"Clothing industry or garment industry summarizes the types of trade and industry along the production and value chain of clothing and garments, starting with the textile ...
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industry (producers of cotton, wool, fur, and synthetic fibre), embellishment using embroidery, via the fashion industry to apparel retailers up to trade with second-hand clothes and textile recycling. The producing sectors build upon a wealth of clothing technology some of which, like the loom, the cotton gin, and the sewing machine heralded industrialization not only of the previous textile manufacturing practices." - (en.wikipedia.org 21.05.2021)