UK Textile Organisations and Associations

Agents

• British Agents Register
  www.agentsregister.com
• Register of Apparel and Textile Designers
  www.ukfashionexports.com/designreg.htm

Care

• Textile Conservation Centre
  www.wsa.soton.ac.uk/conservation-and-museums

Clothing

• Association of Suppliers to the British Clothing Industry
  www.asbci.co.uk  

Cotton

• Liverpool Cotton Association
  www.ica-ltd.org/ICA/webhome.nsf/pages/Home?OpenDocument
• Liverpool Cotton Services
  www.cotton-net.com/lcs/

Crafts

• Crafts Council
  www.craftscouncil.org.uk
• Cross Stitch Guild
  www.thecrossstitchguild.com
• Embroiders Guild
  www.embroiderersguild.com

Design/Designers

• Design Council
  www.design-council.org.uk 
• Design Nation
  www.designnation.co.uk 
• Design & Technology Association
  http://web.data.org.uk/data/index.php 
• Design Trust
  www.thedesigntrust.co.uk 

Dry Cleaning

• Home Laundering Consultative Council
  www.care-labelling.co.uk/about.us.html

Dyeing & Printing

• Screen Printers Association
  www.spauk.co.uk
• Society Of Dyers and Colourists
  www.sdc.org.uk

Fabrics

• International Mohair Association
  www.mohair.de/eng/start.html 
• International Feltmakers Association
  www.feltmakers.com/exhibitions.html 
• Irish Linen Guild
  www.irishlinen.co.uk 
• Silk Association of Great Britain
  www.silk.org.uk 

Floorcoverings

• Carpet Foundation
  www.comebacktocarpet.com/index2.htm 

Footwear

• British Footwear Association
  www.britfoot.com 

Household Textiles

• British Contract Furnishing Association
  www.thebcfa.com 
• British Interior Textile Association
  www.interiortextiles.co.uk 
• British Interior Design Association
  www.bida.org/thebida.htm 

Knitting

• Knitting Industries Federation
  www.emnet.co.uk/kif/ 
• British Knitting and Clothing Export Council
  www.ukfashionexports.com 

Labelling

• UK Eco Labelling Board
  http://ec.europa.eu/environment/ecolabel/pdf/work_plan/mgtgroups/marketing/minutes_150604.pdf  

Machinery

• British Textile Machinery Association
  www.btma.org.uk/members_listings/ecc.htm

Museums

• Helmshore
  www.helmshore.com/helmshore_mill_museum_.htm 
• Imperial War Museum
  www.iwm.org.uk 
• Macclesfield Silk Museum
  www.macclesfield.silk.museum/Visitor/Section/Default.asp?idDepartment=0 
• Museum of Costume
  www.museumofcostume.co.uk 
• Museum of Costume & Textiles
  www.information-britain.co.uk/showPlace.cfm?Place_ID=4854 
• Fashion & Textile Museum
  www.ftmlondon.org 
• Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester
  www.msim.org.uk 
• Quarry Bank Mill
  http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-quarrybankmillandstyalestate
• Victoria and Albert
  www.vam.ac.uk 

Rental

• Textile Services Association
  www.tsa-uk.org 

Research Facilities

• Costume & Textile Study Centre
  www.norwichtextiles.org.uk/info/research-resources/costume-and-textiles-study-centre
• Fashion Research Centre
  www.fashion.arts.ac.uk/23630.htm

Standards

• British Standards Institute
  www.bsi-global.com
• ISO
  www.iso.org/iso/en/ISOOnline.frontpage 

Technical

• Made Up Textiles Association
  www.performancetextiles.org.uk 

Testing

• British Textile Technology Group
  www.bttg.co.uk 
• SGS
  www.sgs.com 
• SATRA
  www.satra.co.uk  

Training

• CAPITB
  www.grm-uk.co.uk/group.asp 

• KLITRA
  www.klitra.co.uk

Wool

• Wool Mark
  www.woolmark.com