The various parts of the world specifically produces the best qualities of fabrics as their specialty. It’s worth remembering the best and most economical countries to choose from when sourcing fabrics for your own collection. Here are the list of countries and what types of fabrics they produce the best or are famous for: 1....
Continuing from the last article about working with manufacturers, we talk about the types of factory services, challenges and the difference between local and overseas suppliers to work with for your fashion business. Here are the 2 types of factory services: 1. Full Package Service (FP) – It’s the simplest and straightforward choice for designers...
Selecting how and where to manufacture your products will give your brand an edge. These are some of the most important decisions you will have to make for your company. Let’s talk about sourcing factories and the selection process. SOURCING FACTORIES: 1. ASK FOR RECOMMENDATIONS – Asking for recommendations from your peers in the apparel...
This right here is the least glamorous process in the fashion business: The production process. It’s also one of the most important parts. There are 12 important steps in production and we’re going to go describe each one of them because I want to make sure that you have a lot of time to manage...
In an entire collection, each item has a different purpose. A lot of the items don’t serve the same purpose. Some pieces are great at attracting traffic or eyeballs, some pieces are going to help raise your profit margins. There’s a strategy that all the successful fashion brands do to decide which designs get to...
Here is a list of important abbreviations in the fashion business to know, so you don’t have to pretend knowing it when someone in the design department asks you for your “POM, BOM or UOM for your CNST”. PLANNING AND DESIGN USP – Unique Selling PointCNST – Chain Stitch is a series of stitches that...
What affects your profits directly are the performance of your sales. Also, when you measure the performance of every piece that you sell in your collection, you can see what works and what doesn’t, so that you can make smarter decisions that are more calculated in detail moving forward. In this blog, I’ll share with...
Hey there! In case you’re not aware yet or you know me from 2 years ago or beyond that, I’m a full time Mindset & Business Coach. I trained myself for over a year to be able to do this passion of mine, based on my past failures. With all the things that has happened...
Let’s get things straight. Packaging plays a huge part of branding. If you noticed the most successful brands have it all down to the smallest details when it comes to packaging, especially now that the online experience is such a major cog in retail business. Doing it correctly can enhance your brand image and leave...
Following through yesterday’s blog on your brand value worksheet, we talk about setting a brand tone. When you present a product with different writing styles and combination of words, it can create different perceptions of the same item to customers. Make sure to talk about your brand, the collections or products in a way that...
in Basketball, Book Review, Business, Life Deck Notes, My Reviews, Self-help A LIST OF 70 BOOKS WORTH READING
My top 70 most recommended books to read for entrepreneurship, self-help, motivation and knowledge.
Life is a never ending process of learning in various levels. We should never stop learning by training ourselves through continuous education. There are plenty of ways to learn new things that you’re interested in or you want to get better at in your chosen industry. We live in an incredible era of disruptive and...
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