Resources for Starting a Clothing Line

One of our most popular pages is the article Starting a Clothing Line or Apparel Manufacturing Business. I guess many people dream of becoming the next Donatella Versace or Tommy Hilfiger.

Aside from our article, here are resources on how to start a clothing line

Associations:
Professional Apparel Association http://www.proapparel.com
American Apparel Producer’s Network http://www.usawear.org/
Worldwide Responsible Apparel Manufacture http://www.wrapapparel.org/
American Apparel and Footwear Association http://www.americanapparel.org/
National Association of Fashion and Accessory Designers http://www.nafad.com/
SEAMS The National Association for the Sewn Products Industry http://www.seams.org/

Manufacturer Search
ThomasNet http://www.thomasnet.com
National Association of Manufacturers http://www.nam.org/s_nam/index.asp
Davison’s Textile Blue Book http://www.textilebluebook.net

Other resources
Fashion Group International http://www.fgi.org
Apparel News http://www.apparelnews.net/

Blogs:
Kathleen Fasanella’s blog at http://fashion-incubator.com/ (Kathleen is the author of the book “The Entrepreneur‘s Guide to Sewn Product Manufacturing”)