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AAFA: American
Apparel & Footwear Association
http://www.apparelandfootwear.org/
Includes
industry news and statistics; membership (apparel, footwear, &
international) and supplier resource directories; RFID guide; trade show & AAFA
calendars; publications list; legislative/trade news;
and links.
The Alexander Report
http://thealexanderreport.com
Industry guide to business resources and services for the apparel
and fashion trades. Includes associations & organizations
directory, trade shows/events lists, and many links.
The Fashion Center
New York City
http://www.fashioncenter.com/
Includes both
annual economic profile, with statistics, and annual report of the Fashion Center BID, FAQs,
fashion district map and
information &
industry links.
Fashion-Incubator
http://fashion-incubator.com
Kathleen Fasanella, author of The Entrepreneur's Guide to Sewn
Product Manufacturing, provides lessons from the sustainable
factory floor on topics such as production, operations, inventory,
patterns, sewing, marketing, merchandising, sourcing, and more on
this blog. Includes glossary; line, process, and product
reviews.
Garment Industry
Development Corporation
http://www.gidc.org/
Includes New York City
apparel industry information with statistics and links.
Also for
impact of Sept. 11 on NYC’s apparel industry, see http://www.gidc.org/unite/UNITE_index.html
For
more information on the NYC apparel industry, see the Fiscal Policy
Institute's 2003 report, NYC's Garment Industry: A New Look?
http://www.fiscalpolicy.org/NYC%20sGarmentIndustry.pdf
Garmento.org
http://www.garmento.org
Premier apparel manufacturing resource created by an FIT Production
Management Dept. faculty member. Includes many links to
resources and more, as well as useful tools, information, images
of equipment, forms, etc.
The Hosiery
Association
http://www.hosieryassociation.com/
Includes
glossary, sock & hosiery guides and charts, news & events calendar,
current & archived issues of the Hosiery Insider.
See also the Hosiery Technology Center’s
site, Legsource, http://www.legsource.com/, and, for shoes, see
ShoeInfoNet,
http://www.shoeinfonet.com/
InfoMat
http://www.infomat.com/
"Fashion industry
search engine." Includes guides
organized by category; international directory of manufacturers,
contractors, wholesalers, & retailers; research reports &
statistics; news, global calendar, career information, association
listings, and more.
NIST (National Institute of
Standards and Technology) Virtual
Museum
http://museum.nist.gov/exhibits/index.html
Online
exhibit, titled the "Standardization of Women's Clothing," includes
a history of sizing standards.
For more information,
especially on recent standards, use the
New York Public
Library web site below. For more on sizing, see
3D Body Scanner and SizeUSA
listed below.
Also, many standard-issuing
organizations, such as
ASTM International (American Society for
Testing and Materials)
http://www.astm.org/, provide standards of all
industries online for a fee. You can also use the site at no
charge as an index, looking up recent or historical standards and
then, using the standard name or number, find the standard itself in
an ASTM publication. Check your library catalog for these
publications. The FIT Library has the Annual Book of ASTM
Standards, Section 7, Textiles, which includes apparel,
textile, & home furnishings standards and contains standard body
measurement charts used for the sizing of apparel as well as many
other standards.
NSGA,
National Sporting Goods Association
http://www.nsga.org/
Includes
statistics & research, new product directory, sporting goods buying
guide,
news, and more. See also SGMA, Sporting Goods Manufacturers
Association
http://www.sgma.com/
for news, press releases (industry, SGMA, & new product), public policy/issues
information, some statistics, and SGMA publications list.
New
York Public Library Research Guide: Apparel, Fashion & Textiles:
Finding Related Industry and Technologies
Resources
http://www.nypl.org/research/sibl/science/apparel
Guide to finding industry information and
resources (both in print & online), including associations,
directories, standards, regulations, and more.
Also for
NYPL's Apparel, Fashion &
Textile links, select Websites or go to
http://www.nypl.org/links/index.cfm?Trg=1&d1=1753&d3=Apparel,
Fashion & Textiles
OTEXA, Office of
Textiles and Apparel, International Trade Administration, U.S. Dept. of Commerce
http://otexa.ita.doc.gov/
Includes statistics, trade agreements, import/export
information, and links to other sites.
For other suggested
government and international trade web sites, consult the FIT
Internet Guides
Federal Government Sites on the Web and
International Trade.
techexchange.com
http://techexchange.com/
From Textile/Clothing
Technology Corporation
[TC]2 and for the apparel,
textile, & home furnishings industries. Includes news, learning
center/library, events calendar, links, international apparel & textile
schools list, and software/hardware buyer’s directory.
Threading Your Way
Through the Labeling Requirements under the Textile and Wool
Acts http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/buspubs/thread.htm
Federal
Trade Commission (FTC) guide to federal labeling requirements for
textile, wool, and fur products.
See also FTC’s Textile,
Wool, Fur, Apparel and Leather Matters page at http://www.ftc.gov/os/statutes/textilejump.htm
for
related materials, including links to information on rules and
statutes, writing care labels, RN numbers, etc. For more on
labeling and on clothing care, try Label Talk from Textile
Industry Affairs, http://www.textileaffairs.com/
3D Body
Scanner
http://www.bodyscan.human.cornell.edu/scene0037.html
Based on Cornell research regarding use of
3D body scanner and the issues of clothing design and fit.
Also includes glossary and links to other research on scanning, fit,
sizing, and more.
For more on sizing issues, see
SizeUSA from [TC]2,
http://www.sizeusa.com/
The Triangle Factory
Fire
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/trianglefire
Comprehensive
coverage of 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist fire, presented by The Kheel
Center at the Cornell University Library, in collaboration with
UNITE!
UNITE
HERE!
http://www.unitehere.org/
Formed by merger on July
8, 2004 of UNITE (formerly the Union of
Needletrades, Textiles and Industrial Employees, itself formed by
merger in 1995 of the ILGWU and the ACTWU) and HERE (Hotel
Employees and Restaurant Employees International Union).
Information on labor and
sweatshops; Union activities, history, and issues.
For more on the history of sweatshops, see Between a Rock
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These sites consist of
directories for the apparel, textile, and related industries. While
some directories are very specific in their focus (e.g., Leathernet
and the RN Database), many others are broader and may include
listings of contractors, fabric and trim suppliers, technology and
equipment manufacturers, services, apparel manufacturers, etc. See
also sites containing directories listed in other sections of this
guide.
AAPN: American Apparel Producers’
Network Sourcing Directory
http://www.aapnetwork.net/Content/114.htm
Mostly
U.S., Latin America, and Canada; Contractors, suppliers, services,
& global industry resources. Searchable
Fashiondex Online
http://www.fashiondex.com/online.vs
International coverage. Fabric, trims, services, contractors,
and manufacturers. Lists (not searchable)
Leathernet: Leather
Industry Worldwide http://www.leathernet.com/ Searchable
RN Database, Federal Trade
Commission http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/rn
With link to the Canadian CA Number database.
Searchable
SEAMSonline, The National Association for the Sewn Products Industry
http://www.seams.org/search07/index.html
U.S. suppliers, services, and manufacturers.
ThomasNet
http://www.thomasnet.com/
From the publisher
of Thomas Register. American and Canadian coverage.
Manufacturers, distributors, suppliers, services, products.
Searchable
Thomas
Global Register
http://www.thomasglobal.com/
International coverage/European coverage.
Manufacturers, distributors, suppliers, services, products.
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