Join us for a volunteering day going door-to-door to connect with our community in the Garment District!

We’ll start with a volunteer training at Wing & Weft Gloves (265 W 37th St, Suite #11E) and then head out into the neighborhood to share information about the recent rezoning and how to access the over $120 million in resources awarded by the City. Any volunteers who are able to speak Spanish, Korean, Cantonese, or Mandarin, and are willing to act as translators, please note below.

Join us for our monthly all-member meeting — new members are always welcome!

Image is a still from Invisible Seams (2022), a beautiful film highlighting the stories of eight different Asian seamstresses and pattern-makers in New York City.

Join us for a volunteering day going door-to-door to connect with our community in the Garment District!

We’ll start with a volunteer training at Wing & Weft Gloves (265 W 37th St, Suite #11E) and then head out into the neighborhood to share information about the recent rezoning and how to access the over $120 million in resources awarded by the City. Any volunteers who are able to speak Spanish, Cantonese, or Mandarin, and are willing to act as translators, please let us know!

RSVP to info@nyfwdc.org by Friday, so we can have enough materials prepared for everyone.

Join the NYFWDC together with The New York Immigration Coalition for a virtual “Know Your Rights” training — the workshop will cover how to be prepared if ICE shows up at your workplace and how we can keep each other safe in the Garment District.

Join the Municipal Art Society of New York (MAS), the Historic Districts Council (HDC), and the New York Fashion Workforce Development Coalition (NYFWDC) on Thursday, December 11th at Wing & Weft Gloves from 5:00pm-7:00pm for an Enduring Culture Spotlight Event. Come explore the last glove manufacturer in the Garment District and hear about the collaboration and ingenuity that can only happen here in the district. This event celebrates the manufacturing heart of the New York City fashion industry while acknowledging the challenges its businesses are facing as the city changes and prices rise.

Speakers include Tessa Maffucci, Assistant Chair of the Fashion Department at Pratt Institute, Katie Sue Nicklos, CEO and owner of Wing & Weft Gloves, and Laura Weber, Owner & Creative Director of LW Pearl. Refreshments will be provided.

This event is part of MAS’ Enduring Culture Initiative, a multi-year effort that aims to expand New York City’s approach to preservation; to protect and celebrate more of the places, cultural activities, and histories that make our neighborhoods and communities unique.

Thursday, December 11
5:00 PM — 7:00 PM

Wing & Weft
265 W 37th Street, #11E
New York, NY 10018

Join us for our monthly all-member meeting — together with Urban Manufacturing Alliance, now Mechanism!

Tuesday, December 2nd
6:00pm - 8:00pm
Wild East Brewing Co (623 Sackett Street, Brooklyn)

New members are always welcome. RSVP below.

Join us for our monthly all-member meeting — IRL at Custom Collaborative HQ!

Thursday, October 9th
5:30PM / Networking Mingle
253 West 35th Street, 2nd FL

New members are always welcome.

Join us for our monthly all-member meeting — new members are always welcome!

City Council will hold a hearing on Wednesday, August 6th at 11:00am to review the Midtown South Mixed-Use (MSMX) Plan — this meeting is open to the public and you can attend in-person to listen.

Join us on zoom for an update about the ongoing efforts to protect the Garment District during the Midtown Rezoning.

All are welcome.

Join us for our monthly all-member meeting — new members are always welcome!

City Council will hold a public meeting on Wednesday, July 1st at 10:00am at City Hall to review the Midtown South Mixed-Use (MSMX) Plan — join us to provide testimony and help our Council Members understand the unintended consequences of this plan for the Garment District and our broader creative community in NYC.

Anyone can attend in-person or use this link to register to provide testimony via zoom: https://council.nyc.gov/land-use

Come out for the Garment District community on Wednesday, June 18th at noon at 512 Seventh Avenue -- bring friends and spread the word!

Speakers include Steven Kolb of the CFDA, Deirdra Govan of IATSE Local 829, Ngozi Okaro of Custom Collaborative, Frampton Tolbert of Historic Districts Council, and Katie Sue Nicklos of Wing & Weft Gloves.

Read our letter to City Planning here.

Join us to learn more about the Midtown South Mixed-Use Plan (MSMX) — which directly impacts the Garment District ecosystem!

New members are always welcome.

We’ve learned that the City Planning Commission will hold its official hearing and vote on the Midtown South Mixed-Use (MSMX) Plan on Wednesday, May 7th at 10:00 AM. This hearing was not widely announced, but it is confirmed on the official agenda of the Department of City Planning: REGISTER HERE

Date: Wednesday, May 7, 2025
Time: 10:00 AM
Location: 120 Broadway, 31st Floor (City Planning Commission Hearing Room)

We urgently encourage members of our coalition to either attend in person or submit written testimony. Your participation is essential to ensure that the voices of New York’s fashion manufacturing community are heard.

Join us in-person — hosted at Custom Collaborative HQ!

6:00-8:00pm

253 W 35th Street, Floor 2

Connect, relax, and share ideas with fellow members of the Coalition!

All are welcome — please RSVP here.

Join us for our monthly general meeting!

New members are always welcome.

Join us for our monthly general meeting!

New members are always welcome.

Join us for our monthly general meeting!

New members are always welcome.

Join us for a second Job Fair on Sunday, June 23rd from 11:00am - 3:00pm.

This event will focus on connecting immigrants and asylum seekers with resources and fashion jobs in the Garment District and across the city.

Hosted at Parsons School of Design in collaboration with the New York State Department of Labor — for more information contact NYFWDC Board Member, Naika Colas.

Join us for our monthly general meeting!

New members are always welcome.

Join us for a Job Fair on Saturday, May 11th from 11:00am - 3:00pm to connect fashion employers and jobseekers!

This event will focus on connecting immigrants and asylum seekers with resources and fashion jobs in the Garment District and across the city.

Hosted at Parsons School of Design in collaboration with the New York State Department of Labor — for more information contact NYFWDC Board Member, Naika Colas.

Join us for our monthly general meeting!

New members are always welcome.

Join us for our monthly general meeting — new members are always welcome!

Join us in-person for our monthly gathering — hosted at Kent State NYC together with Made in NYC!

Tuesday, November 14

5:00-7:00pm

315 W 39th Street, Suite 402

Networking, wine, cheese and light bites!

All are welcome — please RSVP here.

Join us for our monthly general meeting!

New members are always welcome.

Join us for our monthly general meeting!

New members are always welcome.

New York State has awarded $4.5 million to support equitable recovery in the Garment District — read the press release here.

This meeting is the first opportunity for public input and comment on how the funds will be spent. Please join and lend your voice to support the fashion ecosystem in the district!

REGISTER HERE

Join us for a one-hour sharing session to uncover learnings from garment-making hubs in New York, Los Angeles and the Carolinas -- focusing on sharing knowledge to build more equitable, resilient and sustainable systems.

In partnership with Democracy at Work Institute, Urban Manufacturing Alliance, The Industrial Commons, and The Garment Worker Center.

All are welcome — please RSVP here.

Join us in-person for our monthly gathering — hosted at Kent State NYC together with Made in NYC!

Wednesday, June 14

5:00-7:00pm

315 W 39th Street, Suite 402

Networking, wine, cheese and light bites!

All are welcome — please RSVP here.