January 4, 2024
Published by D-D Lazenby on January 4, 2024
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Back to Basics Webinar 

Back to Basics: Foundational Pillars to Build a Strong Custom Clothing Business Thursday, January 11th at 4 pm ET, 1 pm PT In this 45 minute webinar, you’ll learn…. Starting a business is easy — staying in business and finding success can be difficult. We’re detailing the four primary pillars each custom clothing business owner can strengthen to build their business stronger and more resilient.
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July 8, 2023
Published by D-D Lazenby on July 8, 2023
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Are you paying attention?

Welcome to Designer Forum New York July 22-24, 2023. This season’s trade show theme is “paying attention”… How we can better pay attention to the market; how we can better pay attention to our customers; how we can better pay attention to each other? In addition, the CTDA will launch an attendee satisfaction survey at the show in effort to gain your feedback on how we can be even more valuable to your business as your trade organization. Please take a moment to complete the survey at DFNY. We look forward to seeing you soon. View Luke Mayes’, president of […]
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May 4, 2023
Published by D-D Lazenby on May 4, 2023
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DFNY Keynote – Speed Learning: 7 Experts | Decades of Experience

Immersive 10 Minute Roundtable Discussions with 7 Industry Subject Matter Experts: Moderated by: Luke Mayes, House of Dormeuil and Peter Roberti, Adrian Jules Custom Clothiers Date: Saturday, January 20 , 2024 TIME: 5:15 PM to 7:00 PM WHERE: Conrad Hotel NYC, Plume Theatre (1st floor), 151 W. 54th Street, New York, NY 10019 COST: Complimentary.  The historic and monumental Jackson Medal Ceremony will take place at the beginning of the presentation with the incoming CTDA Board of Directors. Space is limited. Please RSVP here:
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October 26, 2022
Published by D-D Lazenby on October 26, 2022
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Your Brand Story webinar

Friday, October 28 at 11:00 – 11:30 AM EST Featuring Professor Michael Zam, New York University   People hunger for meaningful stories that resonate with them and create an emotional connection as a result. Learn how you can apply the fundamentals of story-telling to the message you communicate about your brand, as well as your personal story related to that brand. Professor Michael Zam is a screenwriter, television writer, playwright, and writing professor at NYU. His screenplay, Best Actress, was on the BlackList of best unproduced screenplays. This was the basis for the FX (now on Hulu) series he co-created and wrote, Feud: Bette […]
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January 30, 2022
Published by D-D Lazenby on January 30, 2022
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CTDA’s Update on Pandemic Relief Advocacy

Wednesday, February 2, 2022 at 5 PM EST via Zoom After almost a year of lobbying for an economic relief package for our industry, and with the guidance of Lobbyist Hillary Jochmans, who the CTDA retained to represent our Association and the industry at-large on Capitol Hill and within the Economic Bridge Coalition, we received the great news that Congress is actively discussing an additional relief package. The CTDA will continue to advocate for fairer treatment and desperately needed relief from the federal government!  Many industry groups left out of special programs and grants, that were offered to restaurants, shuttered venues […]
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December 10, 2021
Published by D-D Lazenby on December 10, 2021
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Welcome Back Party

Join us for an evening of networking in NYC! When: Friday, July 21, 2023 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM Where: Faces & Names, 159 W 54th Street, New York, NY 10019 (next door to the Conrad NYC Hotel) This is a complimentary event! Cash Bar!  RSVP Required!
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December 4, 2021
Published by D-D Lazenby on December 4, 2021
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A Beer & Industry Buzz Series Returns In-Person…

“How to Hit a Million” 🍺 Grab a beverage and join us for this informative virtual happy hour as King Brothers Clothiers, Danny and Kenny King, lead us in an industry related discussion on “How to Hit a Million” with implementable strategies to grow from 6 to 7 figures in annual sales. There will be time for Q&A. Grab a beer and join us for this great complimentary event! When: Sunday, January 23, 2022 from 6 PM to 7 PM EST Where: Cooper John’s Pub, 2nd Floor, 160 W 54th Street (between 6th & 7th Avenues) New York, NY 10019 […]
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January 15, 2019
Published by D-D Lazenby on January 15, 2019
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The Brotherly Spirit

One of my first impressions on attending the CTDA’s Designer Forum in New York last summer was how the membership is composed almost entirely of small to medium-sized businesses. The apparel industry as a whole is notoriously dominated by massive multinational corporations, which in turn are often just assets in the portfolios of even larger holding companies. Holding companies don’t exist to make anything but money, and that ethos has unfortunately trickled down through much of the industry, eventually pooling at the bottom with retail operations that too often don’t know what they’re selling and don’t care whom they’re selling […]
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July 26, 2018
Published by D-D Lazenby on July 26, 2018
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CTDA’s August Courses in Chicago, IL

Chicago Collective August 5-7, Sun, Mon & Tues theMart There is still time to register for our upcoming classes!   https://ctda.com/education-program/    MEASURING – Sunday, August 5th at 9 AM – 3 PM (with lunch break at 12 PM)   CUSTOM SHIRTS – Monday, August 6th at 9 AM – 11 AM FABRIC KNOWLEDGE – Monday, August 6th at 12 PM – 2 PM SOCIAL MARKETING THE BESPOKE WAY – August 7th at 10 AM – 11 AM Special Presentation (Complimentary. Must RSVP!) Classroom Locations: Chicago Collective theMart 222 Merchandise Mart Plaza, 7th Floor Chicago, IL 60654
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July 7, 2018
Published by D-D Lazenby on July 7, 2018
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The Personal Touch

It can take a lot of nerve to walk into a Savile Row shop, especially when you know you’re not going to be buying anything. I’d first found myself mustering this specific courage twenty years ago, as a college student, outfitted in my best secondhand suit and armed with what precious sartorial knowledge I’d been able to glean from the books of Alan Flusser and Bruce Boyer. On that day I’d made my rounds as swiftly and unobtrusively as possible, avoiding what I assumed would be censorious eye contact, purchasing a token pair of Thurston braces on my way out […]
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May 3, 2018
Published by D-D Lazenby on May 3, 2018
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An Appreciation, an Introduction, and an Appeal

I was walking down 7th Avenue at 57th in Manhattan on a crisp September morning when I saw her. A bronze-colored hacking coat, impeccably cut with svelte, liquid drape, worn over a cream cashmere turtleneck. A trim cream pencil skirt, hitting just below stockinged knees, snapping tight with each step of her ankle-height heels. The embodiment of New York chic. She was also ancient. Time had stooped her shoulders and twisted her frame. Her closely cropped hair was thin and grey. She walked slowly, with one hand firmly on the stiff handle of her companion (seeing eye?) dog and the […]
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