Cotton textile workers in Brooklyn, Brooklyn, make up a growing share of the workforce in the city.And the industry is growing, with more than 500 jobs in the last year alone, and growing again.But the Brookside Arts District is also the largest textile-related employer in the United States, and has long been an important part […]
There is nothing new about the textile industry in the United States, with brands like Cotton and Lumberyard making their mark in textile production.But the textile trade has been slow to catch up to the emerging global textile economy.In the last several years, global demand for textile products has been on the rise, as consumers […]
I was born in Brooklyn, NY and have lived in Brooklyn my whole life.When I was younger, my parents were still making clothes for a family of eight.My mother, who was a seamstress, and my father, who worked in a factory, had always worked with clothes.At the time, I was working at a textile book […]
Brooklyn’s textile industry is poised to see a renaissance.But it won’t be easy to replicate what’s happening in the textile industry in New York, which is the country’s No. 2 apparel market, according to data from the industry’s trade group. The textile industry, which has been booming for decades, has a growing demographic.It employs nearly 10 […]
