1. SAVE
FASHION
DISTRICT
ANNE HWAYOUN LEE
DON HSIEH
SEUNGWON DO
SUE JUNGHEE JUNG
VERA ANTEBI

2. “New York’s reputation as a global fashion capital is under
threat with the city’s once bustling garment district
facing extinction.”
-Michelli Nichols
Michelli Nichols, “NY Garment District Battling For Survival,” Reuters, (Sep 13, 2009): http://www.reuters.com/article/2009/09/13/us-newyork-fashion-garmentdistrict-idUS-
TRE58C0UY20090913

3. %95 “In 1960, %95 of clothing sold in the US was made in the US.”
http://savethegarmentcenter.org/about/ “Now, the figure is down to just 5%.” %5

4. While many manufacturing firms outside of Midtown have
closed since 1994, the Garment District and surrounding
area have retained a relatively stable core of factories. —
Credit: Sarah Williams, Spatial Information Design Lab,
GSAPP, Columbia University

5. WHY ?
RISING RENTS – CAUSING THE PRODUCTION TO MOVE FROM THE F.D. TO
ABROAD.
HIGH COST OF LABOR
NOT ENOUGH GOVERNMENT PROTECTION
Bloomberg administration(in 2009) tried to focus one or more large buildings in the
garment district center to perform as a main building of manufacturing and related
businesses due to a conflict between landlords and city administration. City officials
had wanted to move the garment center to Brooklyn or Queens.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/20/nyregion/20garment.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1

6. A group of industry stakeholder formed an organization called
“Save the Garment Center” and resisted against the government’s offer.
http://www.hbo.com/documentaries/schmatta-rags-to-riches-to-rags/index.html#/documentaries/schmatta-rags-to-riches-to-rags/video/featurette.html/
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7. WHY
SAVE THE
GARMENT
DISTRICT ?

8. “Apple’s iPhone is a model of American ingenuity, but most of its components are
manufactured somewhere else. The decline of manufacturing can lead to the loss of
other kinds of jobs, a factor in the American economy right now.”
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/01/20/business/the-iphone-economy.html

9. THE FLOW OF CREATIVITY
AS AN IDEA EVOLVES AND A GARMNET IS MADE.
ALL OF THE STEPS IN FASHION DESIGN ARE LINKED.
AS AN IDEA EVOLVES AND A GARMENT IS MADE
ALL OF THE STEPS IN FASHION DESIGN ARE LINKED

10. 263
263 257
8TH AVENUE
7TH AVENUE
38TH STREET
FASHION DISTRICT
263 256 256 256 252 252 238 228 224 212 212
258
230
554
INDEX
TRIMMING STORE PRICE POINT 263 SPANDEX HOUSE 554 8th AVE TEXTILE KINGDOM COR. 252 TRIMART INC 224 ITRIM
STORE ATMOSPHERE 263 ADVANCED PRINTING 263 CUT FABRIC - GUIDE FABRIC INC. 252 FABRIC WORLD USA INC. 222 TOP TRIMMING
QUANTITY OF PRODUCTS
257 SIL 256-258 HAI’S TRIMMING 238 D&I FASHION 212 PACIFIC TRIMMING
FABRIC STORE SERVICE
256 JONATHAN 230 3G TRIMMING CORP. 212 B&Q
256 LEATHER IMPACT 228 SPANDEX WORLD INC.
MAPPING FASHION DISTRICT

11. THE RATING SYSTEM

12. INTERVIEWS – PACIFIC TRIMMING
252 252 238 228 224 212 21
230
EX HOUSE 554 8th AVE TEXTILE KINGDOM COR. 252 TRIMART INC 224
CED PRINTING 263 CUT FABRIC - GUIDE FABRIC INC. 252 FABRIC WORLD USA INC. 222
256-258 HAI’S TRIMMING 238 D&I FASHION 212
256 JONATHAN 230 3G TRIMMING CORP. 212
256 LEATHER IMPACT 228 SPANDEX WORLD INC.

13. INTERVIEWS – SPANDEX WORLD
6 256 256 252 252 238 228
8
230
OINT 263 SPANDEX HOUSE 554 8th AVE TEXTILE KINGDOM COR. 252 TR
TMOSPHERE 263 ADVANCED PRINTING 263 CUT FABRIC - GUIDE FABRIC INC. 252 FA
Y OF PRODUCTS
257 SIL 256-258 HAI’S TRIMMING 238 D&
256 JONATHAN 230 3G
256 LEATHER IMPACT 228 SP

14. SUGGESTIONS
1. IMPROVING THE OVERALL SERVICE /
QUALITY AND STORE ATMOSPHERE
2. UPDATING THE MAP ANNUALLY TO
KEEP TRACK OF THE SITUATION