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Student Links
Clothing and Fashion
Simplicity
Simplicity's Web site takes a look at teaching tools, lesson
plans, and sewing basics and techniques.
American
Apparel and footwear Association
The AAFA is a trade association representing apparel, footwear,
and other sewn products companies and their suppliers. This
Web site offers news, history, statistics, and legislative
information about the industry.
AATCC
The American Association Textile Chemists and Colorists is
a technical and scientific society devoted to the advancement
of textile chemistry.
American
Society for Testing Materials
ASTM International is one of the largest voluntary standards
development organizations for technical standards for materials,
products, systems, and services.
Color
Association of the United States
The Color Association is a color forecasting service in the
US. Since 1915, the Association has been issuing color reports
in fabric-swatched booklet form.
The
Fashion Association
The Fashion Association offers links to various fashion web
sites.
The
Fashion Group International
The Fashion Group International is an association of professionals
representing all areas of fashion, apparel, accessories,
beauty, and home industries.
Garment
Industry Development Corp.
The Garment Industry Development Corporation (GIDC) is a
consortium of labor, industry, and government dedicated to
strengthening New York's apparel industry.
Sewing.org
The Home Sewing Association provides this site for the home
sewing industry.
International
Apparel Federation
The IAF includes apparel associations from 30 countries representing
companies who provide products and services to the apparel
industry.
The
National NeedleArts Association
TNNA is an international trade organization representing
companies specializing in needle arts products and supplies.
New
York Fashion International
New York Fashion International (NYFI) works to increase New
York apparel manufacturers in exporting their products and
also in raising the profile of New York City as a world fashion
capital. It is a joint program of the Garment Industry Development
Corporation (GIDC), the Fashion Center Business Improvement
District (FCBID), and the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC).
Focus
on Style
This site provides information about fashion, style, home
décor, and shopping.
The
History of Costume
This site shows and describes historical dress from antiquity
to the end of the 19th century.
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