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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Please visit the web sites listed below by clicking on the links to see the wealth of information that can be found at each site related to textile and apparel design.
American Apparel and Footwear Association
www.apparelandfootwear.org
American Apparel Producers’ Network (AAPN)
www.aapnetwork.net/content/127.htm
American Fiber Manufacturers Association
www.fibersource.com/afma/afma.htm
American Society for Testing and Materials
www.astm.org
Apparel Net
www.apparel.net
Apparel News.net
www.apparelnews.net
Apparel Search Fashion Industry Portal
http://www.apparelsearch.com/Apparel_Search_2.htm
Batiks Etcetera
www.batiks.com
Bobbin Group and Magazine
www.bobbin.com
Bureau of Labor and Statistics
www.bls.gov
Burlington Industries
www.burlington.com
Butterick Patterns
www.butterick.com
Career Builder
www.careerbuilder.com
Career Journal (Wall Street Journal)
www.careerjournal.com
CareerLab
www.careerlab.com
Career Path
www.careerpath.com
CareerWebSource
www.careerwebsource.com
Chanel
www.chanel.com
The Child Labor Coalition
www.stopchildlabor.org
The Clorox Company, Textile Industry Affairs (TIA) Unit
www.textileaffairs.com
ColorMatters
www.colormatters.com
Co-op America
www.coopamerica.org/programs/sweatshops
Comfortable Clothing
www.comfortableclothing.com
Complete Textile Glossary
www.celaneseacetate.com/textile_glossary_filament_acetate.pdf
The Costume Gallery
www.costumegallery.com
The Costume Page
www.costumepage.org
The Costume Site
www.milieux.com/costume
Cotton Incorporated
www.cottoninc.com
CultureGrams
www.culturegrams.com
The Curriculum Center for Family and Consumer Sciences, Texas Tech University
www.ccfcs.org
The Cutting Edge Apparel Business Guide (Cornell University)
http://instruct1.cit.cornell.edu/courses/cuttingedge/index2.html
Dallas Market Center
www.dallasmarketcenter.com
Dupont (fibers and fabrics)
http://www2.dupont.com/Apparel_and_Textiles/en_US/
Dutch Fashion Foundation
www.dutchfashionfoundation.com
Elle
www.elle.com
Ethical Trading Initiative
www.ethicaltrade.org
Environmental Protection Agency
www.epa.gov
FabricLink
www.fabriclink.com
Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA)
www.fcclainc.org
www.texasfccla.org
Fashion
www.fashion.org
The Fashion Group International
http://newyork.fgi.org/
thefashioncenter
www.fashioncenter.com
Fashion Icon
www.fashion-icon.com
Fashion Live
www.fashionlive.com
Fashion Navigator
www.fashion.at
Fashion Showroom
www.fashionshowroom.com
FashionSource.com
www.fashionsource.com
Federal Trade Commission
www.ftc.gov
Fiber Economics
www.fibereconomics.com
FiberLink
www.fibergypsy.com
firstVIEW
www.firstview.com
Free Patterns
www.freepatterns.com
GQ
www.gq.com
Guess Clothing
www.guess.com
The History of Costume
www.siue.edu/COSTUMES/history.html
Husqvarna/Viking Sewing Machines
http://www.husqvarnaviking.com/
The International Bureau for the Standardization of Man-Made Fibers
www.bisfa.org
International Labor Organization
http://www.ilo.org/global/lang--en/index.htm
International Organization for Standardization
www.iso.ch/
International Textile and Apparel Association
www.itaaonline.org
International Textile Center – Texas Tech University
www.depts.ttu.edu/itc
JobStar Central
http://jobstar.org/index.php
JobWeb
www.jobweb.org
Journal of Textile and Apparel, Technology and Management (full-text articles)
www.tx.ncsu.edu/jtatm/
Kiwi Web
www.chemistry.co.nz/stain.htm (see Stain Removal Guide)
Levi Strauss and Company
www.levistrauss.com
Martha Stewart.com
www.marthastewart.com (search stain removal)
The McCall Pattern Company
www.mccall.com
Monster.com
www.monster.com
National Labor Committee
www.nlcnet.org
NIKEiD
http://nikeid.nike.com/nikeid/index.jhtml#home
Nordstrom
http://shop.nordstrom.com
Occupational Information Network O*Net Online
http://online.onetcenter.org/
Occupational Outlook Handbook
www.bls.gov/oco/
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
www.osha.gov
Office of Textiles and Apparel (OTEXA)
http://otexa.ita.doc.gov
Patternmaking: Past to Present (article)
www.techexchange.com/thelibrary/patternmaking.html
PBS - POV Video: Made in L.A.
www.pbs.org/pov/pov2007
Pendleton Woolen Mills
www.pendleton-usa.com
Population Reference Bureau
www.prb.org
Professional Association of Custom Clothiers
www.paccprofessionals.org
Ralph Lauren
www.ralphlauren.com
Reality Check
www.cdr.state.tx.us/realitycheck
Retail Industry - Textiles
http://retailindustry.about.com/cs/textilemill/
Secondary Materials and Recycled Textile Association
www.smartasn.org
Silverts
www.silverts.com
The Soap and Detergent Association
www.cleaning101.com
Specially for You
http://speciallyforyou.net
[TC]2
www.tc2.com
Techexchange.com
www.techexchange.com (See Learning Center then “The Library”)
Texas Cooperative Extension Service
http://fcs.tamu.edu
Texas Workforce Commission
www.twc.state.tx.us
Textiles Around the World
http://atet.spsu.edu/Textile%20Links.htm
Tide
www.tide.com
UNICEF
www.unicef.org/protection/index_childlabour.html
U.S. Department of Labor, O*Net Dictionary of Occupational Titles
www.dol.gov
Versace
www.versace.com
Vogue Patterns (Tech Center – Measurement Charts)
www.voguepatterns.com
Women’s Wear Daily
www.wwd.com
Worker Rights Consortium
www.workersrights.org/