The phrase "garment industry" refers to the business or industry that involves designing, manufacturing, and selling clothing and other wearable items. Full definition
More than 40 million people work in the global garment industry, yet their stories rarely make the headlines. (inhabitat.com)
There has been some progress, though not enough, in raising wages in the important garment industry. (slaw.ca)
(Racked) «As the world's second - largest apparel company — after Inditex, which owns Zara — H&M said it felt a sense of «shared responsibility» when it came to persistently low wages, an issue as endemic to the global garment industry as unrelenting hours and unsafe environments.» (businessoffashion.com)