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Premiere Vision Preview New York (photo by Stephane Kossmann)

NEW YORK—Westside, Eastside, Chelsea, Midtown. Manhattan was practically covered in textiles during the recent Textile Week, when Texworld USA, Premiere Vision Preview and Kingpins showcased the latest in textiles, trim and sourcing offerings for the apparel community.

I recently returned from the Apparel Sourcing Show in Guatemala, where I ran into Mark D'Sa, head of sourcing in Latin America for Gap Inc.

The show last week was exciting, especially when a 4.9 earthquake shook up the event one morning. D'Sa revealed that most of Gap's stylish women's 1969 jeans are made primarily of U.S. denim and that 80 percent of them are cut and sewn in Mexico, with a few assembled in Guatemala and the Dominican Republic. The rest are made in Asia.