apparel

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But Sheng Lu, a professor of fashion and apparel studies at the University of Delaware, said tariffs still represent a substantial cost burden for fashion brands and retailers.

From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026

The disinflation in goods prices also seems to have stopped, as apparel prices are up 4.2% in the last year, and Whirlpool last week announced it raised prices 10% in April, as two examples.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

Nigerian actor Stan Nze, known for his interpretation of Igbo culture, was styled in a black apparel and carried his signature tradtional engraved hand fan made with horse skin.

From BBC • May 10, 2026

Doris Fisher eschewed the spotlight, but as co-founder of the Gap, she shaped the way a generation of Americans dressed and laid the foundation for the company to become an apparel behemoth.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

I shut the closet to conceal the strange, wraith-like apparel it contained; which, at this evening hour—nine o’clock—gave out certainly a most ghostly shimmer through the shadow of my apartment.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë