Fashioninjapan.com :  aims at providing you with some information about the Japanese Fashion Market.  More than a simple information website, presents through more than 300 monthly updated pictures all the fashion trends of clothing, shoes, bags and accessories, make up and interior decoration in Japan.  The main objective is to provide the designers, the makers, the buyers, the line-builders, updated pictures on the trends in Japan.   As you know, more and more fashion trends are now starting in Japan. Therefore, in order to be advanced to your competitors, you have now the possibility to follow the actual Japanese fashion and develop products before everybody.  Address:  6-19-11 Akasaka Maison Akasaka 503 Tokyo 107-0052 Japan  Phone: 09 036800836  Fax:   03-5366-2562  Email:  loic@outwalker.com  Contact:  Loic Bizel - president

  Franchelle's Creative Illustrations : The Company, creates and designs a variety of art work for licensing, to Product Manufacturer's, Textile Companies, Home Furnishings, Paper Products, and for Publishing.  Address: P.O. Box 25531 Fresno, CA. 93720 Phone: 559-298-1345  Email: : franchellesart@aol.com    Contact: Franchelle Contreras/Owner

  Gala-Fashion : provide art services for the apparel industry. Address: Mezhdugorodnaya, 4/38 Gomel Belorussia Phone: +375 232 49 89 31 Fax: +375 232 49 89 31 Email: gala@gala-fashion.com  Contact: Gala Moseevsky , fashion designer  Services provided :

• Your avant-garde: new audacious look at your image
• Graphics & model: illustrations for your magazine, placard, etc.
• Textile printed patterns
• Exclusive dress for peculiar occasion
• Collections: original solutions to particular "motto" of female wear collection
• Trimmings, draping, details: suggesting garment's elements
• Embroidery & applique: individual design of your cut's specific details 8. Knitwear design
• Logo design
• Geometric shapes search: suggesting innovative daring shapes
• Coloured graphics: original pictures for your office
• Ethnic costume motifs

  Graphic Arts Information Network : The Printing Industries of America (PIA)/Graphic Arts Technical Foundation (GATF) along with its affiliates, delivers products and services that enhance the growth, efficiency and profitability of its members and the industry through advocacy, education, research and technical information.

  GretagMacbeth, Inc. : is a color systems and software company whose purpose is to quantify, communicate, and simulate color and provide color solutions to all markets for which color is mission critical, for the benefit of our customers and stakeholders.  Macbeth: Total Color Solutions.  produces a broad range of color specification books and color standards for selecting, communicating, identifying, managing and controlling color. These products are used worldwide in industry, art and science.  The Munsell Books of Color are color reference guides used for color selection and communication. For an exact match to the color of your products, logos or packaging, Munsell can develop custom color standards, plastic standards and texture standards. Munsell can also develop special purpose standards, such as gray scales and calibration targets to meet your specific application. Other products from Munsell include the ColorChecker^® color rendition chart used in photographic, graphic arts and television and the Farnsworth-Munsell 100 Hue Test for color vision and color discrimination testing.

  The Handbag Resource  : The Amethyst Handbag Library is a design service assembled by of a team of handbag professionals, designers and manufacturing experts. AHL is the first service to bring computer aided design tools to the handbag industry, providing you with the foundation of designing. The AHL's team of designers, research the global market, we work fast to provide you with the freshest silhouettes and key treatments that are happening in today's market place. The Amethyst Handbag Library is an illustrated breakdown of the key shapes and treatments happening in handbags. The Library is composed of thousands of high quality line drawings categorized by silhouettes, components and textures. Using the AHL's design features can help you manipulate your images within seconds, giving you the edge to move faster than your competition in this quick paced industry. AHL is the perfect mix of technology and trend, fashion and function, the essential tool for handbag designers and professionals. AHL saves designers and industry professionals, countless hours in development, leaving you with time to do what you love best, Create!   Address -28862 Azores , Mission Viejo, CA 92692 USA Phone -949 206 0827 E-mail- info@thehandbagresource.com  Contact - Laurelle Barad

• Merchandising
• Artist - Handbag Design Studio

  Hyperdesign, Inc. : Creative Response Team. Offering one stop, turn key solutions along the entire business creative continuum. Part ad shop, part design studio, part brand manager, part sales promotion agency, part packaging design factory, part licensing partner.. Hyperdesign delivers a package of performance.  Address: 211 N. 13th Street  Suite 501 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania  19111 USA  Phone: 215-557-7776  or  323-644-0573  Fax:   215-557-8706  Email:  info@hyperdesign.com ContactName: M. DeSoi

  Magicworks Art : Own some of the most amazing t-shirt graphics and screen printing color separation techniques that only used by big labels and top brands in the market.  Address: 10, Jln 99, Kaw 19, Jln Kapar bt2., Klang, Malaysia 41400  Phone: 603-33422603  Fax: 603-33448871  Email: info@magicworksart.com  Contact: John Lean / President

  Majestic Textiles, Ltd (United Kingdom) :  Custom design of hand woven and painted, beaded and embroidered fabrics for specialty apparel, from organic silk, viscose, wool, cotton and linen.

  MKV Studios :  designing prints for the textile industry for the past five years.  Currently looking for new clients that may have an interest in purchasing art or need prints converted for color separations, repeat and layout, color ways, or would like a concept developed.  Address:  4 West End Ave  Little Falls, New Jersey, 07424  USA  Phone:  (973)769- 3418   Email: mkvstudios@aol.com  Contact:    Melanie K Van Handel

  moxy 62 : Art deco, mod and vintage style fashion illustration, art, graphic design,fashion prints, fashion portraits and stationery.  Address:  7537 ridge ave. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19128 USA Phone: 215-483-5317  or  215-283-2729  Fax:  215-483-2729  Email:  moxy62@aol.com   Contact:  Diane Stanziani  (illustrator)

  NatalStar (Russia) : they created sketches of womenswear for mass production. They can show very large numbers different sketches for ready-to wear on any season and any sizes in different styles from classic to sport. They have possibility send examples of elaboration on E-mail. Address: 110- 10 October Ave Kirov 610001 Russia Phone: 7-676698 Email: natalstar@yahoo.com  Contact: Natalia Starostina

  Next Trim  :  Next Trim is an online subscription service (they don't sell any trim) that keeps track of what all major fashion brands are doing with their trim, labeling and marketing design. They have a global team that collects and shows images of the best new designs for trim and apparel detailing (pocket designs, sewing treatments, decorations etc...) and catalogs them through the web site. They also track all of the trends in apparel trim and packaging, as well as the newest ideas and concepts. They add hundreds of new items every week fresh from the largest as well as most innovative brands from Europe, the US and Japan. Their service is a way for your designers, merchandisers and marketers to stay on top of the latest and best in the world of fashion trim without leaving their desks - they bring it all to you. Their service is of value to anyone involved with apparel design, merchandising, labeling and marketing design as well as trim specification and purchasing.  Address: P.O. Box 1610 Pacific Palisades, CA 90272 Tel: 310.230.8448 Fax: 310.573.9443 wendy@nexttrim.com 

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• Trend Forecasting

  Nicole Pascal Motivational Designs :  the design and creative boutique headed by French trendsetter Nicole Pascal offers an exclusive line of graphic designs that empower a person by changing moods and behavior for the better. Nicole Pascal Motivational Designs have already found application in textiles, fashion, accessories, home decorating, and anywhere else one has a surface where they can be printed, woven, stenciled, or painted.  Address: 400 400 South Hauser Blvd. Suite 7-B Los Angeles California, USA  90036 Phone:  323/935-5135  Fax:  323/937-6521  Email: nicolepascal@att.net  Contact: Ed Marzola, Managing Partner

  North American Graphic Arts Suppliers Association : NAGASA -- the North American Graphic ArtsSuppliers Association - is the largest trade association in the world representing the distribution channel in the graphic arts, printing, and imaging industry.

  Origin Inc :  A total textile design solution.  Concept development, repeats, colorings, mini bodies, presentations boards, label design.  Their focal point is to work with you on development of textile design groups from concept to finished artwork.  Kew Gardens, NY    E-mail:  design@origininc.com

  Pantone : Pantone, Inc. is the leading developer and marketer of products for the accurate communication of color in a variety of industries. Color plays such an influential role in almost every aspect of life, that the PANTONE® Name is known worldwide as the standard language for color communication from design through production.

  Perry Color Card : is a creative and growing company in a highly competitive market.
Their 25+ years of experience in producing presentation samples for the Apparel, Textile, Flooring and Upholstery Industries can help boost your company’s sales and create a greater market presence. They will work with you to develop and implement a complete line of sales material and product samples tailored to your specific business. They can provide custom designed products at competitive prices because of their in-house printing department and complete graphics and bindery services.  Perry Color Card also represents PANTONE TEXTILE Color Systems.  You can them call for a the latest in Pantone Textile Color.  Address:  685 Terrace Drive San Dimas, California 91773 U.S.A. Phone:  909.599.7954  Fax:  909.305.2191 Email:  tim@perrycolorcard.com   Contact:  Tim Marks - Sales/Design

• Manufacturer Item # 1: Sample Cards & Folders
• Manufacturer Item # 2: Headers
• Manufacturer Item # 3: Window Cards & Folders
• Manufacturer Item # 4: Clip Samples
• Manufacturer Item # 5: Memo Samples
• Manufacturer Item # 6: Turncase Ring Binders
• Manufacturer Item # 7: Pantone Textile Products

  Projectex  (Italy) :  On-line design of patterns and stitches for flatbed and circular knitting. Members are offered free usage of design software, and library of adjustable style creations and techniques. Information, user guides and applications on PDF files. Requires Adobe file reader.

  Retail Image Consulting, Inc.: they are a company that tracks retail through a digital image database.  Subscribers may purchase interior and exterior images of current retailers and shopping centers/malls.  Address: 271 Weatherburn Ct. Powell Ohio 43065  USA  Phone: 614-846-7420 Email: svberry@columbus.rr.com  Contact: Susan V. Berry, President

  Rogora Sas (Italy) : Pattern design and development. Jacquard pattern punching, copying, recording and maintenance service. English and Italian.

  SIMANDY SRL (Romania) : Simandy is a modern multimedia outsource in the marketing & consulting field managed by Italian professionals, operating in the clothing sector, articulating its intervention on diverse operative streams such as CAD technology, quality control and research for new clothing garments, accessories and other components.  Simandy is particularly specialized in CAD (Computer Assisted Design) services: pattern making, pattern grading, and marker making. The CAD center is equipped with Investronica Investmark software, five graphic design servers, managed by Romanian specialists and coordinated by an Italian professional. Simandy is highly specialized in woman pret-a-porte design, and is in contact with the best worldwide fashion- houses exclusively using modern communication technology, as the internet, for information and files’ exchange. Simandy is in fact an outsource –adviser and consultant for on-line specialized clothing product presentation, using the best worldwide data bases, offering the clients constant commercial and technical information. Simandy deals, in particular, with imports and sales of high quality Italian garments.  Address: Sos. Viilor, nr. 56, corp B, et.1 tel: 0788315369 tel/fax: 337 15 68 e-mail: simandy@simandy.com  or  simandy@hotmail.com  Contact person: Vanni Bianchi

  SnapFashun, Inc (USA) :  On-line clipart library of sketched, photographed and digital formatted, interchangable fashion items and details for manufacturers, retailers, teachers and students. Slide shows. Sample collections. Education resources and articles.   Since 1990 SnapFashun has been publishing vector libraries for women's, men's and children's manufacturers and retailers. Items and components are drawn to scale for easy alteration and interchanging of details. Libraries come in proprietary plug-in for Adobe Illustrator. Libraries can be updated with latest styles from the USA and Europe via monthly CD's or weekly emails.

  studio 19 / Alan Davenport Design Associates : they are a design firm in San Francisco that specializes in graphic design for garment manufacturers and garment designers and produce logo's, hangtags, trade show exhibits and all kinds of related marketing materials for the trade.  Address:  2030 third street  Studio 19 san francisco California  94107 USA Phone:  415-864-1052  Fax: 415-864-1053 Email:  cityart@pacbell.net  Alan Davenport, owner

  The Style Council (USA) :  Printing design studio for the fashion and furnishing industries. Also, paper, architectural and industrial designing.

  Trumatch, Inc. : The TRUMATCH 4-color matching system provides the visual tools for accurate color matching on-press and on printers/copiers. This patented, digital system is the 4-color palette in the leading software for graphic design and illustration from Adobe, Corel, Deneba, InScribe, Macromedia, and Quark. Unique, is the the logical organization of process color by HSB (Hue/Saturation/Brightness), showing 50 hue families in the order of the spectrum, with 40 perfectly proportioned tints and shades of each hue plus 4-color greys.

  Universal Design, Inc (USA) :  Group of textile design and training companies. Educational programs. Studios for weaving, spinning and felting. Suppliers of looms, spinning wheels, fibers and accessories. E-commerce solutions, web design and hosting.

  Visual Store : retail design and visual merchandising resource.

Have you seen our Fashion Week Photos website?  That site may give you some design and merchandising concepts.