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American Apparel Manufacturers Association (AAMA) Handweavers Guild of America (HGA) International Textile and Apparel Association (ITAA) The Body Is a Framework For Apparel Broken Threads: The Destrucn of the Jewish Fashion Industry in Germany and Austria Completing the Picture: Hats, Fashion and Fine Art Revealing Fashions Did you know... Convergence 2000 Design With Heart Conference International Fashion Fabric Exhibition and Conference Style Industrie Surface Design Association Conference Wearable Art Show: Rags 2000RESOURCES
Web site: www.americanapparel.org
AAMA is the national trade association for the apparel industry and its suppliers. The members produce approximately 85 percent of the clothing sold wholesale in the United States. It produces hundreds of informative publications each year dealing with virtually every facet of the apparel manufacturing business.
3327 Duluth Hwy, Ste. 201
Duluth, GA 30136
(770) 495-7702
Web site: www.weavespindye.org
HGA is an international, nonprofit, member organization dedicated to supporting fiber arts. HGA publishes Shuttle, Spindle & Dyepot, a quarterly journal featuring articles about the fiber arts.
ITAA Membership
Box 1360
Monument, CO 80132-1360
Web site: www.itaasite.org
ITAA is a global organization of textile and apparel scholars. Members receive a quarterly publication, Clothing and Textile Research Journal, a bimonthly newsletter and information on upcoming meetings and seminars. It sponsors awards for graduate students and other membership categories to further scholarship and professional development in the textile and apparel industry.
Web site: www.wsu.edu:8080/~salusso/BODY/main.html
This Web site is the library site for International Textile and Apparel Association and is a resource that fosters research concerning successful sizing within the U.S. apparel industry.
EXHIBITIONS
Dates: through May 15
Location: Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre
50-950 W. 41st St.
Vancouver, Canada
(804) 264-0499
Explores the history, etiquette and design of the hat, focusing on the American women's hats from the nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century.
Dates: April-June
Location: Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College
Wheelock St.
Hanover, NH
(603) 646-2802
Dates: through Sept. 4
Location: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Williamsburg, VA
(800) 603-0948
Web site: www.history.org
The word corset comes from the French word corps meaning body. Corsets first appeared in the Minoan times (about 1700 BC) and were worn to accentuate the breasts and minimize the waist. Throughout history it has even been fashionable for men to don waist-cinching corsets.
CONFERENCES & EVENTS
Dates: June 18-26
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
Sponsored by Handweavers Guild of America
Convergence 2000
Box 930148
Atlanta, GA 31193
(770) 495-7702
Web site: www.goldenrod.site-secure.net
Dates: April 29-May 3
Location: Santa Fe Weaving Gallery
124-1/2 Galisteo
Santa Fe, NM 87501
(505) 982-1737
Dates: April 11-13
Location: Jacob K. Javits Convention Center
New York City
(617) 964-5101
"Immediate I & II," a juried fashion show
Dates: May 6-9
Location: Jacob K. Javits Convention Center
11th & 38th St.
New York, NY
(212) 643-3244
Web site: www.styleindustrie.com
Dates: May 29-June 9
Location: Kansas City Art Institute
Registration brochure: Box 300286
Kansas City, MO 64130
(816) 836-0913
Dates: March 10-12
Location: Larson Motor Co. Mercedes Benz
401 E. 20th St.
Fife, WA
(253) 272-4181 ext. 352
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