How to Start an Activewear Apparel Line

Activewear is one of my favourite products to design, and it's an area that has seen a massive growth in the past few years. In this video, I’m sharing tips for launching your own activewear brand.

You can register free for the ‘How to Get Your Fashion Ideas Produced’ Masterclass here;

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The Best Feature to Use on IG Right Now

Instagram has ANOTHER new feature! Feels like they’re bringing out new ones on the daily now!

In this short excerpt from my live Q+A, I explain the feature that's working the best on Instagram right now in my opinion and why it works!

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Influencer Marketing and PR for Fashion Businesses

Want to get more exposure and visibility for your clothing business? Then PR and influencer marketing is a great option. Plus, it’s a lot easier than you think to get featured - for free!

In this behind the scenes excerpt from The Fashion Business Membership I share some tips for getting your brand featured.

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Branding and Marketing Tips for Fashion Entrepreneurs Live With Kezia

If you're a fashion brand wanting to level up your marketing, this live is for you! Kezia is a branding and marketing expert and shared her insight on what we can do as designers to have top notch branding and make sales!

Plus, we learnt about Clubhouse and why the platform is worth checking out!

Be sure to watch the replay and check out the resources linked below.

Huge thanks to Kezia for being so generous with her knowledge!

👉 Follow Kezia on IG for great tips and content @kizkopop_

And when you’ve got your branding on point with Kezia, check out The Fashion Marketing Course, which teaches social media strategy, getting featured in the press, tracking data to improve your brand growth and more;

https://thefashionbusinesscoachlearn.com/fashionmarketingcourse

Stay tuned for our next Discover LIVE!

Each month I want to help you discover brands, products, experts, and content that helps YOU! Our goal is for you to DISCOVER practical tips, inspiration, and help you on your journey in the fashion business.

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How to Source Fabrics for Your Fashion Brand

If you've got an idea for your fashion designs, next you're going to need the fabric to make them a reality!

In this video I'm going to share with you 3 tips for sourcing fabrics for your fashion designs.

✨ ✨ ✨ Learn more about fabrics and where to source them in The Fashion Startup Online Course; we have an entire module dedicated to this topic;

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Fashion Manufacture; Hidden Costs

When you make your fashion products, there a lot of hidden costs that you need to be aware of. In this short excerpt from my pricing workshop, I explain some of the key hidden costs that manufacturers add into their quotes so that you can avoid them!

Want to access the full hour long workshop and my pricing template to help you get clear on the selling price of your fashion products?

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How to Grow a Fashion Brand in 2022

Have a fashion brand and want scale up in 2022? If yes, this video is for you! I share my best tips for growing your apparel brand online and scaling your clothing line up in 2022.

I'll cover tips to help you minimise the risk with your business growth and how you can find your next opportunity in the fashion industry.

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How to Launch a Fashion Brand in 2022

Wanting to launch a fashion business in 2022? If so, I'd love to show you my three top tips for starting a fashion brand successfully. Watch the video to see what they are!

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Start Your Fashion Brand in 2022

So, you want to start a fashion brand in 2022? I don't blame you! It's such a fun industry to work in and starting your own clothing brand is such a rewarding career. 

If you’re thinking of starting your own fashion brand in 2022, I couldn’t be more excited than you are right now. You’re in the right place to learn how to be a fashion entrepreneur! Starting a brand isn’t without it’s challenges - especially if you’re going it alone, but it can be done, even without industry experience. When I started my first fashion business in 2010, man, I ran into some roadblocks! It took me a long time to get traction and see success and I learned the hard way how to nail it and get my business out there and stocked in shops around the world. It wasn’t easy getting my first international sales. Phew, it took me a long time, but don’t worry, you’re here to steal my strategies.

I learnt so much that I developed this strategy so that for my subsequent businesses and for people like yourself, who are brand new, can fast-track success and avoid a lot of the mistakes that I made the first time around.

So, in this post, I'm sharing my 5 top tips for launching a fashion brand for 2022. Are you ready?

1. Consider who you are designing a product for and be really specific here

Don't just say “I want to start a swim brand”. Fine, that can be a starting point but there are so many swimwear brands out there and you really need to figure out who specifically is going to buy your swimwear.

Is it swimwear for beach parties? Is it swimwear for performance swimmers? Is it swimwear to top up your tan in Ibiza? 

Who exactly is buying your swimwear and why? Really dive into this and focus on it because honestly, it's going to make the business so much easier.Your decision making becomes so much easier when you super specific about this, but most importantly it becomes so much easier to sell your product when you've got this nailed, so please don't skip this step! I know it's tempting.

It's not the most exciting thing to start off with but it's so valuable to the success of your business. When I made that mistake the first time around and then I fixed it and got specific, I was able to see how quickly my business turned around. I was struggling before when I was trying to sell to everyone. As soon as I got really specific, it was so easy then to sell because I became known for something.

Not only by customers but also boutiques and magazines who featured me. Spend some time on this and you’ll see how defining your niche is a really strong foundation for the rest of your business. Trust me when I say it's going to make your decision making so much easier!

2. Design your product and think about your pricing

Don't just rely on factory costs to dictate your pricing. You want to make sure that the price at the end is something your customers can afford.

So you need to ask yourself:  “am I budget, am I kind of middle-of-the-road, or am I a high-end designer?. Where do I want to fall within this whole pricing thing?”

Think about that and then find a supplier who aligns with that. You know, if you're selling a budget friendly product, you're going to have a factory who is known for speed and perhaps not so much high-quality.

If you go in at the luxury end, the high price point, you're going to need a factory who produces top quality work, who spends a lot of time on it, invests a lot of care, detail and attention into their products.

 So make sure that the factory is aligned with the final product and pricing that you're aiming for. You need to be certain that it’s all working together well. There's not a “one factory fits all” type solution.

I can't just recommend a factory to someone just knowing that they make swimwear. You’ve really got to go deep in what you want from a factory before you can start looking for a factory. 

3. In order to start your own fashion brand, you have to be actively managing the factory

When you’re starting your own clothing brand, you can’t magically expect your factory to make everything perfect. It’s your responsibility to actively manage your factory and that starts with communicating your products in detail.

And when I say detail I mean... detail, what is the fabric? It's going to be down to the percentages of the fibers and all those kinds of things. What stitch details are going to be used and how it's put together.

What's the construction?  What are the measurements? You need to be giving specific information to the factory. When you hear of these kinds of “horror stories” of manufacturing, most of the time it's because of a communication breakdown. For example, someone's just said to a factory: “make me a triangle bikini” and then the factory has done that and then you're like: “not that kind of triangle bikini!”.

There's so many triangle bikinis out there. What kind do you want? What colour should it be? All these different details matter and make a world of difference when working with your factory, so make sure you're being hyper specific.

4. Starting a clothing brand from scratch means also making sure that you stay on top of every detail

Ask how the production's going. Ask them when things are going to be delivered. Make sure you keep checking in. This shouldn't be something that you just kind of hand over and then you leave them to their own devices.

That's how things go badly wrong and I realised later than I should, that when I was producing products for my brand, the factories weren't always working with our best interest in mind.

There's only a handful of honest factories out there and if you're one of them reading this, I'm sorry, but it is the case that often the factory just wants to tick complete on their production flow.

They don't really care about the nitty-gritty.They don't care about your customers like you do. They just want to make sure that it's finished and they get paid.

They're not going to be worrying about every little detail, because they're also going to think, “oh, well, this person hasn't given me specific information, they're obviously not that bothered about it. So why should I bother?”

5. Starting a clothing brand from scratch means also making sure that you stay on top of every detail

I know thinking about all the work behind starting a fashion brand can sound a bit scary or out of your reach, but I promise it’s not. You just need to take things step by step. If you'd like to learn more regarding how to start a fashion brand in 2022, I'd love to invite you to join me in my new free masterclass.

If you've been following me for a while, you'll know that I've had similar masterclasses in the past.This one's totally revamped for 2022, so that we can make sure we're doing what's currently working in the industry, because as you may know, there was a global pandemic recently and things have changed a little!

It’s my mission to make your fashion journey easy, so I hope to see you launching a successful fashion brand next year! Hope to see you in the free class! Click here to register free.

Time Saving Hacks For Fashion Entrepreneurs

If you are a small or startup fashion brand and you're finding there’s not enough hours in the day to get everything done, this video is for you! I share with you my favourite time-saving tips so you can get hours back in your day.

Here you'll find The Fashion Sales Kit, designed to help you create fashion marketing that coverts, in as little as 10mins per day;

https://thefashionbusinesscoachlearn.com/The-Fashion-Sales-Kit

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The Fashion Business Membership

Wanting to grow and scale your fashion brand? If so, The Fashion Business Membership combines training, expert insight, live Q+A sessions and community to help you do just that.

In this video I explain what's in the membership and how it can help you to achieve your fashion goals - no matter what stage you're at now.

✨ ✨ ✨ Get all the details and sign up here; ✨ ✨ ✨

https://thefashionbusinesscoachlearn.com/membership

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Launch Your Clothing Brand Fast

Wanting to start a fashion business quickly? With traditional manufacturing methods, designing your own product takes months. In this video that I want to share with you a different method - what I call the Quick Launch Method' - that allows you to get products for sale within a just a couple weeks.

Learn more about it in this video.....

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https://thefashionbusinesscoach.com/how-to-start-a-fashion-brand-from-scratch-claim-

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Influencer Partners For Fashion Brands

Influencer marketing can be really impactful for your clothing brand, but how do you choose collaboration or influencer partners to help you grow your clothing brand past your current audience and network? Let's find out in this video......

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Why Collaboration is Important for a Successful Fashion Brands

Want to create a successful fashion brand? Then you'll need to collaborate and work with others. You might be surprised to hear this given, how many people are so secretive about the fashion industry. But the truth is, if you move past that you can do really great things with your business. I want to show you how in this video.......

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Marketing Ideas for Fashion Brands

There’s so many free ways that you can promote your fashion brand and in this video I want to share with you some of my favourite fashion marketing tips that you can use for your clothing brand. I also want to show you why it's important to have a variety of different methods that you're using......

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Debunking Sustainable Fashion Myths

If you want to start an eco-friendly sustainable clothing line, or if you are a sustainable fashion brand you might be confused about a lot of the conflicting information out there online. There's a lot of myths out there that can make it really confusing as to what materials or what methods are sustainable versus what are just a marketing tactic.

In this video, I bust 3 sustainable fashion myths to help you understand what’s really happening in the industry.

🎉 FREE Masterclass 🎉 How to Start A Sustainable Fashion Brand.

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If you like this video I have more {free} resources that you might like here; 100 Must Know Fashion Industry Terms Ebook;

https://thefashionbusinesscoach.com/freeglossary

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The Marketing Strategy Your Fashion Brand Needs

In this video I share the most effective marketing strategy that’s been working for my fashion brand Clients; content marketing. In the video, I’ll explain what it is and how you can use it. Watch the video to learn more >>>>

If you're curious to learn more about the Fashion Sales Kit and how it can help you to market your fashion brand without spending the entire day on social media, you can see the details here;

https://thefashionbusinesscoach.com/the-fashion-sales-kit

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Video Content for Fashion Brands

Video content is getting increasingly important for marketing, especially for clothing brands. Video can help you to get more customers, reduce returns and even save you money. Find out how in this video.

If you're curious to learn more about the Fashion Sales Kit and how it can help you to market your fashion brand without spending the entire day on social media, you can see the details here;

https://thefashionbusinesscoach.com/the-fashion-sales-kit

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Should you Start a Clothing Business?

Should you start a fashion brand, is the fashion industry right for you? I truly believe that anybody can launch a successful fashion business, but you really have to want it. I bust some fashion industry myths in this video to help you decide if having your own fashion line is right for you.

Want to learn more about how to get started with your fashion brand? Find out about my Starting a Fashion Brand 101 ebook here;

https://thefashionbusinesscoachlearn.com/Ebook

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Influencer Marketing For Fashion Brands

A few weeks ago, I announced my collaboration with mega-influencer The Female Hustlers. In case you're not familiar with them, The Female Hustlers is an online support community focusing on women empowerment. They call themselves "a new breed of disruptors", and quite rightly so if you ask me. This community of dreamers, makers, and action takers has now grown to 3.9 million on Instagram. And clearly, they're showing no signs of slowing down with the release of their flagship product The Masterclass Membership. It's a one-of-a-kind online course that's jam-packed with lessons and tips from industry experts and thought-leaders.  Needless to say, I was so thrilled to be part of the project where I got to talk about my favorite subject, of course, sustainable fashion businesses.

Since my announcement, I've been getting a lot of questions about Influencer Marketing. In this post, I want to share with you my experience working with The Female Hustlers and some of the lessons I learned along the way.  

How we got together

They called me.  Yes, that sounds convenient, right? Well, I want to start by setting the record straight: it's not about luck. I did a lot of PR work on my brand at the beginning of my career. I put in the effort to try to get my name out there, starting with local publications. I networked with the local press until I got one short article here, a mention there. I continued slowly but consistently until the national publications took notice. After some time, even the global publications started contacting me. It was a long process. It didn't happen overnight and it took a lot of patience.  But I knew all that work was an investment. And it's certainly starting to pay off because that's how The Female Hustlers heard about me and my brand.  

If you too are in the process of building your image, remember that if you do the work, it will be worth it. Inevitably, other brands and influencers will hear about your name too. 

Before anything else, put it on paper

Collaboration is kind of like starting a relationship, a long one at that, hopefully. And just like any other relationship, you want to define your terms and expectations clearly and honestly. If you're working with a mega-influencer like The Female Hustlers, chances are they already have standard contracts in place. I was so happy that they did because it gave me more time to focus on putting together the fashion business course that I contributed to their Masterclass.  

Now, contracts may seem a bit cumbersome but it is necessary for any collaboration.  It protects both parties by stating exactly the work that you need to deliver (and when) and prevents misunderstandings or conflicts in the future. Fortunately for me, the contract process with The Female Hustlers was a breeze.  

Now, if you don't have the legal expertise to understand these documents, I would advise getting professional legal counsel. The last thing you want to happen with your first big collaboration is to get stuck with a signed contract that you don't really like because you failed to understand the terms. 

Seeing different perspectives

As I said, I was thrilled to bits that I was asked to be part of this Masterclass. But I must admit, I felt quite intimidated, at first. I mean, they're The Female Hustlers! This group of extraordinary women seems to know exactly where their brand stands.  Their identity is so distinct and very well put together and they already have a huge following online. I was a little worried. I thought, if anybody was going to "give in", it would have to be me. How much of my brand standards will I have to sacrifice? 

What I learned from working with them is that collaboration is about compromise, and that compromise is a good thing.  Sometimes people have this misconception that compromise is restricting.  On the contrary, I found it quite liberating. Working with The Female Hustlers was so fluid and eye-opening, it became a true learning experience for me.  I learned a lot from seeing our two, different points of view coming together to achieve one objective. I learned that my way isn't the only way, that there can be other routes to get to the same destination.  More importantly, I have come to understand that synchronising two different brands with different core values is not an impossible feat. You just need to open to different perspectives and see it from a growth mindset.  You'd be surprised, you might discover something truly amazing.  

Speaking of surprises, have you heard about The Fashion Sales Kit offer that’s on at the moment?  If you want to learn a tried and tested formula for developing social media marketing that actually delivers, then the Fashion Sales Kit was designed just for you. Click here to learn more about how it can transition more browsers into buyers and in just 10mins a day.