Like most emerging brands, I imagine you struggle to compete on price with established brands. If you distribute through wholesale, this problem is compounded by your retailer’s markup needs. Significant cost savings might be staring you in the face. To begin with, have you considered sourcing your fabrics and trims Read more…
Enough hands have been wrung about the demise of the Garment District. Its proponents cite rising rents, a city hostile to its needs and outsourcing for its problems and its growing obsolescence. If only the city paid more attention and enforced its zoning regulations, if only established corporations would devote Read more…
This is an article I wrote a while back for Save the Garment Center. Re-reading it, I am struck by how recent events have strengthened my conviction that the Garment Center is vital to the pre-eminence of New York City as a fashion capital. The bid to change the Garment Read more…