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So the center of New York's fashion world is the Garment District. And while it sounds
like a great place for shopping it's actually really much more of a wholesale market. All
of the designer's have their head, main offices in the Garment District. And it's where you
can go if you really want swaths of fabric or maybe you love making your own clothes.
One of the most famous stores in the Garment District is called M&J Trimmings. You
may recognize it from uh, Project Runway, but you can even buy things there. If you
love to just sew or maybe um, get a little creative with your own clothes. They do sell
to consumers and you can buy smaller pieces of things, as opposed to large bolts of fabric.
But typically if you're walking through the Garment District it is a wholesale neighborhood.
You are gonna see lots of fashion people, because that's where these big houses have
their head offices. So, you know, places like Calvin Klein and Ralph Lauren their offices
are in the Garment District. But it's much more of a business district as opposed to
shopping. Uh, the other thing you can see as a sort of sightseeing destination is the
Fashion Walk of Fame, which sounds just like the Hollywood one. And there are little stars
and it's up and down 7th Avenue. And it's where you can sorta see the biggest names
in fashion immortalized on the street. The Garment District also used to be the center
of the manufacturing of the fashion world. Um, you know, in recent times a lot of manufacturing
has gone offshore. But New York City specifically has been trying to focus on more American
made clothing, and if you're gonna find that, you're gonna find that in the Garment District.
There's warehouses and there's factories. And some of the most famous American brands
do put a lot of effort into manufacturing back in New York. If only for the quality
and sort of the idea of American made clothing. And that's what you're gonna find in the Garment
District.