We are currently in the design process of an urban clothing line?
Is anyone out there already in the business. What suggestions if any could you give. For e.g: horror stories, success stories, good starting point, when to fold, basics of starting up such a business or design 101. This clothing line is a dream my mom who died of breast cancer had for me and my surviving children and now today I am also a survivor 3 years last month. I received the vision from an idea my son showed me and I know that the Lord will help us to make this a reality. We are just about done with the business plan just need really good business strategy/advice as far as the next step in promoting this line. Thank you all for any suggestions. Keep us in prayer. God bless. Some of the money we make will go to Hospice who without their help I would never had been able to care for five terminally ill family members in the past six years. I know what it is like to not have enough money to purchase medicine. May god bless you all for your suggestions and prayers for this endeavor.
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- Here are resources on how to start a clothing line
Associations:
Professional Apparel Association http://www.proapparel.com
American Apparel Producer’s Network http://www.usawear.org/
Worldwide Responsible Apparel Manufacture http://www.wrapapparel.org/
American Apparel and Footwear Association http://www.americanapparel.org/...
National Association of Fashion and Accessory Designers http://www.nafad.com/
SEAMS The National Association for the Sewn Products Industry http://www.seams.org/
Manufacturer Search
ThomasNet http://www.thomasnet.com
National Association of Manufacturers http://www.nam.org/s_nam/index.asp...
Davison's Textile Blue Book http://www.textilebluebook.net
Other resources
Fashion Group International http://www.fgi.org
Apparel News http://www.apparelnews.net/
Blogs:
Kathleen Fasanella's blog at http://fashion-incubator.com/ (Kathleen is the author of the book "The Entrepreneur's Guide to Sewn Product Manufacturing")