Do you have some clothing that you need to store? It's a good idea to follow
some standard rules of storage to keep your clothing safe while it's being
stored. You can store out-of-season clothing, clothes that your children haven't
grown into yet, maternity clothes for the next person that needs them, or
clothes that you hope to fit back into one day. There are endless reasons that
you may have to store clothes for a long time. Follow these tips so that your
clothing investment is not ruined by mold, mildew, pests or heat. 1) If you're
storing winter coats, you may have to follow specific directions. Leathers need
to breathe, so you must not store it in plastic. Furs can be ruined by humidity.
Wool needs to be brushed or dry cleaned to ensure that there is no body oil
present that might give moth larvae a breeding ground. Certain fabrics can fade
or even melt if exposed to heat or sunlight. For your more expensive or delicate
items, make sure that you follow the manufacturer's advice before you store
them.2) For regular, everyday wear, mostly cotton clothing, it's mostly the
humidity that you have to worry about. Any tiny amount of moisture present can
cause mold and mildew to grow. Have you ever opened up a cardboard box of
clothing from storage and it smelled musty? That smell is mold and mildew.
Somehow moisture was allowed into the box. To avoid those dreaded musty odors,
use cedar products in an airtight plastic container with your clothes. Cedar
doesn't only help to repel moths and other pests, but it absorbs moisture from
the air trapped in the container, giving you a humidity-free environment for
storing your clothes. 3) Many people have asked about storing their clothing
with dryer sheets to keep them smelling fresh while they're in storage. This can
work, but you have to be careful. Don't place the dryer sheet directly on an
article of clothing. As time goes on, the chemicals in the dryer sheet will
adhere to the fabric that it's touching. It leaves a waxy residue that can
damage clothing or that won't wash off. If you want to use dryer sheets for
fragrance, tape one in the lid of the storage container and don't stack the
clothes to the top. You may still need to use cedar to absorb moisture to fully
eliminate musty odors.4) If you plan to store items like suits and coats, you
may want to invest a little in a rolling garment rack. Use wooden hangers to
help suits and coats hold their shape at the shoulders. Your
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made of cedar are perfect for storing things long-term. Whichever hangers you
choose, make sure that they are sturdy enough to hold the weight of the items
for long periods of time.
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Although the clothing
manufacturer in Texas have experienced as series of declines and expansions,
they have slowly increased. At the start of the Civil War there were five
clothing manufacture in Texas that were manufacturing wearing apparel. The war
uniforms for the Confederate troops were manufactured by the Huntsville Texas
State Penitentiary. There were 33 clothing manufactur by 1870 however the 1899
census only reported four plants. This number had increased to 11 by 1899
however they represented only 0.13% of the total value of the country's clothes
that were ready made and manufactured in Texas, although in 1839 only 1% was
manufactured in Texas. Of all of the states who were manufacturing clothing
during this time Texas was ranked 11th. The clothing manufacture in Texas only
manufactured men's clothing up until approximately 1910. There has been a shift
to the manufacture of women's apparel since then however and the manufacture of
men's clothing especially pants and work clothes made up the majority of the
industry. The manufacture of related products and apparel by Texas manufacturs
during the twentieth century has been a story of rags to riches in both the
figurative and literal sense. Texas designers and manufacturers have
successfully challenged the hegemony of the manufacturers in California and New
York. With 1,250 manufaurers that employ some 65,100 employees with payroll of
about $875,000,000 in 1994, the clothing manufacturing industry has been a
phenomenon statewide with clothing manufturers located in large cities and
smaller communities. Over ? of Texas' manufacters of apparel are located in
Dallas County. They have over 12,000 employees and an annual payroll of $160
million. The counties of Bexar and El Paso are also manufacturing centers. The
pioneering manufacurers had emerged as manufacurers of clothing that was better
suited to seasonal demands and regional tastes of the Southwest by the late
1920's. Enterprises such as the Haggar Company (Dallas, 1926), Santone
Industries (San Antonio 1923), the Williamson Dickie Manufacturing Company (Fort
Worth, 1922), Farah (El Paso, 1920), the Lorch Manufacturing Company (Dallas,
1909), and the Finesilver Manufacturing Company (San Antonio, 1897) manufactured
children's play clothes, ladies cotton dresses, and men's pants and work
clothes. In the 1930's Dallas manuacturers like Justin McCarty, Marcy Lee,
Donovan, and Nardis manufactured distinctive new lines of clothing by
capitalizing on the ability to sell the inexpensive house dress made of cotton
and particularly ladies' slacks, for consumption nationally. Texas had 103
clothing manufaturers in 1933, 102 in 1929, and 73 in 1917. During World War II
the receipt of federal contracts to manufacture large quantities of military
uniforms allowed Texas manufacturers to expand their national sales contracts by
modernizing the manufacturing machinery. The Dallas Fashion and Sportswear
Center was formed by manufacturers in 1942 manufacturers and is now known as the
Southwest Apparel Manufacturers Association. This aggressive trade organization
published their own magazine call Texas fashions from 1842 to 1972, expanded the
number and size of markets in apparel in Dallas, sponsored elaborate style
shows, and used advertisements in national fashion magazines. The growth in the
national importance of fashions designed and manufactured in Texas continued
during the postwar period. Texas had over 20,000 employees in 361 manufacturing
plants in 1947. Many of the pioneering manufacturers decentralized the
manufacturing operations in order to find new labor markets from the large urban
centers by locating manufacturing plants in smaller communities throughout
Texas, particularly along the Mexican border. Manufacturers introduced new lines
of clothing that was casual and was manufactured from polyester fabric that was
wrinkle resistant. Retailers that were fashion minded like Dallas' Neiman-Marcus
provided a favorable fashion climate for the expansion of the Texas clothing
manufacturers. Their management was able to discourage the unionization of the
workers of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America and the International
Ladies' Garment Workers' Union and operated in a conservative economic
environment. The manufacturers of related items and clothing were the 4th
largest manufacturing industry in Texas in terms of the size of the payroll and
the number of workers in 1963. With a payroll of over $124 million and 150
workers the industry was only outdone by the manufacturing of allied products,
chemicals, transportation, and machinery. One catalyst to the continued growth
of clothing manufacturing in 1984 in Texas was the opening of the $15,000,000
Dallas Apparel Mart building. It was the country's largest wholesale fashion
center to be under one roof with 2,300,000 ft. 2 of space in 7 retail stores
having 2,000 separate showrooms by 1984. Annually, the Apparel Mart attracted
about 80,000 customers. Dallas manufacturers like Victor Costa, Jerell Prophesy,
and Howard B. Wolf provided an upgraded style of clothing for a certain segment
of the population and established a special niche for themselves. They placed an
emphasis on the passing on of traditional values from one generation to the next
and private corporate ownership brought about longevity of existence and
continuity in ownership with many Texas manufacturers that were unprecedented in
the national clothing industry. By the mid 1980's the competition from imports
produced by labor that was inexpensive which started to alarm all Texas clothing
manufacturers. However, through audacity in action and creativity in policy
these challenges were successfully met.
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