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The Daily Buzz (3mb)
FIG is the newest national fashion scene
Interview with Christina McLarty from UPN 21
CBS 11
October 2004

Interview with Trina Turk (5mb)
Mondays with Mattie
Mattie Roberts on TXCN
October 2004
 

 
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WWD Wednesday
November 24, 2004

FIG Sparkles and Shines

DALLAS - Buyers scouting out holiday immediates, resort and early spring styles kept showrooms humming at Fashion Industry Galleries, the boutique-style mart downtown here that features contemporary and bridge collections. Click here to read entire article

California Apparel News
November 5-11, 2004

Trina Turk, Live in Dallas

Los Angeles designer Trina Turk kicked off Dallas Market Week at the new Fashion Industry Gallery showroom complex with an appearance before fans and buyers on Oct. 21. Click here to read entire article

Modern Luxury Dallas
November 2004

Scene in Dallas

'Modern Luxury Dallas' Thoroughly Modern Bash at FIG

All the beautiful people showed up to tip their tiaras as we launched our first issue with a blowout bash at Fashion Industry Gallery in Downtown Dallas. Guests were greeted by a luxury lineup of imports brought to the party by the purveyor of posh--Park Place Texas. Click here to read entire article

Dallas Morning News
October 28, 2004

5 Minutes with Mattie

Trina Turk goes vintage one better

With its '60s-sleek setting and Zenlike reflecting pool and fountain, the new garden at Fashion Industry Gallery was a near-perfect setting for a sit-down with Trina Turk, guest designer for the spring 2005 wholesale market that ended Monday. Click here to read entire article

California Apparel News
October 15-21, 2004

Trina Turk, Nicole Miller at Dallas Markets

Designers Nicole Miller and Trina Turk will be among those making personal appearances Oct. 21-24 at two separate Dallas apparel marts. Click here to read entire article

WWD Dallas
October 2004

Forward Thinking

Fashion Industry Gallery is looking toward building its future by attracting attention as a specialized resource in cutting-edge design.

Fashion Industry Gallery certainly knows the value of creating a buzz. Click here to read entire article

California Apparel News
August 20-26, 2004

Cohen Opens Dallas Showroom at FIG

Los Angeles-based manufacturer representative Michael Cohen is opening a showroom at the new Fashion Industry Gallery (FIG) in Dallas. Click here to read entire article

Park Cities People
August 5, 2004

What is the F.I.G.?

And More Importantly, Why Don't You Know?

In the basement of a nondescript white building on Ross Avenue, across from the Dallas Museum of Art, there is always a flurry of activity, and Gavin Smith oversees it all. He is the director of F.I.G., the newest idea to spring forth from Dallas' attempt to revitalize both downtown and its fashion industry.
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D Magazine
August 2004

Welcome to the Gallery

The Fashion Industry Gallery (FIG) is the boutique wholesale fashion venue that opened in January showcasing Women's Contemporary Bridge and Sportswear, Accessories, and Better Men's within a modern, high-design environment in Downtown Dallas. The venue, at 1807 Ross Ave., was developed by Dallas-based Brook Partners, Inc. in concert with a strong group of agents who wanted to distinguish themselves within the market with a focused venue that would best showcase their contemporary collections. Click here to read entire article

PaperCity
June 2004

FashSplash!

With two new garment mega-centers opening within weeks of each other and a driven group of industry insiders hoping to give fledgling fashion designers a place to work and sell downtown, suddenly everybody's spewing our favorite F-word: fashion. What does it all mean? We set it up for you.
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Dallas Morning News
April 8, 2004

To market, to market

Milan, Paris, New York, Los Angeles...Dallas?

With two sparkling new showplaces for wholesale apparel and accessories, the city's fashion scene just got a whole lot livelier - and more competitive. Click here to read entire article

WWD.com
February 27, 2004

Fashion Industry Gallery Makes Debut

DALLAS - Fashion Industry Gallery opened its doors downtown here last month with little fanfare but lots of buzz.

With its airy, loft-like atmosphere and concentration on contemporary and bridge collections, FIG bustled as buyers came to check out the new wholesale venue. Click here to read entire article

Dallas Business Journal
January 23, 2004

Fashion Model

Perseverance and ownership involvement create a made-to-measure space for clothing wholesalers.

Late last spring, when a group of fashion wholesalers asked Mitch Traub and Wyatt Russo to find them some showroom space downtown, the 20-something Weitzman Group brokers were immediately jazzed about the idea. Click here to read entire article

Fort Worth Star Telegram
January 20, 2004

A Smarter Mart

Tenants of a breakaway wholesale fashion venue believe smaller may be better.

DALLAS - As the Texas sales representative for more than a dozen contemporary designers, Stacie Fox made an unusual decision when it came to court buyers from clothing boutiques across the Southwest. Click here to read entire article