Founded by Burt Isdaner in New York’s garment district in 1962, Liba Fabrics remains a family-owned textile company now led by its third generation. The business shifted from its original apparel focus toward event and hospitality work, with more than two million yards in stock to support production teams and commercial customers on tight schedules.
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Star Fabrics IncFamily-owned since Elias and Susan Haroni established it in 1992, Star Fabrics remains closely involved in its day-to-day operations. The Los Angeles-based company serves apparel makers with textile conversion and print development, drawing on a pattern library of more than 100,000 designs and offices in New York and China.New York, NY
Blue Star Silk CorpBlue Star Silk Corp. grew out of New York’s Garment District, where Martin and Rosalie Stern founded it in 1980 after careers in the garment center; their nephew David joined five years later. For more than 40 years, the company has built relationships with fashion houses and designers nationwide by supplying carefully selected fabrics and supporting custom design work.NEW YORK, NY
Jaftex CorpFounded in Manhattan in 1930 by Jacob A. Fortunoff, Jaftex designs, manufactures and delivers fabric for quilting retailers through a family of textile brands. Nearly a century later, the family business is led by fourth-generation brothers Scott and Greg Fortunoff, with its brands serving quilt shops and fabric enthusiasts through distribution operations in the Carolinas.NEW YORK, NY
RichloomRichloom is a third-generation, family-owned company founded in 1957 by Fred Richman with a $5,000 loan. From its New York City headquarters, the business has grown from a small fabric supplier into a global, design-driven manufacturer with hundreds of employees and operations across the United States and Shanghai. Its work is shaped by family continuity, international collaboration and an emphasis on responsible textile production.New York, NY