American textile executives say the latest surge of Chinese imports has hit them directly.

Chinese textile executives, however, are well aware of the risks of overexpansion.

Bob Hartmann, a former textile executive who is the group's president, said he was "bored silly" in the first 10 days of his retirement.

Her father is a textile executive in New York.

That year, the luncheon club for textile executives, which had been in rented quarters nearby, was already 70 years old.

She and her husband, Warren, a retired textile executive, have already made major gifts to the Met.

In 1927, she married Wesley Simpson, a textile executive.

Her husband, Wesley Simpson, a textile executive, died in 1976.

Her father is a retired textile executive.

Mr. Schlansky, a retired textile executive, also does custom work.