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At the directories section you will find several of the best fashion industry directories in the market.  Below are a few examples of the kinds of apparel directories and textile directories that you will find.

Apparel Industry Sourcebook Online : A complete and up-to-date online directory listing over 2,600 domestic and import suppliers of all types of fabrics, trims, notions, forecast services, swatch design studios, CAD services and more for the apparel industry.

Apparel Industry Sourcebook : A complete and up-to-date guide listing over 2,600 domestic and import suppliers of all types of fabrics, trims, notions, forecast services, swatch design studios, CAD services and more for the apparel industry.

Apparel Production Sourcebook (American Edition) : An up-to-date directory committed to solving your production sourcing and contracting needs in the Americas. The sourcebook includes sewing, cut-n-sew, and finishing contractors, plus apparel production services within the U.S. and South and Central America. All factories are sorted by clothing classification, and by U.S. state or by country.

Apparel Production Sourcebook (Asian Edition) : A newly compiled, up-to-date and information-packed directory lists apparel and accessory manufacturers, exporters, and contractors from 15 countries throughout Asia.

Directory of Brand Name Apparel Manufacturers and Importers : The up-to-date and easy-to-use directory listing brand-name labels and manufacturers in the women's, men's, children's and accessory markets.

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How-To's Red-hot how-to books on all the phases of design and production.

Fashion Dictionaries The finest fashion and related terminology books available.

Garment & Textile Sourcing Up-to-the-minute publications on sourcing and finding and working with the suppliers and materials, worldwide.

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Grading Books

Pattern Making Books

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If you are new to the fashion industry or an experienced garmento, reading books about fashion and textiles is one of the best things you can do to stay ahead of the competition.  If you are serious about fashion, it is very important to stay educated regarding all issues regarding fiber to fashion.  Read a book about fabrics, manufacturing, pattern making etc.

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What a Sourcing Directory Does

Every garment begins as a list of things a company does not make itself: cloth, trims, notions, and services from pattern cutting to forecasting. A sourcing directory organises the suppliers of all of those inputs so a designer, product developer or production manager can find candidates quickly, compare them and make contact. The Apparel Industry Sourcebook's figure — over 2,600 domestic and import suppliers — shows the scale involved: fabrics, trims and notions alone account for hundreds of merchants, before forecast services, swatch design studios and CAD services are added. A good directory entry gives the supplier's specialism and contact route, which is the difference between a day of searching and a morning of phone calls.

Print Directories and Online Editions

The sourcebook is listed here in both its print form and as the Apparel Industry Sourcebook Online, and the pairing is instructive. A printed directory is stable, browsable and easy to annotate in a workroom; an online edition can be updated as suppliers open, close and move, and can be searched by category in seconds. Production directories such as the Apparel Production Sourcebook (American Edition) narrow the same idea to the making side of the trade — the factories and services that turn designs into garments for the American market. Readers choosing between formats should consider how fast their corner of the supply base changes: the more volatile the category, the more the online edition earns its place.

Directories Within the Fashiondex Shelves

Directories are one Fashiondex category among the working shelves linked from this page. A sourcing search usually continues naturally into the sourcing books section, where the strategy of finding and working with suppliers is covered in depth, and into the technical and business sections when the question turns from who supplies something to how it should be specified or costed. Starting from a directory keeps that journey grounded in named, contactable companies rather than general advice.