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Success stories: ASOS

Success stories: ASOS

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Established at the dawn of the new millennium, a tiny UK-based online fashion retailer with huge ambition craved for success and with time proved to be highly effective. ASOS stands for As Seen On Screen. This is wise, because everybody likes the “what you see is what you get” e-shopping without any unpleasant surprises. They started as a trio but now have several thousand employees. Initially, they were duplicating chic fashion products and making them more accessible; toda

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Help for the emerging designers, brands and fashion start ups is here!

Full production from sketch to full runs and everything in between.      

Sewport - check out the website!

We do minimums. Fast + Reliable + Affordable. 

From sketch to full runs and everything in between!

SEWPORT helps the fashion industry with production capabilities. We make sure designers and brands don’t get held back because of lack of machinery and labour to produce clothes.

SEWPORT Ltd was created to help British fashion de

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This week I read a very informative article on manufacturing and production and it made me think: “What is the single most important step to get the best results from your production? “

I once had a teacher who said that if we simply do our homework and study, the test will be a breeze! And he was right, it worked for me. The same concept easily translates to fashion production.

DESIGN WITH PRODUCTION IN MIND! I know how boring and limiting this part sounds for a creative person like you, but foll

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The Key Points for Building a Successful Fashion Business

I am currently reading the book Great By Choice. In this book the authors, business researchers: Jim Collins & Morten T. Hanson,  enumerate the principals for building a truly great enterprise in fast-moving times.

What are the key points for building a successful business? Is it innovation? Do you need to be a geniuses leader who can predict the future? Is it a question of money?.....Is there a secret that we should all know of?…… maybe it’s just pure luck after all???  

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Interesting enough, the b

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Behind The Scenes With Polyvore



You may know Polyvore as that pretty site social media/social commerce website that allows to play virtual fashion stylist with Chanel, Alexander McQueen, and Prada. With all its cool features, it’s no wonder that this mix and match fashion platform has more than six million unique monthly visitors, garnered $8.1 million in funding, and has recently recruited two people from Google to head the biz. The idea is so unique that this start-up company has caught the eye of trendsetters in both the bu

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THE APPAREL BUSINESS WORKSHOP

registration:
Click Here!


Is your dream to become a fashion designer? Do you want to see your clothes in stores, on people, on the runway?
Then this class if for you!
Starting taking action and turn your dreams into a reality!



This workshop is designed by experienced professionals with a track record of success, to assist designers and new apparel companies achieve their goals of
becoming a successful and profitable company. This 8 hour course
has been created to guid

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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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Success stories: ASOS

Success stories: ASOS

asos-new1.jpg?0701

Established at the dawn of the new millennium, a tiny UK-based online fashion retailer with huge ambition craved for success and with time proved to be highly effective. ASOS stands for As Seen On Screen. This is wise, because everybody likes the “what you see is what you get” e-shopping without any unpleasant surprises. They started as a trio but now have several thousand employees. Initially, they were duplicating chic fashion products and making them more accessible; toda

Read more…

Help for the emerging designers, brands and fashion start ups is here!

Full production from sketch to full runs and everything in between.      

Sewport - check out the website!

We do minimums. Fast + Reliable + Affordable. 

From sketch to full runs and everything in between!

SEWPORT helps the fashion industry with production capabilities. We make sure designers and brands don’t get held back because of lack of machinery and labour to produce clothes.

SEWPORT Ltd was created to help British fashion de

Read more…

This week I read a very informative article on manufacturing and production and it made me think: “What is the single most important step to get the best results from your production? “

I once had a teacher who said that if we simply do our homework and study, the test will be a breeze! And he was right, it worked for me. The same concept easily translates to fashion production.

DESIGN WITH PRODUCTION IN MIND! I know how boring and limiting this part sounds for a creative person like you, but foll

Read more…

The Key Points for Building a Successful Fashion Business

I am currently reading the book Great By Choice. In this book the authors, business researchers: Jim Collins & Morten T. Hanson,  enumerate the principals for building a truly great enterprise in fast-moving times.

What are the key points for building a successful business? Is it innovation? Do you need to be a geniuses leader who can predict the future? Is it a question of money?.....Is there a secret that we should all know of?…… maybe it’s just pure luck after all???  

8843421296?profile=original

Interesting enough, the b

Read more…

Behind The Scenes With Polyvore



You may know Polyvore as that pretty site social media/social commerce website that allows to play virtual fashion stylist with Chanel, Alexander McQueen, and Prada. With all its cool features, it’s no wonder that this mix and match fashion platform has more than six million unique monthly visitors, garnered $8.1 million in funding, and has recently recruited two people from Google to head the biz. The idea is so unique that this start-up company has caught the eye of trendsetters in both the bu

Read more…

THE APPAREL BUSINESS WORKSHOP

registration:
Click Here!


Is your dream to become a fashion designer? Do you want to see your clothes in stores, on people, on the runway?
Then this class if for you!
Starting taking action and turn your dreams into a reality!



This workshop is designed by experienced professionals with a track record of success, to assist designers and new apparel companies achieve their goals of
becoming a successful and profitable company. This 8 hour course
has been created to guid

Read more…

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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