Fashion ClusterFashion Cluster

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GTA Fashion Cluster GTA Fashion Cluster OverviewOverview

GTA Fashion Cluster members Supporting Structures Marketing Activities New York Fashion Cluster Hong Kong Fashion Cluster

GTA Fashion Cluster GTA Fashion Cluster

Home to more than 550 apparel manufacturers with wholesale shipments totaling $1.4 billion annually

More than 4,600 retailers generate annual sales of $2.6 billion

Canadian apparel makers are superior to their U.S counterparts in responsiveness & small businesses.

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These are the major players in the GTA Fashion Cluster

Manufacturers: Danier Leather, Dominion Hosiery, Macmor, McGregor, Phantom, Vikeda, Weston Apparel, Wing Son Garments.

Retailers: Bata, Harry Rosen, Holt Renfrew, Hudson's Bay Company, Reitmans, Roots.

Media: Citytv's hit Fashion Television and Fashion Television Channel; CBC's Fashion File; magazines such as Elle Canada, Fashion, Fashion Quarterly, Flare and The Look.

Supporting StructuresSupporting Structures

Toronto Fashion Incubator– To nurture and support fashion entrepreneurs– To help designers start a fashion career or thinking

about it

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TFI provides the following resources becoming a designer starting your business developing your line producing your line promoting your line selling your line working in fashion fashion interest

Marketing ActivitiesMarketing Activities

Creating Events such as L’Oreal Fashion Week, (FAT) Toronto Fashion Alternative & Fashion Week, and Elle Magazine Fashion shows

Fashion seen on different forms of advertisements Retailers collaborate with designers to ensure the designers

vision is maintained.

Hong Kong Fashion ClusterHong Kong Fashion Cluster

2nd largest export industry in the worldOver 1,500 manufacturing firmsWithin the manufacturing industry Hong

Kong employs over 22, 000 people

Hong Kong Cluster MembersHong Kong Cluster Members

Trade Development Council (TDC) – important event in helping the industry

identify and develop young designers.

New York Fashion ClusterNew York Fashion Cluster

10% of national employment in Fashion, Apparel and Textiles is in New York State.

(2001) The fashion industry employed 122,000 with 9,618 establishments

Half of New York City’s employment are in the fashion manufacturing industry

1/3 is in wholesaling