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Do you work in the fashion industry?
I work in fashion
About Me ...
Well, I develop fashion industry websites. Therefore, I guess you can say that I enjoy the fashion industry. Although the fashion industry is very important to me and takes up much of my time, the most important thing in my life is my family. I live on the East Coast of the United States, but enjoy hearing about fashion from around the globe.

If you have interest, you can follow me on Twitter at www.Twitter.com/Apparel I can not promise that I will say anything interesting, but you are welcome to follow me if you have interest.
Fashion Industry Experience
Currently have approx. 15 years experience in the fashion industry. Time sure does fly...
Favorite Fashion Designer or Fashion Brand
Don't really have a favorite. But I can tell you my wife, loves the GAP.
What is your favorite fashion website? (list the web address, NOT the fashion sites name. If you only list the name, the link to your favorite fashion site will not work...)
http://www.ApparelSearch.com
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A message from me ...

Hello everyone... I really hope you enjoy the Fashion Industry Network. For years, I have been developing fashion sites and this is my first attempt at creating a method for members of the fashion industry to communicate directly with one another.

The idea of this site is for fashion designers to meet fashion designers, production managers to meet production managers, stylists to meet stylists, pattern makers to meet pattern makers etc.

You are welcome to promote your fashion industry product or service. HOWEVER, please try not to make it sound like a commercial. The goal is to make legit business contacts so that we can keep the world of fashion spinning. Again, you may promote your business as this is actually the purpose of the site. Please do not be too pushy with your attempts to solicite business.

If you see people abusing the site with non relevant information, please let me know and we will try to quickly remove their posts. We truly need your support to help keep this site beneficial for everyone. Please understand that as a user of this site, you are part of the team. Lets all work together to keep the site working as originally intended.

You can view my main fashion industry website at Apparel Search.

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Couture Zappos : Zappos Has Gone Couture


Sarkissian Mason Adds Sophisticated, Glossy Front-End To Zappos' Launch Of New High-Fashion Hangout Couture.Zappos.Com




If you enjoyed shopping for shoes at Zappos

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Posted on February 5, 2010 at 1:30pm —

Apparel1

Accessories For Function or For Flash



When fashion designers create accessories, do they design them for a particular function or do they create them to be flashy (eye catching)? Or possibly, do they design for both. For example, a hat with a face covering can be a very functional item if you are for example skiing. However, a hat… Continue

Posted on January 23, 2010 at 9:14am —

Apparel1

Bloomingdale's Outlet

Bloomingdale's appears to be moving forward with an outlet store concept in 2010. They currently have plans for four outlet stores that will be approx. 25,000 square feet. They will be placed in shopping centers that have an upscale outlet store focus. Macy's, the parent company of Bloomingdale's plans to roll out additional Bloomingdale's Outlet store locations in 2011. Bloomingdale’s Outlet stores will offer a range of apparel and accessories, including women’s ready-to-wear, men’s, children’s… Continue

Posted on January 21, 2010 at 5:16pm — 1 Comment

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How Many Fashion Industry Network Members is Too Many

When I started the Fashion Industry Network one of my primary concerns was the size of the site. No, I was not concerned that the site had only a few members. Actually, my concern was the contrary. I was worried about what would happen in the future if the site had "too many" members.

My theory was always that the network is only as good as the members that utilize the site. The thought process was that if we have a good group of people, the fashion industry network would be a beneficial… Continue

Posted on January 20, 2010 at 8:30pm —

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Fashion Industry Network and Twitter

As of tonight, members of the Fashion Industry Network can now post messages to their twitter accounts directly from their profile here on the Fashion Industry Network.

If you currently use twitter and wish to tweek from your profile page, you are welcome to do so...

To connect, check the box next to the Twitter icon above your Status bar or click on the Twitter link under your information on your Profile Page.

Connecting to Twitter will bring up the Twitter sign in page, where you can… Continue

Posted on January 20, 2010 at 7:12pm —

Apparel1

Fast Fashion and Enhanced Design May Speed Apparel Firms to Success

Today I read an article at the Fashion Newspaper (Outsourcing May Be Slowing Down Apparel Firms : Stanford Graduate School of Business Research) that was based on a research paper from the Standford Graduate School of Business. The paper is about how, "Outsourcing May Be Slowing Down Apparel Firms". When reading the… Continue

Posted on January 15, 2010 at 1:48pm — 2 Comments

Apparel1

Down With Fill Power and Fill Weight


Are you down with the understanding of fill power and fill weight?

Yes, it is winter. And yes, it is cold (depending on where you currently are at the moment...). I guess that now is as good a time as any to learn about down. More specifically, lets learn a bit about fill power and fill weight.

F… Continue

Posted on January 15, 2010 at 8:30am —

Apparel1

Fashion Designers Open Call at Macy's

This may be the opportunity you had been hoping for...

Macy's (NYSE:M) has announced a new program, "Macy's Open Call," created to offer apparel and accessories designers, who are not yet Macy's vendors, the opportunity to introduce their work to Macy's Fashion Office. Designers, who must be at least 18 years old and use EDI compliant manufacturing facilities, will be invited to apply online from January 15th to January 31st by completing the online application, which will be available at macys… Continue

Posted on January 14, 2010 at 8:29am —

Apparel1

Shop Fashion Bug or Be Fashion Bug


Fashion Bug invites women everywhere to look great and spend less. Featuring current styles in sizes 6–30 for work, weekend and everything in between. From dress to business casual, and from active knits to jeans and fashion tops, Fashion Bug offers fre… Continue

Posted on January 13, 2010 at 4:05pm —

Apparel1

Turning Water Bottles Into Fabric

Are you aware that Unifi and Polartec are introducing high performance fabrics made from 100 percent post-consumer waste (clear plastic water bottles)? They recently announced their partnership on this project.

"Polartec, LLC and Unifi, Inc. announce a new partnership introducing performance fabrics made with REPREVE 100. REPREVE 100 is made from 100 percent post-consumer waste (clear plastic water bottles).

Polartec and Unifi have been industry leaders in the development of high performance r… Continue

Posted on January 13, 2010 at 1:00pm —

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At 10:54pm on February 2, 2010, Roderick Rowser said…
Noted...
At 7:27pm on February 2, 2010, Roderick Rowser said…
I will honor your request. I have been a member almost since the very beginning...I have watched this industry change oh so much in the last year and not for the better. Fashion, if you research the web has really yet to catch up to the internet. All designers, patternmakers, freelancers, anyone entering any business really should have an internet presence for if nothing else they can be found... but most of all, in today's society it actually legitimatizes you "whats your web address" is what anyone looking to do business will ask you....Hosting services are starting to become specialized with products such as SaaS targeting specific industries and that is what we are trying to accomplish with fashion....soon every one that signs up for our service will get a free fashion catalog, fashionPDM, and a fashion resource guide that we are building all in one all part of the service.

It seems as though the users get to use this forum more as a venue to "smile at one another" and make friends than as a forum to really promote our businesses ...to symbiotically use one another to make money.

As you can see from my resume I have been in the fashion business for quite some time now and if we all don't change the way we think, the way we try to promote ourselves and our businesses then this forum will be just another place "to smile at one another".

Out of respect for the forum I had been sending comments one at a time... over 1000 in all....You would be surprised at how much I have found out about the REAL contacts here, how many don't have any kind of internet presence whatsoever, and the emails about how great it is to find a service that specializes in fashion related web sites

Anyway thank you for this forum, and there will be no more postings about the service.

Roderick Rowser
At 3:04pm on February 2, 2010, Tassy said…
- - hii Apparel1
i am in your group friend some time
more i little access this page
well.. how now i want to know more about this fashion world
i would like to know if you help me showing me sites and telling famous designer and sites about new collections
At 10:33am on February 2, 2010, Kim Barnes said…
Hi Apparel 1,

How do I post a job interest? I'm looking for someone mature and quality who is interested in building a biz with a new men's clothing line launched in Dallas. We're going on our 3rd year and in 63 cities all over the US so far. 15-20 hours a week or full time if they choose. Let me know your thoughts! Thanks, Kim
At 5:10am on February 2, 2010, ayisha al - haqq said…
thanks
At 9:00am on January 31, 2010, TheThrifters said…
Thank you I will.
At 8:45pm on January 30, 2010, Fashion 4 ever said…
Thank you very much for the comment ! You are really lucky to work in fashion industry, it's like my dream !
At 12:21am on January 29, 2010, Lisa Goshon said…
Hi Apparel - I really appreciate the article. I do need to change one thing in the title - we want to change the word "legless" to Amputees. If this is something you can change, that would be great. So it should read, "Dressing the Legs for Amputees". Thanks!
At 6:49pm on January 28, 2010, Elene Cassis said…
Thanks so much! I'll make sure to add my twitter account, and to add you.
At 2:53am on January 28, 2010, Traci Chung said…
Thanks. :D

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