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rag trade



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It is also a nod to London's famous rag trade - the city's fabric merchants, tailors and dressmakers who once dominated the area where the Barbican Centre now stands.

From BBC • Apr. 19, 2024

In Uganda, she photographed the literal signs of the rag trade — as in: the painted, storefront signs that advertise used clothing from the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 14, 2018

You’ve said your piece about her rag trade, and this simply is not worth collapsing your marriage over.

From Slate • Oct. 24, 2013

The company also shocked the rag trade by announcing the appointment of Belinda Earl, a former chief executive of Debenhams and Jaeger.

From The Guardian • Jul. 10, 2012

I mean," said the other, "I 'm in the rag trade, and we supply the paper-mills; and that's why my brother Sam lives away in Italy.

From Tony Butler by Lever, Charles James