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All fashion producers and retailers of any size have experts of their own within their firms, many uses outside specialized sources of fashion information against which to check their own analyses and conclusions. Beginning in the late 1960s and growing in importance ever since then, number of comprehensive fashion information services have developed. Their clients are worldwide and include:
- Fiber companies
- Textile producers
- Producers of men's ,Women's and children's wear
- Retailers
- Buying offices
- Accessories
- Cosmetics companies.
In a business environment where time and timing are ever more important, these services offer specific, timely, concise, and complete worldwide information, often tailored to each client's specific needs. The number of firms offering these services is constantly increasing, but the following are among the most important:
- Nigel French headquartered in London. Their fabric reports cover the major fabric seasons-Spring/Summer and fall /Winter-including the Inter staff and American fabric showings. They also issue separate color and knitwear brochures, report on New York and European designer collections, and present major season styling issues.
- The Fashion Service, known as TFS, whose reports cover fashion information from all over the world. Information is also available in CD form.
- The International Colour Authority (published in London) and the Color Association of the United States (with headquarters in New York) are important sources of color trend information. These are available for both women's wear and menswear.
- Here and There, whose reports cover U.S. ready-to-wear, couture collections, Japanese Prêt collections, Italian and French knitwear shows, fabric fairs (Inters off, Idea Como, Premier Vision, Prato), and a special feature that translates high fashion looks for mass markets.
- Promostyl, which began as a children's wear service in 1967. They now have offices or agents in 23 cities worldwide, and publish 31 different handbooks annually.
- Stylists' Information Service (SIS). Their reports include "The Boutique Forecast" (twice a year), "The Children's Forecast" (twice a year), "The Eveningwear Forecast" (once a year), "The Menswear Forecast" (twice a year), "The Lingerie Forecast" (once a year), "The Women's Actual wear Forecast" (twice a year), and "The Trimming and Finishing Book" (once a year).
- Karten for Kids is published eight times a year, and Karten for Little Kids (or infants and toddlers to the age of two) is published twice a year.
- Web sites : there are countless web sites that offer information on fashion
- www.fashioncenter.com
- www.fgi.org
- www.firstview.com
- www.vogue.com
- www.wgsn.com
- www.wwd.com
- www.fashion
- www.fashion service forecasting information .com
- www. international color authority.com
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