Where do you go to learn the business?
If you want to learn to sew, O.J.T. is the best bet. The design end of the business will require some formal training, and I have always felt that what you learn will pay for itself many times over.
Clemson Apparel Research
The main purpose was to revitalize the domestic sewn-products industry through the proper application of advanced technology and management practices. Gerber Accumark, etc. http://car.clemson.edu/
Texas Tech University (Apparel Design and Manufacturing) Texas Tech University
Iowa State University (Apparel merchandising, Design, and Production) Iowa State University
Academy of Art University (School of Fashion) San Francisco, CA Academy of Art University
Academy of Couture Art - West Hollywood, CA Academy of Couture Art
American Intercontinental University - (Buckhead, GA), (Weston, FL), (Los Angeles, CA) (AA and Bachelor of fine Arts in Fashion Design)
Apparel Arts - San Francisco, CA sfdes@earthlink.net
Gibbs College Norwalk - Norwalk, CT (Fashion Design) Gibbs College Norwalk
Wood-Tobe Coburn School - New York City (Fashion Design) Wood-Tobe Coburn School
and many more.
Websites that help you 
for
a college.
www.fashion-design-schools-colleges.com
If you have designed a garment, and want it in production, click here..... J & M Manufacturing, Inc. - Baltimore, MD
Apparel FYI - Baltimore, MD jmtillery@aol.com