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Sustainability Through Technology

zaha-hadid-architects.pngGuest Post By Daniel Zeltzer, Marketing Director of Los Angeles based fashion brand XCVI Clothing.

Is fashion design really possible on a computer? It’s hard to work with garments without touching the fabrics and getting a real feel for the product, but more and more designers are reaching towards technology to help them create unique designs. Have we reached the age of “computer generated garments”?

Not quite, but…technological innovations are certainly helping talented people work to their fulle
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The iPad is the Web’s topic du jour; already there are 10,200,000 articles on the device and commentary on whether or not paid digital content will put the publishing industry back in the black.. The iPad offers digital publishers viable options for monetizing content and adding additional revenue streams to their business strategies. Already, over 450,000 iPads have been sold, and users have downloaded more than one million apps from the App Store and 250,000 e-books (the very first day!) from
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No Risk? Then, No Sales.

iStock_000010273150XSmall-300x299.jpgTaking a risk in today’s business economic climate is a difficult step but necessary in order to develop and grow your retail or branded company for apparel and footwear.

During Magic in February, Los Angeles fashion industry executives Frances Harder, Dana Fried, David Perry, Robert Greenspan, Staci Riordan and Ernesto Mantilla examined the various aspects of planning, merchandising, branding, sales and international marketing opportunities for a US fashion business.

The panel offered these exper
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New York Jewelry Summit

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The Jeweler’s Resource Bureau will hold the Designer CEO Summit on March 14, 2010 at the Katie Murphy Amphitheatre, located in New York City’s Fashion Institute of Technology.

This summit will include talks and classes from jewelry CEOs and is a an opportunity for jewelry designers at all business levels to boost their skills in business, as well as interact with other jewelry designers and CEOs.

The summit will center on four speakers and four different topics. Andrea Hill, former CEO of industry

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"TRIALS"

There’s a thin line that divides life and death. In some instances, there are individuals who’ve passed away even their missions were not yet accomplished. Why is it like that?

You might disagree, but you can’t deny the fact that you blame GOD for taking the person you love. Actually, there’s no one to blame. It’s not God’s decision.

Perhaps it’s about time for a person to rest. You have to understand that sometimes there are thing that should accept.

Let me tell you a story. This is based from my

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The Trendiest Fashion Stuffs Is Yours!

Fashion is in everywhere! Although not everyone is blessed with a beautiful face, everyone decide what’s the ideal look that will fit for his or her fashion. As you can see in many offices, employees have different styles and designs of clothing. Some are quite cool while others are elegant and conservative. Wholesale clothing on the other hand also fits for one’s fashion and pocket. And since it is wholesale, you can choose the desired styles you want and sell the rest afterwards. There are als
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The road ahead in 2010

It's a new year, a clean slate, a chance to make EVERYTHING right in the world ... well at least to make it right in my world. When that ball dropped on 2009, I eagerly threw open the doors to view the big beautiful road before me. A road filled with any and all possibilities, new adventures and unexplored territory. NOTE OF CAUTION: quiet the music in your head, tone down the visions of grandeur and realize that the age-old saying, "In order to know where you are going, you have to know/underst

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Attention Fashion Entrepreneurs,I am happy to announce the paperwork has been filed and the switch is complete. Effective January 12, 2010, We are now THE DESIGN PRINCIPLES LLC. All future new contracts, invoices and documents will reflect the new name change. If you have an existing agreement under LANCE GORDON DESIGNS, not to worry, we will continue to service your account and your existing agreement is VALID. This is a formal letter of declaration, informing our past and future clients of our
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Start Your Fashion Company Workshops!

Learn How to Start or Grow Your Fashion Company during this tough economy from the Experts who’ve done it all!M Shop NYC began as an uber trendy downtown NYC brick & mortar boutique that dressed countless A-listers, and has since morphed into a click & mortar E-commerce Website that provides intensively detailed Fashion & PR Workshops; Fashion Business, Marketing, and Manufacturing Consulting; produces tons of Fashion Shows & Special Events for designers, retailers, and corporations nationwide;
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See photos from this article and Part 2 at PinkyShears.com

Stella Ishii was well aware of the disconcerting maze young designers must navigate when she established The News. The muti-label showroom sits in the heart of SoHo, but its web of clients stretches internationally North, East, West and South. A major part of bringing the company into being was when Ishii tapped her talented niece, Aya Morimoto, to be her sales representative.Brandon Graham: You’ve come from a fashion background yourself
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Her experience working for others as well as starting her own line makes Lara Bly a great resource for beginning designers. Beginning to work on her own line, she remembers, called on skills she hadn’t used in a while. “It was a big change after having patternmakers and machinists working for me at Sacrosanct. It took a while to remember what I knew about sewing. I was rusty, but it came back quickly. It took me a while to transition away from Sacrosanct’s way of doing things,” she remembers. “I
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How I Will Accomplish My Business

WARNING: This is NOT, I Repeat, NOT a Tell AllBut i will describe the basics...Basically I would like to own a small fashion retail store in the next 5-10 years. The reason I would like to wait that long is mainly because I want to know absolutely everything about owning a fashion business so it can successful.To begin with, when I graduate I want to establish an online retail store. This well help me learn how to sell and advertise. Then I would like to sell clothes out of my own home by making
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Train with one of the world's top mentors

You are being invited to a "once in a lifetime opportunity". This is worth traveling to California. ( Woodland Hills, CA) I called in a favor to my mentor, Joel Bauer. I asked him if he would do a private training for my connections and he generously said YES! WHY? Because my business partner and I have done a tremendous amount of work for him to help him move forward with his Social Networking Strategy.Joel is the mentor's mentor. Joel Bauer has mentored Mark Victor Hansen (Chicken Soup for the
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Must Read Guide for Creditors operating in today's EconomyAs a credit grantor, you should be aware of some basic principals when extending credit to clients:• Extending credit carries an unavoidable element of risk. You will experience cash flow loss through debt regardless how carefully you screen and babysit your potential and current client base. Unfortunately is a "Fact Of Life" for Financial Executives.• There are fundamental policies that you MUST create, implement and consistently enforce
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Giving Birth to a Brand

d6e9f61d.jpgLike many first-time parents, my husband and I had no idea what we were signing up for, when we decided to create our own children's clothing label. He had grown an online watch business, from startup to profitability, in less than a year. "Piece of cake," we thought.

But building a new brand from scratch is a whole different ballgame. Like giving birth to a child, it is a long process, during which there are times when it seems nothing is happening and nothing ever will!

There are the months of w
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In This first Blog post, I would like to introduce myself to my future readers and tell you a little bit about myself and my background. I own a small, private label design firm. I work with a variety of new clients looking to break into the fashion industry. My team and I have created custom packages to help launch designers and other start up clothing companies. Our PROGRAM essentially combines all the steps needed to professionally launch an apparel line into the marketplace. If thier needs a
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One-of-a-Kind Jewelry That Gives Back!

For a unique collection of whimsical jewelry made from re-purposed vintage items and found objects, go to www.navare.etsy.com. Recycling pre-existing items to create new and beautiful things is the way of the future, and a most inspiring way to benefit the environment. Most of the necklaces in this shop are around $50, and twelve percent of sales go to charity! Etsy.com is also a wonderful place to support small businesses and artists.
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Fashionista Business for Ford Hybrids

In a show of support for the U.S. Auto Industry. Fashionista Business effective immediately will be making three year zero interest loans to its employees for the purpose of buying a Ford Hybrid vehicle. Fashionista Business will also make the program available for other U.S. auto makers once we know their financial viability.The Fashionista Business Alternative Energy Employee Program will be increased in the future to include other items for our employees homes as we find products available th
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Cutting Costs on Fashion Business Expenses

I'm starting this blog post because I was just so IRRITATED at how freakin expensive the fashion business is. Or rather how expensive the business of fashion is. I'm not so much talking about product costs - but after you have your line. The marketing, the prototypes for the next line, the supplies for printing cartridges of all things!I just saw a posting about a girl simply asking about fabrics and people gave links to the fabric sourcing show, fabric store links - I didn't even scroll down fu
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