The CFDA hosted the FMI Collective last month to showcase a select group of New York City- based manufacturers, who are all recipients of financial grants through the FMI Grant Fund. The March 16 event, which took place at Theory’s Fast Retailing Innovation Center in New York, was designed to build bridges between designers and manufacturers for brands of all sizes.

The 16 participants included six of the seven 2017-18 FMI recipients and ranged from full-service production and sample studios to specialty studios offering embroidery, binding, pleating, marking and grading, printing, dyeing, and more.

Representatives from over 70 brands including Abasi Rosborough, Adam Lippes, Carolina Herrera, Coach, Jason Wu, Matthew Adams Dolan, Nanette Lepore, Pyer Moss, Rag & Bone, Ralph Lauren, and Steven Alan met with exhibitors and shared their manufacturing needs while learning on the top services each exhibitor offers.

Visit the CFDA’s Production Directory, underwritten by DHL, for more information on over 180 New York City and Greater Los Angeles garment, accessory and jewelry manufacturers using the filtering capabilities to find exactly the service, product, category, or sample/production minimum you need.