industry standard (a universally adopted definition to be used by concerned parties)
Many people who worked in the early clothing industry, both as inside cutters and contract seamstresses, were immigrants, primarily Irish in the 1840s and Germans in the 1850s.
The children's wear industry developed early in the twentieth century around the same time as the women's apparel industry.
the clothing industry is worth around £21bn
OshKosh B'Gosh, Inc., The William Carter Company, and Gerber Childrenswear Inc. lead the children's clothing industry?