Welcome to Bailey Apparel

located in the heart of the world famous garment district in New York City, we spot trends and Build brands that land in some of the worlds largest retailers.

Our Retail Partners

Rue 21
Ross
Amazon
Burlington
Cititrends
JCPenney
Kohls
TJ Maxx
Urban Planet

Our Specialties

Art Studio

Our skilled design team collaborates with our retail partners on key trends and performance technology to ensure successful graphic programs.
By focusing on each retailer as a separate and unique entity, this allows us to create specific private label programs perfectly tailored to our individual customer.
Cut and Sew

Over the years we’ve developed a robust offering of cut and sew patterns. From allover prints, to color-blocking, to multi media, we can deliver on some of the most complex arrangement of fabric and decoration techniques.
Accessories

Whether our customers ask for custom slides, snapbacks, socks, fanny packs, bags, or the next trendy accessory, our designers can provide custom mock ups and our planning team will mobilize one of our many factory partners to create a custom sample.
Juniors

We’ve applied our quick turn fast fashion capabilities to a thriving juniors program. With talented and trusted trend spotters on staff who work with our design team, we’re able to quickly introduce the hottest selling styles into the market. Whether domestic or overseas production, we strive for perfection in quality and fit.
Merch

Some of the global brand licenses we’ve collaborated with in recent years: ACDC, Aerosmith, Def Leppard, Digital Underground, Hendrix, Journey, LA Gear, Marilyn Monroe, Nasa, Quiet Riot, Skid Row, ZZtop

Our Private Label Brands

Below is a collection of brands that we’ve created for several major retailers. The combined sales of these brands has grossed nearly $500m.

About Bailey Apparel

After 16 years in business, founder Ness Bailey’s scrappy powerhouse of an apparel company has come a long way.

Ness took a leap of faith in 2006 by renting a small office in the heart of the garment center. Location was key if you wanted to have buyers come to see you, but that meant taking a risk that he could not afford to lose.

The first few years in business were an uphill battle. Early mornings, late nights and endless travel to source new factories, oversee production, open new accounts and cater to the existing ones. Ness remembers hand delivering his first order, unloading trailers, packing orders, anything he could do to save money and re-invest it in the business.

Fast forward to 2020, the pandemic presented challenges that were unimaginable. 2020 was projected to be the best year on record, until all orders were canceled. Ness took stock of what remained of his company and what he found was his team ready and willing to rebuild. By April 2020 printed masks became the focus and when 2020 ended it was indeed our best year ever.

After nearly $500 million in retail sales over the course of 16 years, Ness believes more now than ever that this is only the beginning.

Ness has spent the last few months speaking with some of the biggest names in crypto, NFT’s and metaverse and has mobilized a portion of his staff to focus on and start building into the future.

Ness likes to quote something his grandmother used to say...”if you don’t want you won’t have”. He wants to constantly move forward, collaborate and build, that’s the focus for the future.