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I am a small design company and I can purchase maximum of 100 yards for production. I am thinking about buying a fabric sourcing guide to help me find vendors that will sell to me with low minimums and sample yardage, hoping I can better find what I need. Has anyone used the following guides: "The Small Design Company's Guide to Wholesale Fabrics and Trims" ($50), "The Designers Guide" ($75), "The Sourcer's Guide" ($120), or "By the Yard Resource Guide" ($40 pdf). All have varying price tags and

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Designers– looking for new materials for your next collection that are fashion forward and eco-friendly? Well, we’d like to introduce you to AirDye, a revolutionary textile process that dyes fabrics without water. We first heard about this sustainable technology during our excursion
to FIT’s “Going Green” exhibit. We wanted to find out more the AirDye process and fabrics so we took a trip AirDye offices on Fashion Avenue. To see what we captured, click play. (more…)

Photo: Jen Davis/The New York Times

Sixty-four percent of American women are over a healthy BMI range, more than one-third are categorized as obese…you’ve heard it all before, and thanks to The New York Times, you’re hearing it again. Sure, Saks Fifth Avenue is saving spots for sizes 14 and up come fall, but is the high-end fashion world really ready to accommodate plus-sized beauties? Considering that plus-sized clothes only account for 18% of total revenue, and more than half of women in the St

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Versatile, sexy, and—get ready for it—lace-free since its 2007 inception, high-end lingerie lingerie line The Lake & Stars has confounded expectations and grabbed the attention
of major magazines for their unique take on boudoir fabrics and constructions. Helmed by New York based designers Maayan Zilberman and Nikki Dekker, the line has avoided the cutesy, often tacky troupes typical to most underwear collections and grown by leaps and bounds. To get a better handle on the daun

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You’re starting a new line and, sensitive soul that you are, you’re considering going sustainable. Well good, I love hearing that. But is “green fashion” is a valid business maneuver or just a fleeting marketing angle? Do customers and retailers really buy into sustainability yet

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Know your fabrics. It’s a point I can’t stress enough. As a designer, understanding the different qualities of textile structures like chiffon and charmeuse, georgette and crepe, organza and gazar (I
could go on…) should be at the top of your list. I’m sure you think you know the difference, but there’s always room for improvement. Designers contact me daily asking for a fabric, and then
look bewildered once supplied because it’s not what they had in mind. This

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Here is a press release from Cotton Inc., that I thought would be of interest to you. Much of this you already now, but here it is anyway...

Summer is filled with vacations to the beach, picnics in the park, and BBQ’s in the yard. We love summer activities, but shorts and t-shirts aren’t always the most appropriate attire for warm weather functions. While mystery fabrics leave you feeling itchy and hot, cotton’s natural breathability and structure help k