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Learn How to Start Your Fashion Company & Avoid Costly Mistakes from
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M Shop NYC began as an uber trendy downtown NYC brick & mortar boutique that dressed countless A-listers, including Mary J Blige, Shakira, L’il Kim, Lenny Kravitz, Pharell, Eve, and the Dixie Chicks to name a few. We’ve since morphed into a click & mortar E-commerce Website that provides (from seasoned experts with over 20 years industry experience) 10 intensively informative Fashion & PR Workshop

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How Do You RANK as a FASHION DESIGNER?




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WouldYouRockThis.com is an innovative social network for designers to showcase their creativity, upload their sketches, share with friends and vote on whatthey like. UPLOAD YOUR SKETCHES TODAY. YOU MAY BE BETTER THAN YOU THINK.


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FIND OUT how you RANK as a FASHION DESIGNER.

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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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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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Valentine’s Day is a time to show your beloved how much they mean to you and why they are so important, but the pressure to pick the right gift can be overwhelming. The Bride Show Abu Dhabi is perfectly timed to bring a wealth of romantic gift ideas for the UAE capital’s couples.Running from 10th to 13th February at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre, The Bride Show Abu Dhabi will bring more than 200 exhibitors showcasing sparkling jewellery, haute couture evening gowns and abayas, handbag
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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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Looking at Fall Fashion Trends

If you have done a closet audit (cleaned out your closet) and you have some clothing needs, check out what fashion items are important this fall at http://4fashionadvice.com/trends/article/looking-at-fall-fashion-trends-2009/.If you don't have a pencil skirt, and you need a skirt this style is flattering on most women (provided that it fits well). Also a pencil skirt that hits mid knee is a classic style that you can wear forever.
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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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More on the Unique Selling Proposition

Last week we brushed over the topic of the Unique Selling Proposition, or USP. However, because this is so central to the workings of your marketing plan, I would like to talk more about it. The USP is used when you’re talking to the press about your designs, when you’re pitching wholesale buyers, or even in your website content. In reality, each piece from your collection should have its own USP as well. This week’s newsletter also includes a worksheet to help you develop your own USP.Read the
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