Your first collection should reflect the core essence of your clothing line and properly introduce your unique design aesthetic. So, refer back to your fashion brand concept for inspiration. You can branch out and explore new directions later, but your very first collection needs to preview what your audience can expect to see from you. The first reason is that you need to know that your quality standards are met and that the sales samples will look like the products you will sell. Secondly you need the cost estimations from your. Whether you're handmaking products or want to start a new line of clothes or accessories, finding the right factory for your business is essential for success. Create Your Samples. After you have put together your designs, check out Maker's Row for nearly 10,000 factories with capabilities in sampling and production. If you want detailed instructions through the pre-production and production processes, pre-register for our Prototyping 101, and register for our Production 101 and Sourcing 101 courses. Distinguish your design from the old one Image via Wolff Olins. If a company has hired you to create their first ever brand identity, then you have a clean slate. But if you are replacing an existing one, then you need to make an extra effort to demonstrate how your work is superior to what came before.
A lot of what happens in the fashion industry is sort of 'underground'. You know, off the radar. You can't just google up all the answers you need to start and run a successful fashion business. It just doesn't work that way. I't s more a business of relationships and being 'in' so you learn the information. If you've worked in the industry and have built up a network, you can get answers. For everyone else, there's Fashion Brain.
So today I'm sharing a little tidbit about a sneaky little way to get your first samples made. The strategy I share in this video clip has worked for dozens of new designers in lots of different cities. It's a clip from my live event for Startups and it's exactly what I teach my private clients.
This is s a video clip from my live event, the 'Launch a Line' Bootcamp (September 12, 2014 is the next date. Click here to check it out)
I'll be teaching the entire step by step process of launching a line in Chicago in September. Including the most common questions I get, like what it's going to cost to launch, where to find a manufacturer, how to price your collection, how to choose a customer, how many styles should be on your line, and where to find customers, and how to approach a retail buyer. Plus, you get online access to the info – forever. Yep, forever.
Click here to check out the event: https://fashionbrainacademy.com/events/launch-line-breakthrough-bootcamp/
Now I want to hear from you! What do you think about my feeling that the fashion industry is an 'insider business'? Am I craxy? or have you found the same thing?
How To Create Your First Apparel Sample Sale
How To Create Your First Apparel Sample
Let me know in the comments below!
Thanks for reading and watching,
How To Create Your First Apparel Samples
A lot of what happens in the fashion industry is sort of 'underground'. You know, off the radar. You can't just google up all the answers you need to start and run a successful fashion business. It just doesn't work that way. I't s more a business of relationships and being 'in' so you learn the information. If you've worked in the industry and have built up a network, you can get answers. For everyone else, there's Fashion Brain.
So today I'm sharing a little tidbit about a sneaky little way to get your first samples made. The strategy I share in this video clip has worked for dozens of new designers in lots of different cities. It's a clip from my live event for Startups and it's exactly what I teach my private clients.
This is s a video clip from my live event, the 'Launch a Line' Bootcamp (September 12, 2014 is the next date. Click here to check it out)
I'll be teaching the entire step by step process of launching a line in Chicago in September. Including the most common questions I get, like what it's going to cost to launch, where to find a manufacturer, how to price your collection, how to choose a customer, how many styles should be on your line, and where to find customers, and how to approach a retail buyer. Plus, you get online access to the info – forever. Yep, forever.
Click here to check out the event: https://fashionbrainacademy.com/events/launch-line-breakthrough-bootcamp/
Now I want to hear from you! What do you think about my feeling that the fashion industry is an 'insider business'? Am I craxy? or have you found the same thing?
How To Create Your First Apparel Sample Sale
How To Create Your First Apparel Sample
Let me know in the comments below!
Thanks for reading and watching,
How To Create Your First Apparel Samples
Jane
