Save the Garment District!
Familiar activity in the Garment District on Wednesday
Nanette also launched her campaign to Save The Garment district. The area is being redeveloped and fashion businesses are being pushed out to make way for expensive residential properties. A manifesto was on each seat with protest badges - Don’t Leave NY Naked, A city without clothes is indecent and sewing is sexy.
“The collection you see on the runway today was designed, cut and sewn in New York City’s Garment District. Yet here in the fashion capital of our country, the factories, trim and fabric shops, are on the verge of extinction,” said Nanette.
“These businesses are currently pushed out by the redevelopment of the neighborhood. We need your support to keep American fashion flourishing in the Garment District,”
“Without these resources, thousands of livelihoods will be at risk. Future generations of designers will no longer have a place to realize their dreams.”