CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR INDUSTRY

also called apparel and allied industries, garment industries, or soft-goods industries, factories and mills producing outerwear, underwear, headwear, footwear, belts, purses, luggage, gloves, scarfs, ties, and household soft goods such as drapes, linens, and slipcovers. The same raw materials and equipment are used to fashion these different end products. Additional reading J. Solinger, Apparel Manufacturing Analysis (1961) and Apparel Manufacturing Handbook (1980), detailed analyses of all subjects in the manufacture of apparel and allied items; H.C. Carr (ed.), The Clothing Factory (1972), provides information and analysis on garment technology and garment production management; J. Korn (ed.), Boot and Shoe Production (1953), and W.E. Cohn, Modern Footwear Materials and Processes (1968), detailed technology of footwear production; United Shoe Machinery Corp., How Modern Shoes are Made (1936), a concise booklet outlining the elements in constructing basic shoe styles; M.D. Danish and L. Stein (eds.), ILGWU News History, 19001950 (1950), a history of the first 50 years of the ILGWU; Singer Sewing Machine Co., Invention of the Sewing Machine (1955), a pamphlet that gives a brief history of the invention of the sewing machine; Manufacturing Clothier (1946 ), a monthly magazine that reports current changes and innovation in the design, production, and marketing of women's wear in Europe, with particular emphasis on the British Isles; FemmeLines (1956 ), a bi-monthly magazine dealing with trends and innovation in the design, production, and marketing of women's wear in the United States; MascuLines (1956 ), a bi-monthly magazine dealing with trends and innovation in the design, production, and marketing of men's wear in the United States; Daily News Record (1892 ), a daily paper reporting trends and innovation in design, production, and marketing of men's and boys' wear; Women's Wear Daily (1910 ), a daily paper that reports trends and innovation in the design, production, and marketing of women's and children's wear; The Bobbin (1958 ), a monthly magazine for management in the needle trades.