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2. Clothing industry - Wikipedia

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   The textile industry is the largest manufacturing industry in Pakistan, the fourth largest global producer of cotton, and the eighth largest exporter of textile products in Asia. It contributes to 8.5% of GDP and provides employment to 30% of the 56 million strong national workforce, or 40% of industrial employment.

3. Fashion merchandising - Wikipedia

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   Fashion merchandising involves apparel, accessories, beauty, and housewares. The end goal of fashion merchandising in any of these departments is to earn a profit. Fashion merchandisers' decisions can considerably impact the success of the manufacturer, designer, or retailer for which they work. In essence, they are the backbone of the fashion ...

4. Fashion design - Wikipedia

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   Fashion designers in 1974 in Dresden. Fashion design is the art of applying design, aesthetics, clothing construction and natural beauty to clothing and its accessories. It is influenced by culture and different trends, and has varied over time and place. "A fashion designer creates clothing, including dresses, suits, pants, and skirts, and ...

5. Apparel industry of Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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   Over the last few decades, the apparel industry grew to represent Sri Lanka's number one export. Following a 38% increase in textile-based revenue from 1996 to 1997, in which the industry generated $2.18 billion in earnings, 50 new textile factories opened in Sri Lanka in 1998. [10] As of 1998, the Sri Lanka apparel industry employed about ...

6. Tailor - Wikipedia

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   Tailor. 1955 photo of a tailor at work in Wales. A tailor is a person who makes or alters clothing, particularly in men's clothing. [1] The Oxford English Dictionary dates the term to the thirteenth century. [2] Fuliru tailor named Dorcas in Democratic Republic of Congo.

7. Secondhand clothing stores are red-hot as consumers look to ...

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   Inflation is giving the secondhand clothing industry a big boost. The secondhand market in the U.S. grew seven times faster than the larger retail clothing space last year, according to the 2024 ...