Successful Fashion Designer Podcast
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Find your first (or next) fashion job and get advice on:
- resumes
- interviewing
- portfolios
Land your first (or next) freelance gig and get advice on:
- finding clients
- pitching
- pricing
Launch your first (or next) fashion collection and get advice on:
- sourcing
- production
- selling
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SFD067 Working with a Fashion Showroom
September 17, 2018
You finally have your design process down and your merchandise production down to a science and you feel like you’re ready to take on one of those big time retailers, but you have no idea how to reach them. You have no idea how to get your foot in the door of a fashion showroom, […]
SFD066 10 Easy Networking Tips (you can use today) to Get Ahead in Fashion
September 10, 2018
One of the best ways to get ahead in fashion – whether it’s to get your first (or next) job or to launch your own fashion brand – is networking. Now, I know, no one really wants to “network”. But here’s the thing: You don’t have to do that “networking” thing. Instead, you can just focus on making […]
SFD065 How This Surface Pattern Designer Creates From Music
September 03, 2018
Are you an artist or designer who finds inspiration is everywhere, often in the most unexpected places? And do you ever feel stuck not knowing how to turn it into anything? This is exactly what happened to Nadia Ricketts of Beatwoven, a textile and surface pattern designer who turned music into fabric. In this episode […]
SFD064 Fashion Startup Advice on Creating, Manufacturing and Selling Your Designs
August 20, 2018
You’re someone who spends hours getting lost in a fashion idea, drawing and redesigning a garment over and over again until it’s just right. But once those ideas are perfected you’re not sure how to go from hand drawing on a napkin to holding that garment in your hands. But you can wade through the uncertainty […]
Bonus Episode: AliExpress knocked off this fashion brand. Here’s what they did.
August 15, 2018
Fashion designers worry all the time about how to protect their ideas. Unfortunately? Our industry doesn’t get much protection or have much control when it comes to knockoffs. Grassroots brand Solstice Intimates has had their lingerie and loungewear ripped off before, both by independent designers and large trendy stores. But the most recent incident with […]
SFD063 Mailbag: Fashion Design Career Advice on Samples vs Prototypes, Made to Order fashion and Textile Design
August 13, 2018
Many of you have loads of Q’s about working in fashion…and I know it can be hard to find answers. Maybe you don’t know any industry experts to ask. Maybe your coworkers are tight lipped and not willing to share their secrets. Maybe you just don’t even know where to go. Which is why I’m excited […]
SFD062 Building a profitable Baby Bag Fashion Brand with no Experience
August 06, 2018
Do you have ideas, big ideas that can change the way consumers use a specific fashion product? Do you spend all your time drawing up designs, getting feedback from friends and family and thinking of new ways to create ease of use for your consumer? Do you spend time wondering how you can build a […]
SFD061 Are You Ready to Quit Your Job for Your Fashion Startup Business?
July 23, 2018
You have had this full time corporate fashion job for several years. You’re comfortable where you’re at, with benefits, income and stability. But you also have this “passion project” that you started as a creative outlet and it has turned into a fashion startup business. You spend all your free time designing, making, creating and problem […]
