garment industry

Thân thiện

The garment industry produces a wide variety of clothing for global markets.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • The business sector involved in the design, manufacturing, and selling of clothing: The "garment industry" refers to the collective commercial activities and enterprises focused on producing and marketing articles of apparel.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • The city's economy was historically dependent on the garment industry.
  • Advances in sustainable materials are transforming the modern garment industry.

Advanced Usage

• "the rag trade": An informal, sometimes slightly dated term synonymous with the garment industry, particularly the fashion and clothing business.
  • She's been working in the rag trade for over twenty years.

Variants and Related Words

• Apparel industry (n): A direct synonym for the garment industry.
• Clothing trade (n): Another term for the business of making and selling clothes.
• Garment worker (n): A person employed in the garment industry.
• Garment district (n): A specific area of a city where the garment industry is concentrated.

Synonyms

• Fashion industry: Often used with a stronger emphasis on design and high fashion, but overlaps significantly.
• Clothing industry: A more general term with the same core meaning.
• Textile and apparel sector: A broader term that includes fabric production.

Related Phrases

• To be in garments: To work in the garment industry.
  • Both her parents were in garments.

Related Idioms

Học thuật

Noun

1. makers and sellers of fashionable clothing

Từ đồng nghĩa

• apparel industry
• fashion industry
• fashion business
• rag trade