“We can absolutely be the center for fashion. We can make St. Louis the new fashion capital. Why not?”

A growing trend of independent fashion designers are growing their companies from here in St. Louis, along with the local industry leaders, and new manufacturing start-ups are part of what makes the current fashion and apparel industry in St. Louis a $3.3 billion business annually - a figure Sherman has a plan to double in the next 10 years.

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