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fromBrooklyn Paper
2 days ago

From sweatshops to Fifth Avenue: How Christine Alcalay built Brooklyn's most community-driven fashion house * Brooklyn Paper

On a quiet stretch of Park Slope's Fifth Avenue, designer Christine Alcalay 's atelier sits inviting, intimate and unmistakably Brooklyn. Racks of blouses, jackets and vintage-buttoned trousers line the space - proof of what locals already know: the woman behind the clothes runs her business the way she designs, slowly, deliberately and with a soulfulness that can't be mass-produced. But Alcalay's story begins long before her name appeared on a storefront.
Fashion & style
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4 months ago

"We are on our knees": U.S. tariffs devastate Lesotho's garment workers

High tariffs have devastated Lesotho's garment industry, leaving many women unemployed and desperate for work.
E-Commerce
fromwww.nytimes.com
7 months ago

China's Garment Factories Face a Tipping Point After New Tariffs

High tariffs have drastically reduced profit margins for small Chinese garment factories selling to the U.S.
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