L.A. Rag Maker

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L.A. Rag Maker George Arrington Los Angeles apparel industry perspective Past • Present • Next Email: [email protected]

Los Angeles, CA

Joined April 2009

L.A. Rag Maker
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May 26
Apparel Manufacturing in Los Angeles open.substack.com/pub/laragmaker… The book is coming. Apparel Manufacturing in Los Angeles — Past, Present & Next The story. The system. The future. A factual insider look at how the Los Angeles
Apparel Manufacturing in Los Angeles
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L.A. Rag Maker
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Mar 20
Design gets the attention. Production gets treated like a step. Something you “figure out later.”
L.A. Rag Maker
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Mar 20
L.A. fashion didn’t disappear. It changed. And if you weren’t inside production, you probably missed how.
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Mar 15
L.A. Rag Maker perspective: Can Los Angeles help lead the return of American apparel manufacturing? For decades, LA was one of the most important apparel production centers in the United States. Designers could move fast because the entire ecosystem was here — fabric suppliers,
L.A. Rag Maker
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Mar 15
Award Season always makes me think of Mr. Blackwell 🥂 In the early ’80s my first fashion job was at William Pearson in Downtown Los Angeles. I spent a lot of time in that building. Incredible moment in fashion history. Designer Jill Richards was in the 719 building too, doing