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Anyone who knows anything about the role the Big Apple plays in world fashion would expect there to be quite a few but… over 5,000?

How is there room for Wall Street and all those coffee shops not to mention the roughly 8.5 million residents?

What Do Fashion Showrooms Do?

Fashion showrooms are marketing houses where stores’ buying teams go to look at product lines that are available from designers. From these displays, they order the items that they want to carry in their stores. Showrooms are typically not open to the public. They are wholesale ventures.

New York fashion showrooms specialize by category (women’s, men’s, accessories, etc.), by sub-category (girls’ sizes 7-16, underwear/intimates, couture, etc.), and by price point. When a designer is shopping around for a showroom to promote their line, they use these criteria to make sure their product is placed before the correct audience.

So basically, showroom employees get to arrange, display, and talk about clothes all day and get paid for it. Sounds delicious doesn’t it? I’m totally jealous!

Can I Tour the Showrooms?

Yes, you can!

And even better, for the few precious hours you are on a tour, you can buy from the showrooms at wholesale prices just like industry buyers do.
Is anyone else drooling yet? Because I swear, if I wasn’t typing right now, I’d be online looking for a plane ticket to New York to do a little travel shopping. Suddenly, I’m feeling about due for a girlfriend trip. I wonder if there’s a way I could write this off on my taxes….

Well anyway, onto the goods.

The Goods