a mass production level.
The Garment District plays a crucial role in keeping the industry fashion forward with the constant infusion of emerging talent. Despite the downward economy, the Garment District has continued to survive. Albeit, most workrooms have cut down a lot of jobs and the cluster of suppliers have gotten smaller, due to US manafacturing demands being sourced to China. Perhaps its about time NYC does something about to support this small and important borough, The Garment District from going extinct. I wouldn't say designers are a dying breed, they're everywhere but its quite sad to see a bustling colony that's supportive of talent and fashion culture just fade away.
