THE FUTURE IS UNCERTAIN: GARMENT DISTRICT WOES STIR DEBATE OVER ZONING.

From: WWD | Date: September 6, 2007| Author: | Copyright information

Byline: Sharon Edelson, Rosemary Feitelberg, With contributions by Whitney Beckett

NEW YORK - Could it be bye-bye, Fashion Avenue?

As designers scurry to present their spring collections around town over the next week, they face the prospect that all the sample makers, short-run manufacturers, button stores, fabric shops and even their own pattern makers could disappear from their doorsteps within the next few years. With the continued decline of New York's fashion manufacturing employment, there is a raging debate among interested parties over the future of the Garment ...

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