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Apparel Industry

Directories and Buying Guides

Apparel Directories

Fashion Forecasting

Selected Directories and Buying Guides

American Apparel Manufacturers Association.  Directory: Members & Associate Members.  Arlington, VA: AAMA, annual.  Includes directory of contractors.
Main Stacks  HD 9940 .U3 A58a
List of members with web sites also available online

American Apparel Producers’ Network.  Guide to Sourcing.  Atlanta, GA: AAPN, 2000.
Main Stacks   HD 9940 .U3 A564 Sept. 2000


American Sportswear & Knitting Times. 
Buyers’ Guide: The Guide to Products and Services for the Apparel and Textile Industry.  New York: National Knitwear and Sportswear Association, 2000.
Main Stacks    HD 9940 .U3 A69 2000

Directory of International Apparel Industry Trade Shows.  Prepared by the Canadian Apparel Federation.  New York: Fashiondex, annual.
Main Stacks    HD 9940 .A1 D57

Directory of the New York State Apparel and Sewn Products Industry.  Ithaca, NY: Apparel Industry Outreach, Cornell University; New York: Garment Industry Development Corporation, 2000.
Main Stacks    HD 9940 .U5 N645 2000

Fashion Center Black Book.  1997 ed.  New York: NYC Infomat, 1997.
Main Stacks   TT 495 .F34 1997
Also available online:
The Fashion Center New York City: 
http://www.fashioncenter.com/

InfoMat:  http://www.infomat.com

Footwear Industries of America.  SoleSource: The Footwear Industry Directory.  Washington, DC: FIA, 1994-c1999.
Main Stacks    HD 9787 .U4 S65
Available in part online: AAFA Memebership Directory and AAFA Suppliers Resource Directory

Garment Manufacturers Index.  Littlerock, CA: Klevens Publications, annual.
Main Stacks  TT 495 .G37  Non-circulating

For additional suggestions of online directories, consult the Library’s Internet Guide,  Apparel Industry on the Web.

Fashion Designers

RN Directories

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