Tag: Startup Fashion
FREE How to Measure Guide: Templates for Apparel & Garment Manufacturing
Download my free, customizable How to Measure Guide Templates for apparel production. Great for technical designers & fashion designers whether you’re freelancing or starting a clothing line.
Common Construction Defects in Garments (and how to prevent them in manufacturing)
Discover how to identify and prevent construction defects in garments. Learn how to avoid them in bulk production and ensure garment quality.
The Production Process in Garment Manufacturing: A Step-by-Step Guide
Learn the garment production process step by step to create clothes from design to delivery. Snag my FREE production timeline template to keep manufacturing on track!
Common Garment Fabric Defects in the Fashion Industry (and how to prevent them in production)
Discover how to identify and prevent fabric defects in garments. Learn how to avoid them in bulk production to ensure garment quality.
Creating a How to Measure Guide for Your Fashion Manufacturer (with a free sample guide!)
Learn how to create a comprehensive How to Measure Guide for your fashion manufacturer. Enhance communication, ensure quality control, and improve your production process with this essential guide.
Top 30 Must-Know Garment Terminology For Fashion Designers (with pictures!)
Get familiar with these must-know list of garment terminology for fashion designers and know exactly what each item looks like with the included pictures.
How to Review a Garment Sample: Step-by-Step Checklist
An important part of the fashion design process is reviewing the garment sample. Learn the steps needed to ensure proper garment samples are made.
Common Stitch Defects in Garments (and how to fix them in manufacturing)
It’s important to know stitch defects in garments as a fashion designer. Learn the most common defects, how to identify them, and prevent them.
9 Essential Types of Stitches for Garment Construction (and how to call them out)
These are 9 essential types of stitches for garment construction & manufacturing. (Plus how to call them out in tech packs & spec sheets.)
12 Types of Garment Samples During Apparel Production (which ones do you need?)
What types of garment samples are used during the apparel production process? And which ones do you actually need? Here’s a list.
Cost Sheet for Fashion Design (with free templates)
Learn why you need a cost sheet for fashion design, how to create one, and download my free cost sheet template.
What’s more profitable: starting a clothing line or freelancing in fashion?
Wanna work for yourself in fashion AND make money? There’s only one way to do it… Having your own clothing line can feel like a dream. Come up with some ideas, get them manufactured, and start selling. How hard can it be? But if you want to actually make money, starting a clothing line is […]
SFF129 How this designer freelanced while starting her fashion brand
Launching a fashion brand is expensive. And many designers who dream of having their own brand find themselves stuck in this dilemma: You need to work to support yourself while you’re starting your brand. But a full time job hardly leaves any time to work on your line! In this interview, Atlanta-based sustainable designer Christina […]
SFD127 How this 22 year old designer got featured by Vogue
This is my second interview with Noémie Jouas, a young designer who started creating bespoke dresses from her college housing in small-town Scotland. Since I spoke to her last, she’s had her first runway show, adapted to the pandemic, and gotten her work featured by both Teen Vogue and Vogue. You can listen to the […]
SFD125 How to Start a Luxury Sleepwear Brand
Canadian designer Alexandra Suhner Isenberg studied fashion in Toronto, London, and Paris. She’s worked for brands including Burberry, freelanced, and taught fashion. But when an antique men’s chemise became her favorite thing to sleep in, Alexandra was inspired to start her brand, The Sleep Shirt. Listen for her fascinating story and how she built a […]
SFD123 How This Power Lifter Launched a Muscular Men’s Clothing Line
Atlas Menswear founder Aaron Woolf has been athletic his whole life. Although this father of 4 has been an entrepreneur in other industries since 2014, he never thought he’d get into fashion. But he was fed up with dress shirts that didn’t fit his build. And when he started talking to other men at the […]
SFD122 Working as a Freelance Pattern Maker with Shilo Byrd (+ Tips on Starting Your Own Brand)
Shilo Byrd has been in the industry for a decade and a half, and she knows her stuff. She’s a freelance pattern maker, product developer, supply chain & production consultant, and a contributor at Vogue Business. In this episode of the SFD Podcast, Shilo chats about everything from understanding fit and the best way to […]
SFD120 How this accountant launched a handbag brand (with no experience or money)
Have you ever found yourself sitting at your day job, feeling like something is missing? Have you always been full of ideas, daydreaming about a more creative life? My guest on this episode, Tara, pursued an accounting career for stability. But she could never shake the creative ideas that came to her, tempting her to […]
SFD118 How to build a sustainable clothing line (in Latin America)
Juan Pablo Martínez is a Colombian designer who has worked in sustainability for more than 10 years, and in the fashion industry for more than two decades. One of the first sustainable designers in Latin America, he has also designed for Christian Lacroix, owned a successful boutique, shown his designs at a New York fashion […]
SFD116 How to start your clothing line on Etsy (and then build an empire)
Anna Triantafellou designs fantasy couture dresses for girls, and her business is now so successful that she supports her family of 3 on only her income. If you’re thinking this kind of success is only possible for lucky people with trust funds, you’ll definitely want to hear Anna’s story. Coming from a traumatic childhood in […]
