American Apparel & Footwear Association - AAFA

02/23/2026

On April 21, we are excited to host the 50th American Image Awards! Each year, this spectacular celebration in partnership with the CFDA Foundation brings together a unique cross-section of leaders to celebrate creativity while drawing attention to public policy impacts on fashion and design: americanimageawards.org

02/05/2026

AAFA is beyond thrilled to host our 50th at Gotham Hall, NYC on April 21. Today, we shine a light on an incredible leader & partner in our important ESG work, Nathaniel Sponsler, accepting the 2026 Eco-Steward of the Year Award on behalf of AFIRM Group. In our brief Q&A, he touches on consumer trust and awareness while sharing how collaboration drives progress: https://www.americanimageawards.org/AIA26/Eco26.aspx

01/07/2026

Happy New Year & Happy Semiquincentennial! As we share brand stories and iconic member journeys over the past 250 years, don’t hesitate to talk to us about your iconic fashion launches! 🇺🇸

10/10/2025

09/11/2025

Our industry is charting a course defined by resilience, creativity, and innovation. That’s why we invite the industry’s C-Suite to join us in the nation’s capital March 4-6 to convene and collaborate around BOLD IDEAS, SMART FUTURES: https://www.aafaglobal.org/Summit26

05/16/2025

On April 29, we hosted another incredible evening celebrating leadership, integrity, and impact … thank you to all of our supporters and congratulations again to the 2025 honorees: American Textile Company, ULLA JOHNSON, Dr. D’Wayne Edwards of Pensole Lewis, Apparel Impact Institute, and Katherine Gold of Goldbug. AAFA partnered with the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) Foundation as the event’s longstanding charitable beneficiary. Take a look back to the excitement at Gotham Hall in NYC! 🤩

04/22/2025

This we call your attention to the inspiring & impact-driven Eco-Steward of the Year - The Apparel Impact Institute: https://www.americanimageawards.org/AIA25/Eco25 We also can't wait to bring you tactical sessions at the highly anticipated Conference centered around our industry's ability to trace, track, reduce, align, innovate -take a look for the session sneak peek aafaglobal.org/trace25

10/07/2024

Steve Lamar, president of the American Apparel & Footwear Association - AAFA, , D.C., presents “Key Political and Policy Signposts for the Road Ahead” at today’s AATCC Textile Discovery Summit in , Ga. Representing more than 1,000 world-famous name brands, AAFA is a public policy and political voice of the apparel and footwear industry, its management and shareholders, its more than 3.2 million U.S. employees and its contribution of more than $490 billion in annual U.S. retail sales.

04/30/2024

... whether it’s knockoff handbags or counterfeit car parts, the negative impacts are the same: American workers lose market share, and American consumers wind up with potentially unsafe products > InsideSources www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JmAvI1upV4

April 26 was World Intellectual Property Day, an attempt to bring attention to a problem that some find easy to dismiss but has real-life impacts on

04/29/2024

This month we hosted another incredible as we celebrated leadership, integrity, impact… thank you to all of our supporters, congrats again to the 2024 honorees, and a special thank you to Ferrara Manufacturing for sharing the positive impact on your NYC-based business! The event was hosted at the iconic Gotham Hall in midtown Manhattan - constructed in 1924 and celebrating its 100th year of history in NYC. We also celebrated Company of the Year - Carhartt - on 135 years of history! Thanks once more to Segun Oduolowu and the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) Foundation! Cheers & enjoy a glimpse back:

On April 16, the 2024 AAFA American Image Awards gala celebrated leadership, integrity, and impact with honorees including Lizanne Kindler, Executive Chair &...

03/19/2024

Whether you are shopping for Easter attire or Mother’s Day gifts, don’t let nefarious counterfeiters profit off your spending. More on the full digital devalue chain of counterfeits: aafaglobal.org/counterfeitdevaluechain