Garment manufacturing usually involves the use of purchased fabrics, although you could produce your own fabrics as well as garments made from them. You could specialize in a certain apparel ...

The initiatives aim to help manufacturers and designers modernize equipment, expand services and train workers in New York ...

The global underwear industry has evolved dramatically from a basic necessity to a sophisticated segment of fashion and ...

Technology has dramatically altered the apparel industry, but the need to source textiles, trims and findings for manufacture into garments that fit the consumer's budget keeps the basic structure of ...

Despite its $1.7 trillion scale, fashion still waits months to make and move products. The core reason is simple: Much of the work is still manual, so timelines stretch. Longer lead times force ...

The central question for textile manufacturers has always been how to make more product at lower cost. It’s an ancient problem, first addressed by an ancient technology: the loom. Basic looms are as ...

While robots enter other industries in herds, the assembly of garments has long been a tedious, human privilege. Now, for the first time, a robot has sewn an entire, wearable piece of garment. Sewbo, ...

Even in this age of wearable technology, the actual fabric in our t-shirts and clothes may still be the most high-tech product we wear. From the genetically engineered cotton seed, though an ...

Timed to Fashion Week, The New York Times lifted the catwalk for a look underneath the who-are-you-wearing business — specifically, what New York City has been doing to make locally sourced — or, at ...

The garment manufacturing industry is heavily regulated by California. Two items garment manufacturers should be aware of are the registration requirements and the Garment Worker Protection Act. Every ...