THE GARMENT DISTRICT OF NEW YORK

THE GARMENT DISTRICT OF NEW
YORK
The Garment District of New York City is located
on the West side of Midtown Manhattan. The
massive concentration of fabric stores and textile
related companies exude fashion wherever you
look. The Garment District has been lauded as the
fashion capital of the world and prominently
boasts the headquarters of many of the world's
most distinguished fashion companies.
The Garment District is host to thousands of New
York City's showrooms and to countless major
fashion labels. Naturally, a plethora of resources
can be found, from pattern makers, full production
cutting and sewing rooms, designers, dress dyeing
service, wholesale fabric manufacturers, designer
fabrics, home decor fabrics, and just about
anything fashion related, all in less than one
square mile.
New York City is known as the fashion capital of
the world in part due to the over $15 billion in
annual revenues that are generated from local
textile businesses.
The Garment District is the epicenter for a number
of world renowned fashion designers - their global
production, showrooms, retail operations and
distribution is all controlled from The Garment
District. Many of the designers in the Garment
District make their exclusive fabrics available
solely to a small number of trusted fabric stores,
namely NyFashionCenterFabrics.com.
Due to the overwhelming number of fashion and
apparel companies in The Garment District, there
is a huge demand for first quality, high end
designer fabrics and apparel fabrics, which is the
primary reason why NyFashionCenterFabrics.com
is strategically located in the center of the
garment District.
History
In the mid 19th century, The Garment District first
began to shape when a group of tailors and
seamstresses started to produce uniforms for
sailors, work clothes for slaves and handmade
suits for businessmen. This created a growing
demand for uniform fabrics, shirting fabrics and
suiting fabrics. New York City was the only place
where there was a steady supply of exquisite
wool fabrics, linen fabrics, silk fabrics and cotton
fabrics which were being brought by explorers
from native lands. This combination of resources
and the rapidly growing population of New York
City fueled the explosive growth of the Garment
District which has carried on for decades.