Clothing industry

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  • clothing industry
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Abstract from DBPedia
    Clothing industry or garment industry summarizes the types of trade and industry along the production and value chain of clothing and garments, starting with the textile industry (producers of cotton, wool, fur, and synthetic fibre), embellishment using embroidery, via the fashion industry to apparel 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. Clothing industries are also known as allied industries, fashion industries, garment industries, or soft good industries.

    アパレル産業(アパレルさんぎょう)とは、衣服の製造業及び流通業のこと。アパレル (英: apparel ) は衣服を意味する英語の古語に由来する語で、日本語では主に洋装系の既製服を指し、また「アパレル産業」の意味にも用いられる。衣服の企画・製造・卸売を行う企業をアパレルメーカーと呼ぶ。

    (Source: http://dbpedia.org/resource/Clothing_industry)