We’re ready to reveal the #1 must-have in any fashion professional’s toolbox, and it’s not fabric, scissors, or even a sketchbook. No matter what part of the fashion industry you work in you will need …
DESIGN & INSPIRATION
12 Tips for Creating Inspirational Mood Boards
A mood board is a tool to help hash out all your research ideas and to put a solid direction to guide you through product development all the way through sales. It will help keep …
How to Write Useful Technical Garment Descriptions
Technical garment descriptions are written by fashion designers to make the jobs of everyone on the production team including the technical designer, pattern maker, and sample maker- easier. The technical description should be to the …
How Fashion Designers Shop the Fabric Market
If you’ve read our Fashion Designer’s Ultimate Guide to Shopping the Market, you already know that shopping the market is a crucial part of the designer-entrepreneur’s job… and market research is a never-ending process! …
How to Get Started with a Pattern Maker
No matter who you hire to help you, there is always prep work to be done in order for them to do their job to the best of their ability. Their success is directly …
“What the tech?!” Breaking Down Tech Packs into Plain English
Tech packs and garment specs & POMS… Oh my! Seem a little bit daunting? Let’s break it down: A garment tech pack is a document that contains the assembly instructions of your …
Tips for Apparel Design: Selecting Colors that Sell
Looking for the best ways to help get your garments flying off the racks? One of the most important factors that “make or break” apparel success is color! As fun as it may …
Apparel Design VS. Product Development: What’s The Difference?
Apparel design and product development – why is it important to know the difference? We all go into this thinking that design is all creative, but your role as a designer involves using both your …
How to Get the Most Out of Fabric Consumption and Save Money
Five Factors That Affect Fabric Consumption If you are in the garment production industry, you may have noticed that fabric takes up most of your production costs. Well, it turns out …
Selecting The Right Zippers For Your Product
Zippers, invented in 1913, are an important component to garments. It may seem like a small detail in the grand scheme of things, but in truth, it keeps your client’s clothes on (well, when …
