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, formerly , was founded on 6 August 1887 as a magazine for the women’s clothing retail trade. It is now the leading weekly business-to-business magazine covering the .

Once owned by publisher Thomson Corporation
Thomson Corporation

The Thomson Corporation was one of the world's largest information companies.Thomson was active in financial services, healthcare sectors, law, science & technology research, and tax & accounting sectors....
, it is now owned by Emap Communications, part of media group Emap
EMAP

EMAP is a United Kingdom media company, specialising in the production of business-to-business magazines, and the organisation of business events and conferences....
.

Former editors include Freddie Offley, who joined Drapers Record in 1930 as a trainee clerk, and went on to become director and managing editor before retiring in 1980.






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, formerly , was founded on 6 August 1887 as a magazine for the women’s clothing retail trade. It is now the leading weekly business-to-business magazine covering the .

Once owned by publisher Thomson Corporation
Thomson Corporation

The Thomson Corporation was one of the world's largest information companies.Thomson was active in financial services, healthcare sectors, law, science & technology research, and tax & accounting sectors....
, it is now owned by Emap Communications, part of media group Emap
EMAP

EMAP is a United Kingdom media company, specialising in the production of business-to-business magazines, and the organisation of business events and conferences....
.

Former editors include Freddie Offley, who joined Drapers Record in 1930 as a trainee clerk, and went on to become director and managing editor before retiring in 1980. From 2000 to 2006, it was run by editorial director Eric Musgrave. In 2007, it is headed by managing director Malcolm Gough.

In 1961, Drapers Record was bought along with the Illustrated London News
Illustrated London News

File:Illustrated London News - front page - first edition.jpgThe Illustrated London News was a magazine founded by Herbert Ingram and his friend Mark Lemon, the editor of Punch ....
, Men’s Wear and the Tatler
Tatler

Tatler, previously, and still referred to as, The Tatler, is a United Kingdom magazine published by Cond? Nast Publications.The magazine carries articles on a broad range of topics, but its primary focus is on social trends of the upper class....
 by the Thomson Corporation
Thomson Corporation

The Thomson Corporation was one of the world's largest information companies.Thomson was active in financial services, healthcare sectors, law, science & technology research, and tax & accounting sectors....
 and formed into the new Thomson Publications business.

Thomson sold Drapers Record in 1985, along with the Illustrated London News, Family Circle, Living, and Construction News.

From 1988 to 1992, it was known as DR The Fashion Business, but from 1992 it returned to its original name of Drapers Record.

In 2002, merged with sister title, Men’s Wear, which had been launched in 1902, to become simply .

In November 2006, Emap started making a version of the magazine available digitally by every week. Drapers' magazine also recently relaunched its .

See also

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    Draper

    Draper is the now largely obsolete term for a merchant in cloth or dry goods, though often used specifically for one who owns or works in a draper's shop or store....
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