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37-558: The company was founded in New York's Garment District in 1956 by Aron Goldfarb, a Polish -born Holocaust survivor. In 1972 Goldfarb's son, Morris, joined the company, which was then known as G&N Sportswear and specialized in leather outwear. Morris immediately helped the company diversify and expand its sourcing. In 1974 the company was reorganized as G-III Leather Fashions, Inc. In 1981, G-III launched its Siena Leather division, which offered more fashionable women's leather apparel. In 1986

74-513: A branch office in Asia. That same year, G-III became a publicly traded company, listed as G-III Apparel Group, Ltd. In 1993, G-III extended its licensing deal with the National Football League . Over the next several years, G-III reached similar deals with NASCAR , Major League Baseball , National Hockey League , National Basketball Association , and major colleges. In 1995 G-III reached

111-873: A licensing agreement with Kenneth Cole to produce and market outerwear. This agreement was followed by similar licensing arrangements with other brands. In 2002 Morris Goldfarb's son, Jeffrey Goldfarb, joined the company. G-III completed a series of acquisitions and licensing deals in the mid-2000s that added prominent brands to the company's portfolio while expanding production capabilities. In 2005 G-III acquired two privately-held outerwear businesses, Marvin Richards and Winlit, that held licenses for apparel produced under different brand names, including Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger . The company then began to diversify its offerings beyond outerwear and into new apparel categories like women's dresses, sportswear, and performance wear. In 2007,

148-698: A nonprofit business improvement district that promotes the Garment District as a strategic business location for fashion and non-fashion-related businesses, is engaged in various efforts to revive and maintain the Garment District's economic vibrancy. For example, the Garment District Alliance organized a Fashion Walk of Fame on 7th Avenue, Arts Festivals, and a Garment District Information Kiosk located on 7th Avenue that provides sourcing information and industry-related services to fashion professionals, students, hobbyists, visitors, and shoppers. Save

185-489: Is at Eighth Avenue and 41st Street, and PATH is nearby at 33rd Street and Sixth Avenue . Andrew Marc Andrew Marc is an American luxury fashion brand. The company originated as a leather goods label established in 1982. The company is headquartered just south of Times Square in Midtown Manhattan , New York City. The brand was founded in 1982. In November 2004, GB Merchant Partners partnered with

222-710: Is headquartered in New York and has international offices in Canada, China, Italy, Paris, the Netherlands, and Switzerland. G-III distributes its products through freestanding stores and shops along with international digital channels. The company also sources and manufactures products with global partners. Morris Goldfarb is the chief executive officer of G-III. G-III owns and licenses more than 30 global fashion brands, and maintains licensing agreements with major U.S. sports leagues and more than 150 U.S. colleges and universities. Some of

259-469: Is wiped out, many of the designers who bring so much luster to New York will leave, along with the city's claim to be a fashion capital rivaling Paris and Milan. The damage would be undeniable, given that the industry's two big annual events—Fashion Week in September and February—attract enormous numbers of visitors and generate hundreds of millions of dollars in economic activity. The Garment District Alliance,

296-516: The diffusion line Marc New York. In 2007, The Humane Society of the United States reported that some Andrew Marc coats labelled as having fake fur were in fact trimmed with fur from Chinese domestic dogs. In 2008, the Humane Society filed a lawsuit claiming that Andrew Marc labeled real fur as fake fur, or labeled raccoon dog fur as common raccoon, fox or rabbit fur. In 2009, through

333-462: The 1820s, however, an increasing number of ready-made garments of a higher quality were being produced for a broader market. The production of ready-made clothing, which continued to grow, completed its transformation to an "industrialized" profession with the invention of the sewing machine in the 1850s. The need for thousands of ready-made soldiers' uniforms during the American Civil War helped

370-482: The Garment Center is a campaign that was created by several members of the fashion industry in an effort to preserve the concentration of fashion industry-related uses in the district. However, as fashion manufacturing declines, many buildings that once housed these large facilities have been converted to office space. Businesses such as accountants, lawyers, public relations and many high-tech companies have moved into

407-559: The Garment District. While historically known as the center of textile manufacturing, global trends have changed the way the fashion industry in the Garment District functions. Over the last 50 years, New York's garment manufacturing sector has experienced a steady decline within the City overall and within the Fashion District specifically. This has occurred as a result of high Manhattan rents, domestic manufacturers becoming less competitive in

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444-802: The Guardian on a contracted factory in Indonesia found extremely low wages and unpaid overtime. Garment District, Manhattan 40°45′13″N 73°59′20″W  /  40.7535°N 73.9888°W  / 40.7535; -73.9888 The Garment District , also known as the Garment Center , the Fashion District , or the Fashion Center , is a neighborhood located in the borough of Manhattan in New York City . Historically known for its role in

481-847: The Karl Lagerfeld Paris label in North America. The company acquired Donna Karan International , the parent company of Donna Karan and DKNY , in 2016. G-III acquired French fashion brand Sonia Rykiel in 2021. In 2022, G-III acquired the remaining stake in Karl Lagerfeld. In 2023, the company announced licensing deals to design, manufacture, and distribute Nautica and Halston . The company designs, sources, manufactures, markets, and sells women's and men's clothing, outerwear, hats, jewelry, and other accessories under licensed, owned, and private label brands. The company also licenses its owned brands for other products and partnerships. G-III

518-771: The area and NYC fashion industry, but social activists argue that more needs to be done for enforcement of narcotic related violations in order for the area to recover. The Garment District is within walking distance of Penn Station , serving the New Jersey Transit , Amtrak , and Long Island Rail Road , and Grand Central Terminal , serving the Metro-North Railroad . The New York City Subway has stations at 34th Street–Herald Square , 34th Street–Seventh Avenue , 34th Street–Eighth Avenue , Times Square–42nd Street/Port Authority Bus Terminal , and 42nd Street–Bryant Park/Fifth Avenue . The Port Authority Bus Terminal

555-503: The area, and the area is now divided equally between fashion and non-fashion companies. Between 1990 and 2000, the district's population grew from 2,500 to 10,281. The Garment District suffered during the COVID-19 pandemic, losing both tenants and tourists that populated the area, while open-air drug use increased. Investments from New York State's "NY Forward" fund have been made into non-profits and community oriented businesses to bolster

592-577: The company acquired the Jessica Howard and Eliza J brands. In 2008, G-III acquired assets from retail outlet chain Wilsons Leather . These assets included 116 outlet stores, online retail operations, and a distribution center, and the deal marked the company's first large-scale venture into retail. That same year, G-III acquired the company Andrew Marc . Further acquisitions in the 2010s and 2020s increased G-III’s portfolio of owned brands and allowed

629-447: The company to expand globally while increasing its direct-to-consumer distribution channels. In 2012 G-III acquired the luxury swimwear brand Vilebrequin , which became the first international owned brand in G-III's portfolio. The following year it acquired footwear brand G.H. Bass . In 2015, G-III entered into a joint venture with another luxury brand, Karl Lagerfeld , to create and launch

666-410: The company was generating revenues of $ 20 million, and by 1988 G-III was one of the largest importers and wholesalers of leather clothing in the United States. In 1988 G-III partnered with football player Carl Banks and reached a licensing deal with the National Football League to design and manufacture leather team jackets. In 1989 G-III's revenues were nearly $ 100 million and the company operated

703-564: The company's brand ownership and licensing relationships are summarized below: Some of G-III's factories, producing brands such as Andrew Marc and Ivanka Trump , have been accused of flouting serious animal or human welfare principles. An audit by the Fair Labor Association of a G-III contracted Chinese factory in October 2016, found excessive overtime which violated Chinese law, low wages, and workspace safety concerns. A 2017 report by

740-400: The company's founders as part of a leveraged recapitalization. In February 2008, the brand was acquired by G-III Apparel Group, Ltd. (NASDAQ: GIII). Andrew Marc is a luxury apparel line focused primarily on men's and women's outerwear. The brand uses innovations in leather treatments including waxes , distressing , pigmentation , oxidation and organic dying processes. It also operates

777-450: The district began to shrink and be concentrated most heavily in the area between Fifth and Ninth Avenues and 35th and 41st Streets, as of 2004. In areas historically part of the Garment District, real estate developers have marketed their projects as being located in Chelsea . With $ 9 billion in annual sales in 2011, New York City is the United States' top "global fashion city." The core of

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814-450: The fashion process from design and production to wholesale selling. The Garment District has been known since the early 20th century as the center for fashion manufacturing and fashion design in the United States. A study demonstrated that general proximity to New York's Garment District was important to participate in the American fashion ecosystem. By the late 1930s, the Garment District

851-469: The garment industry to expand further. Women were the main workforce before 1840. However, by 1880 men took most of the skilled positions previously held by women due to the massive migration of Jewish men from Poland and Russia. Many of them were tailors that adapted to machine production. German and Central European immigrants to America around the mid-19th century arrived on the scene with relevant business experience and skills just as garment production

888-533: The global marketplace, in addition to the outsourcing of clothes manufacturing to lower-cost foreign markets. The Garment District began to diminish as part of a general decline in the city's manufacturing sector. In 1987, the New York City government created the Special Garment Center District zoning (SGCD) to help preserve garment manufacturing. According to the New York City government website,

925-407: The industry allege that this dense concentration of talent, entrepreneurship and supply stores functions like an ecosystem in which each of the parts help sustain the whole. Major fashion labels such as Carolina Herrera , Oscar de la Renta , Calvin Klein , Donna Karan , Liz Claiborne , Nicole Miller , Ben-Amun, and Andrew Marc have showrooms, production facilities, or support offices located in

962-460: The industry is Manhattan's Garment District, where the majority of the city's major fashion labels operate showrooms and execute the fashion process from design and production to wholesaling. No other city has a comparable concentration of fashion businesses and talent in a single district. The Garment District is home to a number of well-known designers, their production facilities, warehouses, showrooms, and suppliers of fabric and materials. Many in

999-505: The men's was produced in New York City. Cheaper overseas labor and production has dramatically affected the New York industry for decades. This change has forced many designers who once manufactured their lines in the city to shift production overseas, which has in turn affected small cutting and sewing rooms as well as zipper, button, and supply stores in the Garment District. As Charles Bagli of The New York Times wrote: Some city officials and industry leaders worry that if manufacturing

1036-460: The mid- or upper-20s (including the Fashion Institute of Technology between 26th and 28th Streets from Seventh to Eighth Avenues). The Midtown apparel industry was traditionally concentrated between 28th Street and 38th Street, historically centered around Seventh Avenue (designated "Fashion Avenue" in 1972 for the portion between 26th St. and 42nd St.). With the decline of the industry,

1073-611: The more skilled workers. However,  as Eastern European Jews increased in the industry, unionization increased in this group. With an ample supply of cheap labor and a well-established distribution network, New York City was prepared to meet the demand. By the end of the 1860s, Americans bought most of their clothing rather than making it themselves. During the 1870s, the value of garments produced in New York increased sixfold. By 1880 New York produced more garments than its four closest urban competitors combined. Two out of five ready-to-wear garments were produced in New York City. In 1900

1110-438: The production and manufacturing of clothing, the neighborhood derives its name from its dense concentration of fashion-related uses. The neighborhood, less than 1 square mile (2.6 km ; 640 acres), is generally considered to lie between Fifth Avenue and Ninth Avenue , from 34th to 42nd Streets . The neighborhood is home to many of New York City's showrooms and to numerous major fashion labels, and caters to all aspects of

1147-460: The system of providing clothes for the American woman of moderate or humble means. The average American woman is the best-dressed woman in the world, and the Russian Jew has had a good deal to do with making her one. Due to several nationalities, the organization of workers was hard at the beginning. Before 1880, most garment workers didn't have an interest in unions , except for cutters, which were

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1184-427: The value and output of the clothing trade was three times that of the city's second largest industry, sugar refining. In 1909, leading industries in New York City were manufacturers of clothes for women and men, and New York's function as America's culture and fashion center also helped the garment industry by providing constantly changing styles and new demand; in 1910, 70% of the nation's women's clothing and 40% of

1221-403: The zone encloses an area bordered by West 35th and West 40th Streets, Broadway and Ninth Avenue. The zoning placed restrictions on manufacturing on large portions of the Garment District in an effort to keep manufacturing rent affordable. However, the City's use of zoning as a job retention tool did not achieve its goal, and manufacturing has continued to decline at the same pace after the zoning

1258-474: Was broadly surrounded by Sixth Avenue to the east, 25th Street to the south, Ninth Avenue to the west, and 42nd Street to the north. The southern portion, between 25th and 30th Streets, comprised the Fur District, which conducted a very similar function. The modern-day Garment District's boundaries may be defined most broadly as the area of Manhattan west of Fifth Avenue, below 42nd Street, and as far south as

1295-448: Was enacted as it did before the preservation measures were in place. This issue has been visited and revisited by policy makers, fashion industry representatives, manufacturing and union representatives and owners of property in the district, but the fate of the district remains uncertain. New York City first assumed its role as the center of the nation's garment industry by producing clothes for slaves working on Southern plantations . It

1332-497: Was more efficient for their masters to buy clothes from producers in New York City than to have the slaves spend time and labor making the clothing themselves. In addition to supplying clothing for slaves, tailors produced other ready-made garments for sailors and western prospectors during slack periods in their regular business. Prior to the mid-18th century, the majority of Americans either made their own clothing, or if they were wealthy, purchased "tailor-made" customized clothing. By

1369-490: Was passing from a proto-industrial phase to a more advanced stage of manufacture. In the early twentieth-century a largely Eastern European immigrant workforce powered the garment trades. Russian Jews recruited workers from their hometowns and broke the production into tasks able to do by less-skilled workers. Writing in 1917, Abraham Cahan credited these immigrants with the creation of American style: Foreigners ourselves, and mostly unable to speak English, we had Americanized

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