fashion industry

NOUN

clothing industry

Synonyms

STRONGEST

apparel industry

WEAK

fashion business garment industry rag trade

Example Sentences

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Fashion for Relief was set up with the aim to unite the fashion industry to relieve poverty and advance health and education, by making grants to other organisations and giving resources towards global disasters.

From BBC • Jun. 16, 2026

We started stealing a page from the fashion industry, where fashion labels come out with their lookbooks on trends that season.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 16, 2026

Eve’s prominent role in advertising demonstrates how the Judeo-Christian tradition permeated American culture, including the fashion industry.

From Salon • May 17, 2026

Despite the fantasy elements of beautiful and talented people dressed in clothing designed by the upper echelon of the fashion industry, “Devil” has a sequel because what Sachs was experiencing felt real.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

"We learned together! You know the fashion industry makes more from perfumes than it does from clothes? I figured it would be a good fallback skill. Here."

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda