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How to Source Materials Like A Design Boss
Sew, you’re in the sweet spot between completing your garment design and sending it off to the factory to be manufactured. We know how...


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...


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...


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...


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....


“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...


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...


The Foolproof Guide To Working With A Sample Maker
Sew what’s a sample maker? As a designer-entrepreneur, a sample maker is a core member of your tribe. They are responsible for sewing the...


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...


7 Simple Ways to Reduce Costs and Save Money When Designing Products for Manufacturing
Nothing is more important than ensuring that your business is profitable, and one of the simplest ways to do so is to cut costs where you...


A Guideline To Hiring the Perfect Pattern Maker
Are your ready to take your apparel design to the next step? Vetting pattern makers is the key to turning exactly what you envisioned...


The Top 5 Reasons Why Doing Research Matters & What You Can Get Out Of It
“If 90% of startups fail, what’s the first step you have to take to make sure your startup will work?” You’ve got a product you love, a...


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...


10 Myths About Starting a New Fashion Brand that You NEED to Know
There are many different myths circling the fashion community that can create confusion for new fashion entrepreneurs. But beyond the...


Offshore or Domestic Manufacturing? – How to Choose Which is Best for You
Design is done, tech packs signed and sealed, but now it’s time to shift your focus to choosing where to manufacture your garment. (P.S....


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...


The Fashion Designer’s Ultimate Guide to Shopping the Market
And now… for what may be the most fun part of the job: as a fashion designer, you need to shop! Yes, you heard me correctly! Fashion...


Mood Board VS Vision Board: How to Get Ahead in The Fashion Business
One of the toughest first steps to take as a professional in the fashion industry is taking your ideas and putting them into tangible...


6 Critical Tips As You Work Through Product Development
Don’t expect to buy an apparel sample and just say to the garment factory “Hey – I want to manufacture 1000 units of these!” It doesn’t...


How To Get A Cost Estimate From The Factory
The question, “How much for 1000 t-shirts?”, is complex. There are way too many variables to be able to give a universal response. For...
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