“The heart and soul of New York city.” “The key to a diversified economy,” “an education, nurturing young designers,” “the hub of my fashion life,” Whatever words they chose, each impassioned speaker at today’s Save The Garment Center rally took the same message to the microphone. The garment industry is an essential part of New York’s history, and may hold the answer for saving New York’s economy.
Upcoming feature documentary Schmatta: Rags to Riches to Rags, premiering Monday October 19th at 9 pm on HBO. Paul Cavazza who we featured earlier in the week is in this movie. So be sure to catch it!
“Could be the next Marc Jacobs!”
“Don’t get me wrong,” Paul Cavazza confided “I like working with seasoned professionals, because as a businessman, I appreciate that everything is going to run smoothly, by the book.” But he lights up when he talks about working with new designers who are still learning. Although they [...]
Paul Cavazza’s Background
Cavazza’s parents ran a clothing manufacturing company in his hometown of Marlborough, New York. They lived above the factory. He and his brothers worked there after school. “My parents,” he joked, “didn’t know what child labor laws were.” He and his brothers did tasks like sewing on [...]
Grading isn’t taught as part of academic fashion education, but a skill, Cavazza observes, that most companies today will teach hands on, training within the company. When someone comes to Cavazza interested in being a grader, the first thing he asks is: “Do you like math and fractions? If you don’t like [...]
A marker is the paper layout for cutting pattern pieces. Cavazza sees making markers as building puzzles, “where you’re not sure what the finished product is going to look like.” He has loved building and solving puzzles since he was a kid, a quality he sees as essential for someone who [...]
Paul Cavazza’s company, Create-A-Marker, does grading and makes markers for numerous customers in the fashion industry. He is a natural and highly visual problem solver, sketching to illustrate his points as he shares stories of his life in the garment industry. He grew up in the garment industry here in New York, [...]
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