California Apparel News

Antex Knitting Mills/div. of Matchmaster Dyeing & Finishing Inc.

• 3750 S. Broadway Place
• Los Angeles, CA 90007
• (323) 232-2061
• Fax: (323) 233-7751
• annat@antexknitting.com
• Contact: Bill or Anna Tenenblatt
• Products and Services: Antex Knitting Mills, a privately owned vertical knitting, dyeing, and printing company in Los Angeles, announces capability of providing full-package garments produced in California or Central America to meet your varied needs. Antex's product line includes Antex Premier Performance—a line of high-performance, technical fabrics with moisture management, anti-microbial, stain resistant, or UV finishes; Pyrosafe by Antex™, a line of flame-resistant cotton knits; Green Line˙ by Antex™, offering a variety of organic fabrics; and Matchmaster Prints by Antex California, offering design and development of custom prints. Please contact sales@antexknitting.com.

Britannia Mills Ltd.

• 110 E. 9th St., B-763
• Los Angeles, CA 90079
• (213) 327-0045
• Fax: (858) 736-2745
• info@BritanniaMillsLTD.com
• Products and Services: Britannia Mills Ltd. manufactures exceptional ultra-fine fabrics. Britannia remains American made. Domestic-produced goods allow for quick turn and ease of shipping, as well as simplified communication and rapid quality control. Britannia continues to specialize in two main fibers: rayons (rayon, micro-modal, tencel) and wool. In rayon Britannia runs six weights of jersey with spandex, from 5 to 13 ounce, making it the go-to company for jersey. Britannia's Ponte-de-Romas range from 11 to 16 ounces, and its heavy construction is a natural choice for pants and tailoring. Ponte Delicious, available in 20 colors, is the rave of the design community. Its new lighter cousin, Baby Delicious, is following in the same footsteps. In the rayon arena, micro-modal jerseys have the softest hand and greatest durability of any knit available. Our ribs are just scrumptious! Don't forget viscose matte jersey! Not a cheap knockoff, it's the real thing! Britannia's dominance in extra-fine worsted wools hails back to its founding. Britannia continues to innovate in wool knits. Today's modern wools are washable, and Britannia has upped the ante by using finer and finer grades of wool fiber, meaning easy care and next-to-skin ultra soft. Britannia bases its philosophy on European traditions with American ingenuity. See what the excitement is about and call today.

Buhler Quality Yarns Corp.

• 1881 Athens Highway
• Jefferson, GA 30549
• (706) 367-9834
• www.buhleryarn.com
• sales@buhleryarns.com
• Contact: David Sasso
• Products and Services: Buhler Quality Yarns Corp. – Get more than just yarn. In addition to the industry's best yarn, we provide unsurpassed technical support, transparency, and 20+ years of supply chain partnerships. Our US-based facilities allow for quicker delivery and agile responsiveness to market trends. Known throughout the industry for consistency, our products are certified safe by Oeko-Tex® Standard 100, which include Supima Cotton, MicroModal® Edelweiss, Micro TENCEL®, and various blends. Visit our new website at www.buhleryarn.com.

California Label Products

• 13255 S. Broadway
• Los Angeles, CA 90061
• (310) 523-5800
• Fax: (310) 523-5858
• Contact: Tasha
• www.californialabel.com
• info@californialabel.com
• Products and Services: California Label Products has been servicing the apparel industry for 20 years. With our full service in-house Art Department we can assist you with your branding identity from Design to Delivery. Come visit us at the LA Textile Show at the California Market Center. Monday, Sept. 30 – Wednesday, Oct. 2, Booth# 5015/6012. We will be displaying woven labels, printed labels, care labels, size tabs, custom hangtags, heat transfers, and novelty items such as leather patches, buttons, and snaps. We are always concerned with quality, delivery and price. Bring us your label for a quote or sit down and talk with one of our design team!

Colorway, Inc.

• 1275 S. Boyle Avenue
• Los Angeles, CA 90023
• (323) 264-6080
• info@colorwayinc.com
• www.colorwayinc.com
• Products and Services: Founded in 1998 by textile designer Nasrin Atashkari, Colorway, Inc., has been effectively spinning and weaving fabrics for revered contemporary apparel lines. We hold a reputation for producing striking, innovative print designs and luxury fabrics to include silks, rayons, viscose, tencels, supima cotton/micro-modals, on both knits and wovens to include yarn dyes. These are manufactured domestic and overseas in a time efficient manner that meets customers' expectations and deadlines. Colorway, Inc., offers the only in-house fully integrated digital-printing facility in Los Angeles that covers both wet printing and sublimation. This allows us to vigorously complement the artistic concepts of each designer's talent and each of our customer's requirements and needs in timely fashion.

DG Expo

• PO Box 8435
• FDR Station
• New York, NY 10150
• www.dgexpo.net
• info@dgexpo.net
• (212) 804-8243
• Products and Services: DG Expo features a two-day textile and trimmings exhibit for designers, small manufacturers (producing apparel, accessories, home furnishings, and other sewn products), plus private-label retailers, fabric stores, event/party planners. Exhibitors are wholesale suppliers (including mills, converters, importers, and distributors) who have low minimums, and many have in-stock fabric and trims. And... seminars focused on business growth and profitability, plus textile classes! The next show takes place in San Francisco —on Sunday, November 24th & Monday, November 25th. Seminars begin a day prior to the show opening. Visit our website for details and to register.

Designer Fabric Warehouse

• 5015 District Blvd.
• Los Angeles, CA 90058
• (323) 277-2777
• info@dfwla.com
• Products and Services: Warehouse-style 60,000-square-foot store with thousands of styles and millions of yards of fashion and decorator fabrics in stock including leather, silk, denim, technical, swim, stretch, prints, knits, linen, cotton, high-end couture, tapestry, chenille, and more. A wholesale and to-the-trade source with great prices and low minimums for garment manufacturers, fashion designers, decorative designers, event planners, set decorators, and students. Easy to shop with friendly attentive staff and located minutes outside of downtown LA. Just look for the big red door. Open Monday to Friday 9 a.m.–5 p.m. No appointment necessary. Visit us at Booth #3016–3018 at the LA International Textile Show, Penthouse (Floor 13), California Market Center, Los Angeles.

Design Knit Inc.

• 1636 Staunton Ave.
• Los Angeles, CA 90021
• (213) 742-1234
• Fax: (213) 748-7110
• www.designknit.com
• shalat@designknit.com
• Contact: Shala Tabassi
• Products and Services: Designer and better contemporary knit fabrics from sheer to heavyweight.
• What's New: New items include novelty sweater knits for cut and sew using specialty yarns. Variety of knits made from cashmere, silk, wool, rayon, Modal blends, Supima/micro-Modal, Supima blends, Tencel, MicroTencel, proModal, linen blends, garment dyeable stripes, as well as yarn-dye solids and stripes. Specializing in 3 ends French terrys and fleece knits using a variety of yarn blends. Large selection of fabrics made with streaky and tri-blends yarns. Customized auto stripes single knits.
• Custom Work: Yes
• Inventory: Knit to order
• Minimum: Varies by fabric
• Price Points: Moderate to high
• Competitive Edge: We offer new and innovative fabrics every season.
• Custom developments also available.

Geltman Industries

• 1914 Bay St.
• Los Angeles, CA 90021
• (213) 622-2015
• Fax: (213) 622-4572
• www.geltman.com
• geltmanind@aol.com
• Contact: Shari Rezai, President; Ron Cueto, Operations Manager
• Products and Services: Since 1931, Geltman has provided a full range of services to textile mills, apparel manufacturers, and the home-furnishing industry. With our highly skilled personnel and efficient production methods, we guarantee the finest-quality work and the most reputable service. In continuing to keep abreast of the latest technological developments, Geltman has been able to cultivate exclusive processes to meet the specific needs of the textile industry. Our years of renowned experience and customer relationships have been the product of our honorable policy—to provide clients with the highest-quality service.

Gerber Technology

• 24 Industrial Park Road West
• Tolland, CT 06084
• (800) 826-3243
• (860) 871-8082 (outside USA)
• www.gerbertechnology.com
• Contact: Jill Powers
• jill.powers@gerbertechnology.com
• (760) 473-4593
• Products and Services: Gerber Technology offers a complete suite of computer-aided design and manufacturing systems for the apparel and sewn-goods industries. These include the industry-leading AccuMark® pattern design, grading, and marker-making software, Vstitcher™ 3D pattern draping software, automated nesting, and textile spreading systems, as well as single- and multi-ply GERBERcutters. Gerber also offers YuniquePLM™ product lifecycle management software, which helps retailers, brand owners, and manufacturers manage all of the details associated with their products from concept to consumer and enables them to communicate and collaborate more effectively with their global partners. Gerber Technology supports 25,000 customers, including more than 100 Fortune 500 companies, in 130 countries around the world.

Home Fashion Fabrics by Josi Severson

• 1008 Marquette Ave.
• Minneapolis, MN 55403
• (612) 708-7696
• www.homefashionfabricsbyjosi.com
• Products and Services: Josi Severson founded Home Fashion Fabrics in order to provide fabrics that separated all perceptions of any specific style or trend. Instead, she prefers to have each person pick designs based on their own personal styles to perfectly accommodate their unique circumstances and environments. Beyond offering certified organic fabrics, sustainable design is based in the satisfaction of making and obtaining pieces that will not be desired to be thrown away; this is what HFF desires to achieve with each season. All fabric yardage is printed in the USA using water-based inks, making them safer for humans and the environment. An organic line is printed in LA. Each design is drawn by hand.

The International Textiles Expo

• (516) 596-3937
• www.textileshows.com
• Services: The International Textiles Expo is your source for fabrics, notions, trimmings, patterns, and supplies in the apparel/accessories, home décor, quilting, and gift industries. Serving the needs of independent manufacturer and retail fabric stores, the show is held twice a year in Las Vegas. Our next show will be Sept. 23–25, 2013, at Bally's Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. Visit our website for updated information on future shows.

Invista

• (212) 512-9294
• Elana.Page@invista.com
• Products and Services: INVISTA has developed a fresh approach to fashion swimwear based on new consumer insights and technical advantages with XTRA LIFE LYCRA® fiber. Global research commissioned by INVISTA reveals perspectives on consumer priorities when shopping for fashion swimwear and beachwear, as well as behavior patterns and expectations in its use. Reinforced by these new findings, new technical advantages for XTRA LIFE LYCRA® fiber have been demonstrated in the real-life swimwear environment, bringing to life how XTRA LIFE LYCRA® fiber protects from the damaging effects of perspiration, chlorine, sunscreen, or heat. For more information, call or email us.

Keylin Inc.

• 312 E. Jefferson Blvd.
• Los Angeles, CA 90011
• (323) 232-6700
• Fax: (323) 232-6858
• Support@KeylinInc.com
• www.KeylinInc.com
• Products and Services: Keylin, Inc. is a company organized to design, manufacture, and market fasteners for the aviation, construction, garment, leather, medical, and oceanic industries. This Los Angeles–based company serves as a distribution center that provides immediate delivery of goods to customers. Keylin offers a vast variety of hardware to the global market. The company specializes in custom-built, made-to-order product lines that satisfy the customers' needs. Keylin is proud to become the Mid- and Western Regional Distributor of the world's leading premium fashion zipper manufacturer, Riri Zippers of Switzerland. To date, Keylin has a stock collection of #4, #6, and #8 metal zippers available in 5-metal teeth colors and 7 tape colors. This provides a vast array of 105 different combinations of items to satisfy the customer's creative demand. To enhance Keylin's operation as Riri's Regional Distribution Center, Keylin has an on-site Riri machine from Switzerland to allow on-site custom jobs enabling zipper customization that closely matches the original factory specification. Keylin may also accept orders for production from Riri's Swiss plant that can be shipped anywhere in the world where customers may desire. The success of Keylin, Inc. as a leader in its line of trade is indicative of the effectiveness of the company's philosophy and goal.

Pacific Coast Knitting Inc.

• 6051 Maywood Ave.
• Huntington Park, CA 90255
• (323) 584-6888
• Fax: (323) 582-8880
• Contact: Mike Tolouee
• www.pacificknitting.com
• info@pacificknitting.com
• Products and Services: We are an American mill, located in Huntington Park, California. Our passion and creativity produce high-quality fabric for the fashion industry with low minimums, fast delivery, and over 2,400 styles of knits.
• What's New: We have developed over 3,000 new styles of novelty knits, including high twist, recycled cotton, recycled poly, 100 percent linen, MicroTencel, Supima, and many other novelty yarns. We also have added to our eco-friendly collections.
• Competitive Edge: We are always investing in new products to be on the competitive edge with European mills. We produce high-quality fabrics for women's, contemporary, men's, and children's with competitive pricing.

Philips-Boyne Corp.

• 135 Rome St.
• Farmingdale, NY 11735
• (631) 755-1230
• Fax: (631) 755-1259
• www.philipsboyne.com
• sales@philipsboyne.com
• Products and Services: Philips-Boyne Corp. offers high-quality shirtings and fabric. The majority of the line consists of long-staple Egyptian cotton that is woven and finished in Japan. Styles range from classic stripes, checks, and solids to novelties, Oxfords, dobbies, voiles, Swiss dots, seersuckers, ginghams, flannels, and more. Exclusive broadcloth qualities: Ultimo®, Corona®, and Superba®. Knowledgeable customer-service team, immediate shipping, and highest-quality textiles. Philips-Boyne serves everyone from at-home sewers and custom shirt-makers to couture designers and branded corporations.

Progressive Label

• 2545 Yates Ave.
• Commerce, CA 90040
• (323) 415-9770
• Fax: (323) 415-9771
• Info@progressivelabel.com
• www.progressivelabel.com
• Products and Services: Progressive Label is dedicated to helping companies develop and showcase their brand identity. From logo labels and hangtags to care/content labels and price tickets, we will develop, produce, and distribute your trim items worldwide. We specialize in producing custom products that will meet your design and merchandising needs. Our mission is to deliver high-quality products at competitive prices, wherever they are needed for production. We understand the rush nature of this industry and strive to meet the tight deadlines facing our customers. Another important part of our business is FLASHTRAK, our online ordering system for price tickets. It's a great tool for placing and tracking price ticket orders and will soon be expanded to include custom products and carelabels.

Robert Kaufman Fabrics

• 129 West 132nd St.
• Los Angeles, CA 90061
• (800) 877-2066
• Fax: (310) 538-9235
• www.robertkaufman.com
• info@robertkaufman.com
• Products and Services: Robert Kaufman Co., Inc. is an importer and converter with national and international representation, stocking a wide variety of printed, yarn-dyed, and solid wovens and knits. In business for over 60 years, Robert Kaufman Fabrics has been delivering the highest-quality service to manufacturing clients in the U.S. and around the world in a variety of markets, including childrenswear, womenswear, contemporary, juniors, men's sportswear, maternity, uniforms, special occasion, accessories, and home fashions. In addition to an extensive catalog of on-trend design collections released every quarter, we offer domestic in-stock programs with low minimums, as well as customized fabric design, development and sourcing for prints, yarn-dyes, and solids. All fabrics are available for sampling. We also drop ship for customers with off-shore production needs.
• Robert Kaufman Fabrics sells wholesale and to the trade only. Our fabrics are available to the retail consumer through local quilt and fabric stores. To find a retail store that carries Robert Kaufman Fabrics, please see our website. To see what's available and our latest collections in a fully searchable format, please visit our website.

S & J USA Inc.

• 843 E. 31st St.
• Los Angeles, CA 90011
• (323) 231-0811
• Fax: (323) 231-3820
• snjusa@snjusa.com
• Products and Services: S & J USA, Inc. has been a major, authorized distributor of YKK zippers for over 25 years. We carry a vast array of zippers, and we have an in-house factory that allows us to complete orders quicker than our competitors. S & J USA, Inc. also specializes in snaps, tack buttons, eyelets, and elastics, among other trims. Our customers range from the U.S. to Asia, and we hope to expand even further in the future. We are known for great customer service and quality materials.

Shol Textiles

• 234 Eucalyptus Drive
• El Segundo, CA 90245
• (310) 766-5074
• Fax: (213) 482-4858
• www.sholtextiles.com
• Contact: Shane Rabineau or Oleg Zatsepin
• shane@sholtextiles.com
• oleg@sholtextiles.com
• Products and Services: SHOL Textiles' premium soft and stable interlinings can go through aggressive washes and still give you the look and feel on the inside to make you look good on the ouside. Services include full-service testing of fabrics with SHOL Textiles' premium fusibles for any apparel needs. We offer excellent quality, service, and price! We will visit you or send samples or receive your fabric to make fuse tests to recommend the proper fusible for your fabric.

Trim Networks Inc.

• 910 S. Los Angeles St., Suite 405
• Los Angeles, CA 90015
• (213) 688-8550
• Fax: (213) 688-8551
• info@trimnetworks.com
• www.trimnetworks.com
• ae@trimnetworks.com
• Products and Services: TNI is not just a button company; it's an arbiter of taste and fashion. We give designers the freedom to create freely and not have to worry about the little parts and trims. Connecting our clients with reliable and trustworthy garment factories in Asia has been the foundation of our system and our networks. We are in touch with over 2,000 garment and denim factories in southern China. The good water quality of Canton has also enabled us to create some of the most exciting colors in electro plating. Over 300 wash-houses are scattered in this rich province, which in return can provide some of the newest colors in fashion today. In addition, our strategic location south of the Delta River gives us plenty of resources to all types of raw-material suppliers. By joining our network, you no longer need to search for garment manufacturers. We have done the research for you.

Tukatech

• 5527 E. Slauson Ave.
• Los Angeles, CA 90040
• (323) 726-3836
• Fax: (323) 726-3866
• http://tukatech.com
• tukateam@tukatech.com
• Products and Services: Tukatech is the garment and apparel industry's leading provider of fashion technology solutions. Founded in 1995 by garment industry veteran Ram Sareen, Tukatech's advanced software and hardware gives designers, manufacturers, and distributors the tools needed to streamline operations, increase efficiency, and expand profits. Tukatech offers award-winning 2-D and 3-D pattern making, design, and manufacturing software designed specifically for garment makers of all sizes and skill levels, as well as advanced dress forms and garment plotters. The capabilities of Tukatech's technology remains unparalleled in the fashion industry, and all of our products are offered at affordable prices.

Yin Group

• USA subsidiary: Yin USA, Inc.
• 3523 McKinney Ave., #4800
• Dallas, TX 75204
• (214) 960-3832
• Fax: 214-960-3841
• en.yingroup.com
• Contact: Daniel Lv
• daniel@yingroup.com
• Products and Services: Yin Group is a high-tech enterprise involving many fields of advanced manufacturing industry and integrating R&D, production, and sales of intelligent cutting equipment and excellent service. As a global expert of soft material cutting, Yin offers total cutting and management solutions before sewing. Its products include 3-D body scanner, CAD system, spreading machines, CNC cutting machines for samples or mass production, intelligent hanging storage system, intelligent unit production system, et al. These products can be used for various industries, including fashion, spinning, leather, foot wares, automotive, aviation, aerospace, home furnishing, and other industries. We have achieved the No. 1 market share for cutting industry in China, and our business rapidly expands from China to the rest of Asia, Europe, and America, with more than 3,000 sets of equipment sold worldwide.