Fashion Resource Guide
Apparel Works (AWI) is a Chicago-area company specializing in Western Hemisphere–based private-label design, sourcing, and manufacturing. Key items include premium-denim jeans, shorts, jackets, skirts, industrial workwear and uniforms (pants, shirts, coveralls), embellished knit tops, T-shirts, and sleepwear. Production is currently being sewn in Guatemala, Nicaragua, and the Dominican Republic. Gregg Pavalon, president of AWI, has 22 years of experience manufacturing apparel in the region. Prices are drastically lower than what it costs to produce domestically. AWI offers its customers several manufacturing options, including Full Package, Cmt, CM, or their signature service, called CMT Plus. (CMT Plus is when AWI picks up the customer’s fabric at a U.S. mill; sends it to the factory; supplies all trim, assembles, and washed product; and then delivers back to the customer’s U.S. warehouse.) (847) 778-9559, www.apparelworksllc.com or gregg@apparelworksllc.com
Buhler Quality Yarns Corp. ensures the highest-quality products backed by environmental sensitivity and around-the-clock support throughout your supply chain. Our distinctive portfolio offers Supima, MicroTencel®, MicroModal®, Supima Outlast, and various blends, all certified by Oeko-Tex 100, which ensures they are safe for all applications. Additional yarns include Siro Spun and fashion slub yarns in Supima and Supima MicroModal; all offer comfort, durability, and strength. Bring your product to market backed by decades of experience, dependable industry relationships, and unsurpassed technical support. (706) 367-9834 or www.buhleryarns.com
The Cooper Design Space, at the corner of Ninth and Los Angeles streets in the heart of L.A.’s Fashion District, hosts a space that embraces cross-pollination among L.A. lifestyle businesses in fashion, media arts, and publishing. The building is 11 stories tall and, having been built in 1927, represents the city’s history of creative commerce. It’s a space that encourages fluidity across functions by offering an event venue, offices, and showrooms in a single location. Upcoming market dates are June 11–14, Aug. 13–16, and Oct. 15–18. www.cooperdesignspace.com
CURVExpo is the only show in North America solely dedicated to designer lingerie, men’s underwear, and swimwear. CURVExpo will be presenting Spring/Summer 2013 collections of over 250 brands at CURVENY New York Aug. 5–7 (Halls 1D/1E at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center). CURVENV Las Vegas will follow Aug. 21–23 at The Venetian hotel during Las Vegas Fashion Market Week. For more information, visit www.curvexpo.com
Dallas Apparel & Accessories Markets are held five times each year at Dallas Market Center. As the economy warms up, Dallas continues to welcome thousands of buyers to each market, 70 percent of whom don’t shop other apparel marketplaces. Likewise, the Dallas Market Center has recently added additional key rep groups/lines from California to further establish itself as a destination for the leading edge of fashion. For the latest news and upcoming market dates, visit www.dallasmarketcenter.com.
Back in 1928, the Emsig family started a new business, Emsig Manufacturing. The initial market strategy, as it remains today, was to produce the highest-quality button products for their customers. From the humble beginnings, complicated with the very difficult financial times of the early 1930s, Emsig emerged as a formidable button-manufacturing company over the ensuing years. Today, Emsig Manufacturing is managed by third- and fourth-generation family members, and through all the years of innovation and expansion, The Emsig Group has maintained its initial family friendliness, trust, and market integrity. Some of the company’s recent innovations include the Bio-Tech Melamine product, which restricts the growth of viral and bacterial organisms, as well as introducing the first 100 percent recycled button (Melamine) made from recycled factory materials. Our Melamine buttons are made in our USA factory. Call (800) 364-8003, Ext. 301, 308, 309, or 312, email sales@emsig.com, or visit www.emsig.com.
The Evans Group is a fashion development and production house for independent and emerging designers. Services range from making patterns and samples for the runway and showroom to filling small production orders without minimums. In vertically integrated studios in Los Angeles and San Francisco, designers from throughout the United States and abroad work directly with the group’s team of highly skilled craftsmen, from the development of the collections and samples to photoshoots and small-volume production. The Evans Group is recognized locally and nationally for restoring the humanity and quality behind manufacturing clothes domestically and promoting independent design. Visit www.evansgroupinternational.com or call (877) 531-5225.
Since 1931, Geltman has provided a full range of services to textile mills, apparel manufacturers, and the home-furnishing industry. With our highly skilled personnel and efficient production methods, we guarantee the finest-quality work and the most reputable service. In continuing to keep abreast of the latest technological developments, Geltman has been able to cultivate exclusive processes to meet the specific needs of the textile industry. Our years of renowned experience and customer relationships have been the product of our honorable policy—to provide clients with the highest-quality service. (213) 622-2015, www.geltman.com or geltmanind@aol.com
The Gerry Building is in The Intersection of Ninth and Los Angeles streets in the heart of the Los Angeles Fashion District. The historic building has been completely renovated and reborn, marrying retro-elegance with modern details. Inside and out, the Gerry Building has been updated with new materials, technology, and finishes to create a collection of contemporary showrooms and design suites that blend the new and old like nowhere else in the Fashion District. For leasing information, contact David Muir at (213) 270-2244 or e-mail David.Muir@daumcommerical.com. The property website is www.GerryBuilding.com.
The International Apparel Sourcing Show offers apparel brands, retailers, wholesalers and independent design firms a dedicated sourcing marketplace for finding the best domestic and international apparel manufacturers. It is the only event on the East Coast to focus on sourcing finished apparel, contract manufacturing, and private-label development. The event will be co-located with Texworld USA and held July 24–26, 2012, at the Javits Center in New York City. Texworld USA is the largest sourcing event in North America for apparel fabric buyers, R&D and product development specialists, designers, merchandisers, and overseas sourcing professionals. Meet directly with a wide range of manufacturers from Asia, the Middle East, North America, and many other regions from around the globe. The event will be held July 24–26, 2012, at the Javits Center in New York City. www.apparelsourcingshow.com and www.texworldusa.com
Keylin, Inc. is a company organized to design, manufacture, and market fasteners for the aviation, construction, garment, leather, medical, and oceanic industries. This Los Angeles–based company serves as a distribution center that provides immediate delivery of goods to customers. Keylin offers a vast variety of hardware to the global market. The company specializes in custom-built, made-to-order product lines that satisfy the customers‚ needs. Keylin is proud to become the Mid- and Western Regional Distributor of the world’s leading premium fashion zipper manufacturer, Riri Zippers of Switzerland. To date, Keylin has a stock collection of #4, #6, and #8 metal zippers available in 5-metal teeth colors and 7 tape colors. This provides a vast array of 105 different combinations of items to satisfy the customer’s creative demand. To enhance Keylin’s operation as Riri’s Regional Distribution Center, Keylin has an on-site Riri machine from Switzerland to allow on-site custom jobs enabling zipper customization that closely matches the original factory specification. Keylin may also accept orders for production from Riri’s Swiss plant that can be shipped anywhere in the world where customers may desire. The success of Keylin, Inc. as a leader in its line of trade is indicative of the effectiveness of the company’s philosophy and goal. (323) 232-6700 or www.KeylinInc.com
No matter what it is that you’re looking for, you’ll find it at the OFFPRICE Show in Las Vegas. OFFPRICE serves the retail industry as a dynamic order-writing show that connects apparel retail buyers of all sizes with the leading off-price specialists in 20 percent to 70 percent below wholesale clothing, accessories, and footwear. Taking place at the Sands Expo and Convention Center Aug. 19–22, with nearly 500 vendors and over 1,200 booths and attracting more than 11,000 industry professionals, it is the largest off-price show in the country. Many national and regional retailers—such as Conway, Citi Trends, Beall’s, and RH Reny, Inc.—actively shop each and every OFFPRICE Show. No matter what kind of the latest fashions you’re seeking—men’s, women’s, children’s, accessories, or footwear—you’ll find it all at the OFFPRICE Show! For more information, check out the recently redesigned OffPriceShow.com.
Philips-Boyne Corp. offers high-quality shirtings and fabric. The majority of the line consists of long staple Egyptian cotton that is woven and finished in Japan. Styles range from classic stripes, checks, and solids to novelties, Oxfords, dobbies, voiles, Swiss dots, seersuckers, ginghams, flannels, and more. Exclusive broadcloth qualities: Ultimo®, Corona®, and Superba®. Knowledgeable customer-service team, immediate shipping, and highest-quality textiles. Philips-Boyne serves everyone from at-home sewers and custom shirt-makers to couture designers and branded corporations. Call (631) 755-1230, visit www.philipsboyne.com or email sales@philipsboyne.com.
Surf Expo takes place twice a year in Orlando, Fla., and offers more than 4,000 lines in the resort, swim, boutique, surf, skate, dive, and lifestyle markets. Surf Expo gives buyers the opportunity to compare lines side-by-side and meet face-to-face with decision makers, both with the established lines and the new-to-market brands. Surf Expo’s next shows will be held at the Orange County Convention Center Sept. 6–8 and Jan 10–12. For more information, visit www.surfexpo.com.
TRUUdesigns™ is an emerging fashion house for women who know themselves. We are an attainable luxury lifestyle brand for women of all ages and life experiences who love fashion and want modern, classic clothing with distinctive style and personalized fit. We are committed to offering intelligent, thoughtful designs that women wear, rather than fashion trends that wear women. We work with high-quality natural fibers, silks, woolens, and linens. We produce original Digital Art textiles offering TRUU COLLECTION for career and special occasion for Fall/Holiday along with LOUIS JANE Art scarves to accessorize. Please contact Annie Carapetian, West Coast sales, for more information at (818) 749-1791 or Annie@TRUUdesigns.com, and visit our website at www.TRUUdesigns.com.
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