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Q: I’ve recently opened my online vintage boutique, where I also sell jewelry I design. I’m looking to start selling my own clothing
line as well, and I plan to do the designing, but I want to hire a partner who will do the pattern making and garment construction. How would I price their work?

A: Salaries and rates for seamstresses and pattern makers vary substantially, depending on your location, their level of skill and experience and sometimes even the time of year, i.e. they get paid more aro

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Paul Browning, (323) 343-3044, pbrownin@cslanet.calstatela.edu

Margie Low, (323) 343-3047, margiey@cslanet.calstatela.edu

September 8, 2010

Cal State L.A. to offer Fashion Styling program taught by

renowned industry professionals

Open house on Sept. 9 offers early glimpse of program

Los Angeles, Ca. — For trend-setters looking to make a mark on the world of fashion, Cal State L.A. (CSULA) will launch theFashion Styling program

Photo: Todd Heisler/New York Times

While we were enjoying Pulino’s pizza and brews at the preview of the new Rag & Bone store on Houston last night (more on that later), Diane von Furstenberg, Norma Kamali, and Prabal Gurung
were getting real with New York Times scribe Eric Wilson in front of a paying audience for the latest edition of the newspaper’sTimes Talks series at the beautiful The Times Center just across from the picturesque Port Authority Bus Terminal. Given the reports leaking out on v

Left to right: Designer Stacy Igel, a look from Boy Meets Girl's Fall 2010 collection

“I love putting my friends and colleagues together, for business or pleasure,” says Stacy Igel. “I’ve been building strong, honest mutually-beneficial relationships in fashion for years now,” she continues, “slowly gaining credibility and access. That’s the only way.”

Take it from Igel, she’s one who’s made these practices work to perfection. Over the last 15 years, she’s gone from student to designer, to the own

Setting up shop

Image via Flikr (breathetostay)

Designers; the countless hours of sketching, sewing, and restless nights, are only the beginning of the long road ahead. In order to survive in the ruthless fashion industry, your next, and perhaps
most difficult, challenge is getting your name out there. Not fun, right? But no worries. Though they may not have taught you how to tame the publicity beast in design school, we came across this
ever-so-helpful article from the Fashion Incubator offering advice on how to

Young designers—at the risk of insulting you, it amazes me how many of you don’t have the first clue about buying fabrics. I mean, your fabrics are the cornerstone of your designs and making sure you can get your hands on them for production before you make your samples, is essential. Why did you create that beautiful dress with a yard of novelty fabric that you picked up at the flea market last summer? Do you think that the 100 yards you need for production will just apparate magically? Praying

Someone rightly said, “Having a girlfriend is a responsibility, not a privilege and your job is to keep a smile on her face”.

Well, who wants to stay alone every day when your friends have that someone special who can talk to them when they are sad or lonely or be a part of their happiness? There might be times when you are lonely and think about all this. Jumping to a conclusion and having someone who actually creates problems rather than solving can be a very bad idea.

You can be the lucky one o