AIBI nurtures the textile and sewn products community.
| Website | https://www.aibi.com |
| Address | 2021 W Fulton St, Suite K-111, Chicago, IL 60612 |
| Phone | (312) 836-1041 |
| aibi@aibi.com | |
| Service area | Chicago |
| Serves | Small businesses / entrepreneurs |
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A rentable shared production space with Gerber pattern-making technology and 11 industrial sewing machines available by day pass or monthly pass for prototyping and small-scale production.
Our shared manufacturing and innovation space, The Fashion Lab, features TUKAcad technology, professional-grade industrial sewing and finishing equipment, and expert instruction led by industry professionals and educators.
A 12-week live virtual cohort program taking emerging fashion entrepreneurs from brand concept through a launch-ready hero product, with weekly instruction from industry experts.
The AIBI Fashion Brand Incubator is a 12-week, cohort-based virtual program designed to take you from idea to launch-ready fashion brand.
A bookable one-on-one mentoring session offering guidance on career path and business development, available at member and non-member rates.
Get guidance for your career path and development
A paid, bookable two-hour one-on-one training session teaching proficiency on the industrial single needle sewing machine at the Fashion Lab.
A 2 hour introduction to the Single Needle Industrial Machine
A bookable one-hour virtual workshop, for members, to build a sales line sheet for their fashion collection.
1-hour virtual appointment to create a line sheet for your collection
A curated directory AIBI compiles and maintains of local, in-person Chicagoland retail sources for fabric, notions, sewing machines, and related supplies.
Many people have been asking where they can go to find fabric and other things, especially now that JoAnn Fabrics is closing store locations across the country.
AIBI is the official Illinois association dedicated to the sewn products industry, bringing together designers, manufacturers, merchandisers, and retailers across Greater Chicago.
The Apparel Industry Board, Inc. (AIBI), a 501©3, is the only official organization in Illinois specifically dedicated to the needs of the sewn products industry.
AIBI runs mentoring and educational seminars that have helped place people in manufacturing jobs since 1987.
helped to place hundreds of people in manufacturing jobs, and reached thousands of people to date through its mentoring and educational seminars
A program in which fashion, textile, and design students become campus ambassadors, gaining industry mentorship, networking, and tools to launch a brand or find a job.
We're building a community of student leaders who want to make fashion more accessible, more innovative, and more connected.