Clothing industry
Clothing industry or garment industry summarizes the types of trade and industry along the production and life chain of clothing and garments, starting with the textile industry (producers of cotton , wool , fur , and synthetic fibre ) via fashion industry to fashion retailers up to trade with second-hand clothes and textile recycling . The producing sectors build upon a wealth of clothing technology some of which, like the loom , the cotton gin , and the sewing machine heralded industrialization not only of the previous textile manufacturing practices. There are considerable overlaps between the terms clothing-/garment-, textile - and fashion industry . The clothing sector is concerned with all types of clothes, from fashion to uniforms , e-textiles an...