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BUY LOCAL: While speculation abounds about the likelihood of a spike in domestic manufacturing, Yeohlee is already doing what she can to help prop up the Garment Center. Aside from producing her collection in New York and publicly talking up the need for more companies to do so, she now has Lord & Taylor’s store windows touting her “Made in NYC” efforts. The designer said, “The store is aware of my interest in protecting the future of the fashion industry, and they have a history of supporting American design.” And Made in America means something, “particularly now when there seems to be a sensitivity with consumers. It is being noticed beyond our industry,” Yeohlee said.
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