Imagine a Manhattan without a garment district.It could happen. Read designer Nanette Lepore's editorial ("The Fabric of New York") in today's New York Times about preserving our endangered garment district. Then click here to read more about saving the garment district.
Enjoy your Labor Day in the U.S. If you're lucky enough to be sewing chances are strong that your fabric is a product of the garment district.
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Saw "The September Issue" last night with Daughter Annie, who pronounced Anna Wintour "scary, just like Meryl Streep in 'The Devil Wears Prada.'" I think the label "ice queen" is apt, but I give Wintour points for having an adult daughter who clearly loves her but has no interest in following in her mother's Manolos Blahnicks. As many reviewers have pointed out, Vogue creative director Grace Coddington is the one who steals the movie with her unwavering passion. See "The September Issue" if you've always wanted to know what it's like working for a fashion magazine.
11 comments:
Thanks for posting this--I put it on my Facebook page, lots of surf industry garmento people are on my friends lists and hopefully they'll see it too.
Gail
Oh my gosh . . . this is all about saving JOBS for U.S. workers! Are Bloomberg and his cronies so far removed from the working class that they just don't get it? In my lifetime, I fear there will come a day when the only way I can get an American-made garment will be to make it myself . . . there will be no more USA-made RTW. What a sad thought!
Thanks for posting this!!
I've read all of these articles and have been absolutely positively upset ever since Bloomberg took away the garment district's special status! I'm not sure that the new plan to have 3 or 4 select buildings with the special designate would be effective either.
The internet may be the only way to purchase fabric in the very near future!!!
Thanks so much for posting this! I'd seen the "save the garment district" signs, but had no idea what it was all about. I can't even conceive of a New York without the Garment District. I think this definitely calls for a letter to the mayor.
I'm seeing September Issue today--can't wait!
I read that in the Times this morning and it is just inconceivable of a NY without the garment district. It has changed so much in the last 30 years or so that I've been shopping there. 40th street is a case in point. The other thing is when was the last time you were nearly run over by a rack of garments?
Your dd is right, she is pretty scary. She used to have a summer house here and we shared a driveway. She'd be walking her dog and if you drove by her she'd actually turn her head to avoid eye contact. God forbid we might want to stop and say hello!
BTW, off topic, but have you looked at the Nov. issue of threads that is on newsstands now? I just glanced at it yesterday, but unless I am mistaken, there is an article in it in which Susan K tells how to fit a boned strapless dress! Not sure, but you might check it out.
Also, sort of on topic as it is in Vogue and you just did Sept Issue thing -- black fringed baby phat dress in Sep 2009 Vogue looks good.
What is happening in the garment district is so unfortunate. It is just another example of American industry being forced overseas. And when it is gone those that did nothing to prevent it will be the first to complain that another industry has left our shores.
I remember going to F.I.T. and seeing garment racks on 8th Ave all the time. The furriers would have furs on the rack and sometimes they would give you a sample pelt.
I signed the petition. It would be a crime to push the fabric stores out of the area. In the past couple of years a few of them have already moved twice due to landlord raising rents. Let's let Bloomberg know how we feel before it's too late.
It is not so unimaginable. Sydney has all but lost its garment district. The old wholesalers are being replaced by retail and there are fewer of them. The trim shops have all gone to China.
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