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All you need to know about Netball Clothing

Netball is a game that is predominantly played by young girls and women. The game is extremely popular in schools and many schools and colleges have their official netball teams that compete against various other teams. The uniforms or apparel used for this sport is quite different than those of others as it is a sport that is played essentially by women. Over the years, the styles and patterns of netball clothing have evolved, and now women have far more choices than ever before when it comes t

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STARTING YOUR OWN CLOTHING LINE

Came up with a "gotta-have-it-item" and want to move forward and create your own clothing line? May it be still in a form of a sketch or a sample bought from a boutique seller with modification notes, you may be asking, what's next?

Whether you're a rising star designer, up and coming buyer,or a fashion addict looking to launch your own clothing line, GM got you covered. 

Let us help you make your ideas become reality. We are what you may call a '"full service apparel manufacturer" where we help d

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Fashion Rooftop List of Designers

8843195260?profile=originalNew on our CHIC LIST: Margherita --

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With her degree in Accessory Design from Italy's Domus Academy and Bachelor in Graphic Design at American University in Beirut, Margherita (Ghita) Abi-Hanna launched her own line of leather accessories and jewelry. Her self-named brand Margherita strives to create unique, bold and architectural designs, for the most part carefully hand-crafted by Lebanese artisans.
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STYLE ESSENTIALS

STYLE ESSENTIALS: 5 Bags Every Woman Should Own

Trends and fads may come and go, but timeless classics are the worthwhile investments that should be kept in your wardrobe, year in and year out. Whether you tend to collect handbags or not, here are the top five bags that every woman should have in her closet. 
1. The LBD's accessory equivalent, otherwise known as the basic black clutch (that can accompany any outfit, day or night). Shown here is a stunning and sleek black leather clutch from Yves Saint Laurent featuring a fold over front closur
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How to Get your line into boutiques/ shops

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Getting your line into boutiques/ shops 

 

Written by:  RoyLyn Palmer-Coleman

 

What you should know before you approach a boutique/shop

Being in a room with two buyers can be a very tense situation. Throw
on top of that inexperience and you are quickly driving down the road
of wrong decisions with signs of regret along the way. I felt like an
amateur with terms like Consignment and Keystoning, but eventually I
learne

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Create A Lookbook for Under $100. How I did it.

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This is a piece from the collection I did for my clothing line Brentwood last season. (See more pics... Click Here.) I wanted to explain to you that it doesn’t take a “ish” load of money to market a collection granted you understand your customer and what they want.  

This strategy will drastically cut down on your marketing costs to the point you can redo the lookbook if you don’t get it right the first time. All it takes is careful planning and finding out and expressing to everyone involved ho

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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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New Year, New You

2009 is bound to bring new adventures. Perhaps some challenges, too. Overall, I hope it gives us plenty of reasons to celebrate. As a personal stylist, every style session with a client is a celebration for me. Being a part of your epiphanies and/or transformations is an amazing experience. And it happens because you are open and ready to explore the many facets of you. As I tell my clients, the end goal is to get you to a point where you look forward to getting dressed every morning ... that it
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