Episode #37: Talking Trends and Apparel Fashion Waves in the Wholesale World
Date: March 3, 2025
Duration: 13:53
The world of fashion and retail apparel often influences and drives what’s in demand on the wholesale side. Everything from popular colors to fabric types, cuts, and even manufacturing and styling practices carries over into wholesale, which in turn influences what apparel decorators offer their customers.
Tim Gibson, president of sales at US Standard Apparel, a PRINTING United Alliance member, joins the Apparelist podcast to discuss some of the major retail trends he’s seeing influence our industry in 2025. From trend predictions to what might fade away, Gibson provides a pulse on what decorators should offer their customers this year.
Recorded onsite at PRINTING United Expo 2024 — keep an eye out for registration opening for the 2025 Expo.
Show Notes and Takeaway Highlights
- Beginning to 3:48 – US Standard Apparel’s recent move into wholesale apparel and the niche they are working to fill
- 4:30-5:40 – Manufacturing processes, popular retail styles, and how they influence the wholesale side of the market
- 6:32-9:27 – What’s coming down the pike in terms of fashion trends for the next two to three years
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