Fall & Winter 2001

by Bernadette Doran “Don’t look now,” says Peter Genovese of Newhouse News Service, “but Generation X is on its way to becoming Generation XL.” Maybe we’re already there. Fifty-five percent of Americans are now, by medical standards, overweight or obese. In five years, the number is expected to balloon to…

by Grant Rosenberg As more and more people attend regional festivals, special events and outdoor activities, bike-mounted medical personnel are becoming a common sight. With increased efficiency of medical attention in the field, it was only a matter of time before the uniform industry would begin to respond to the…

by Jackie Rosselli What’s a woman with a background in the arts and theatre doing in the uniform business? Plenty, if she’s Karen Gerson, founder and co-president of Seventh Avenue Trade Apparel, a New York-based manufacturer specializing in quality designs for the hospitality industry. In its brief 16-year existence, Seventh…

By Susan Bisset Some people just have a knack for finding their way without a map. Drop them in a vaguely familiar neighborhood with some major landmarks for directions and they can find their way anywhere. Tony and Geri Valentino are two of those people. The couple bought Boston Leather,…

Throughout American military history, the dress cap has been an apparel mainstay of the different branches of the Armed Forces. With some variations in design and purpose, this headwear has become known as a service cap or combination hat. Like the garrison caps and the newly implemented black berets, this…

Awarded by the NAUMD and Career Apparel Institute by Melaine Kanegis-Mader Director of Public Relations, NAUMD This year, the National Association of Uniform Manufacturers and Distributors’ (NAUMD) Career Apparel Institute (CAI) collaborated with Walt Disney World’s Creative Costuming division to produce the 23rd annual Image of the Year competition. Walt…

The Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Impact Images began as a sole-ownership business and incorporated in 1981. Back then, the company’s only business was commercial printing and all orders were brokered out to wholesale print shops. Today, the company has its own press shop and wholesales printing to other brokers. While printing…

by George Brant Don’s Group Attire of Seattle, Wash., sits on 7,000 square feet of property, spans two floors, operates four embroidery machines with a total of 21 heads, features a huge showroom and provides uniforms for restaurants, cruise lines and the coaching staffs of football teams. And it all…

by Grant Rosenberg Shamdasani, president of American Uniform Sales Inc., headquartered in Fayetteville, N.C. When his ability to recall this date so quickly is remarked upon, he chuckles and says matter-of-factly, “It was a very important day in my life.” And how could it not be? On that day, Shamdasani…