Operating
Below are our 9 articles in the 'operating' category:
No matter what trend books recommend for the coming season, and no matter how brilliant your own ideas, as a new fashion designer you'll find yourself limited by the fabrics available. Most ...
In any business, proper record keeping is of vital importance, but in fashion it's even more so as your records - your stored information and ideas - form the very core of your business. Dressmaking ...
One of the most important aspects of running a successful fashion design business is keeping up with the latest trends. Trend forecasting can help you to determine which fabrics you'll need, but ...
Whether you're reaching customers through a website, auctions, or a traditional catalogue, mail order trading is a great way to expand the retail potential of your fashion design business. But in ...
When you're running a fashion design business, the number one thing you need to be sure of it your source of fabric. Whilst it's possible to buy fabric from the same shops as everybody else, this ...
Once you've established contact with a few good fabric wholesalers, getting the bulk of what you need for your fashion business is easy. Certain types of fabric, however, can be harder to obtain. ...
Keeping up with the latest fabrics available to your fashion design business can be hard work. Your regular wholesalers may not change their products frequently enough, but unless you know the trade ...
No matter how carefully you buy fabric for your fashion design business, you're always going to find that you have leftovers. Nobody likes just throwing things out, but what else can you do with ...
Buying your fabric wholesale, as far ahead of production deadlines as possible, is the only way to work effectively as a fashion designer. However, since you won't want to waste too much money by ...
