garment making

The World Bank forecasts the economy will grow a meager 3% this year, with some strength in agriculture and industries such as garment making.

Along the way, she examines how garment making has evolved and must still evolve in new directions for the sake of the environment.

Mr. Thomas, who turned 36 in September, never studied fashion or garment making, and he can’t work a sewing machine.

Renewed interest in garment making means designers won’t have to rely on the New York scene, said Victoria Pass, a fashion historian and assistant professor at Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore.

Nicole Samoduror runs an apparel design and development business in Mount Vernon, Belvidere Terrace Atelier, and hopes to grow garment making in Baltimore.