Fashion Cluster MRK 625 MS Created by Maria Gayola

GTA Fashion Cluster Overview GTA Fashion Cluster members Supporting Structures Marketing Activities New York Fashion Cluster Hong Kong Fashion Cluster

GTA Fashion Cluster members

Supporting Structures

Marketing Activities

New York Fashion Cluster

Hong Kong Fashion Cluster

GTA Fashion Cluster Home to more than 550 apparel manufacturers with wholesale shipments totaling $1.4 billion annually More than 4,600 retailers generate annual sales of $2.6 billion Canadian apparel makers are superior to their U.S counterparts in responsiveness & small businesses.

Home to more than 550 apparel manufacturers with wholesale shipments totaling $1.4 billion annually

More than 4,600 retailers generate annual sales of $2.6 billion

Canadian apparel makers are superior to their U.S counterparts in responsiveness & small businesses.

GTA Fashion Cluster members (cont.) These are the major players in the GTA Fashion Cluster Manufacturers: Danier Leather, Dominion Hosiery, Macmor, McGregor, Phantom, Vikeda, Weston Apparel, Wing Son Garments. Retailers: Bata, Harry Rosen, Holt Renfrew, Hudson's Bay Company, Reitmans, Roots. Media: Citytv's hit Fashion Television and Fashion Television Channel; CBC's Fashion File ; magazines such as Elle Canada, Fashion, Fashion Quarterly, Flare and The Look.

These are the major players in the GTA Fashion Cluster

Manufacturers: Danier Leather, Dominion Hosiery, Macmor, McGregor, Phantom, Vikeda, Weston Apparel, Wing Son Garments.

Retailers: Bata, Harry Rosen, Holt Renfrew, Hudson's Bay Company, Reitmans, Roots.

Media: Citytv's hit Fashion Television and Fashion Television Channel; CBC's Fashion File ; magazines such as Elle Canada, Fashion, Fashion Quarterly, Flare and The Look.

Supporting Structures Toronto Fashion Incubator To nurture and support fashion entrepreneurs To help designers start a fashion career or thinking about it

Toronto Fashion Incubator

To nurture and support fashion entrepreneurs

To help designers start a fashion career or thinking about it

Toronto Fashion Incubator (cont.) TFI provides the following resources becoming a designer starting your business developing your line producing your line promoting your line selling your line working in fashion fashion interest

TFI provides the following resources

becoming a designer

starting your business

developing your line

producing your line

promoting your line

selling your line

working in fashion

fashion interest

Marketing Activities Creating Events such as L’Oreal Fashion Week, (FAT) Toronto Fashion Alternative & Fashion Week, and Elle Magazine Fashion shows Fashion seen on different forms of advertisements Retailers collaborate with designers to ensure the designers vision is maintained.

Creating Events such as L’Oreal Fashion Week, (FAT) Toronto Fashion Alternative & Fashion Week, and Elle Magazine Fashion shows

Fashion seen on different forms of advertisements

Retailers collaborate with designers to ensure the designers vision is maintained.

Hong Kong Fashion Cluster 2 nd largest export industry in the world Over 1,500 manufacturing firms Within the manufacturing industry Hong Kong employs over 22, 000 people

2 nd largest export industry in the world

Over 1,500 manufacturing firms

Within the manufacturing industry Hong Kong employs over 22, 000 people

Hong Kong Cluster Members Trade Development Council (TDC) important event in helping the industry identify and develop young designers.

Trade Development Council (TDC)

important event in helping the industry identify and develop young designers.

New York Fashion Cluster 10% of national employment in Fashion, Apparel and Textiles is in New York State. (2001) The fashion industry employed 122,000 with 9,618 establishments Half of New York City’s employment are in the fashion manufacturing industry 1/3 is in wholesaling

10% of national employment in Fashion, Apparel and Textiles is in New York State.

(2001) The fashion industry employed 122,000 with 9,618 establishments

Half of New York City’s employment are in the fashion manufacturing industry

1/3 is in wholesaling