http://www.fashion-incubator.com How to start a clothing line or run the one you have, better. Thu, 16 May 2013 00:39:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=403 http://www.fashion-incubator.com/archive/5-reasons-you-cant-find-a-sewing-contractor/ http://www.fashion-incubator.com/archive/5-reasons-you-cant-find-a-sewing-contractor/#comments Mon, 09 May 2011 23:47:12 +0000 http://www.fashion-incubator.com/?p=9376 clothing manufacturer sewing contractor before 2:00 PM. I guess interest is a good sign. A bad sign was that no one was prepared to enter into this kind of relationship (we can tell in thirty seconds or less). Accordingly, I'll reiterate specific advice on the most critical strategy you can use to find a clothing manufacturer sewing contractor. Sprinkled through out this entry are links to critical entries you must also read! Cold calling or emailing me or somebody like me to get the name of manufacturer contractor is never going to work so you may as well give it up. The best way to find a clothing manufacturer sewing contractor is by doing things the right way. It is that simple. It is only when you take short cuts that you run into trouble. Bar none, the best way to find a clothing manufacturer sewing contractor is through a pattern maker. You have to have patterns before you get to a manufacturer contractor so I don't understand why people are always trying to put the cart before the horse. It won't work. Part of the value of a pattern maker is their relationships. In the trade, there is the expectation that pattern makers will refer you to the party downstream from them. If they don't, it can mean a few things but none of them are good (further down). Pattern makers are expected to make referrals because we are in the best position to know who is any good. If there's a problem with our pattern, they are returned for correction. Too many problems with our patterns and a manufacturer contractor won't take our work. Likewise, if something isn't sewn well and there are too many problems with a given party, we have to find someone else. The point that cannot be minimally stated is that a pattern maker vouches for you with another party with whom you have no standing.]]> http://www.fashion-incubator.com/archive/5-reasons-you-cant-find-a-sewing-contractor/feed/ 18 http://www.fashion-incubator.com/archive/how-to-find-help-in-the-apparel-industry-for-nearly-nothing/ http://www.fashion-incubator.com/archive/how-to-find-help-in-the-apparel-industry-for-nearly-nothing/#comments Tue, 04 Nov 2008 23:40:07 +0000 Kathleen Fasanella http://www.fashion-incubator.com/?p=2348 who are your friends? The TP Entrepreneur says you are equal to your five closest friends. Are your five friends successful designers in the business? Or are they just like you, stuck at the starting gate? It's fantasy to believe you'll get lucky meeting the right people while stuck in an elevator. In real life, you can easily find and make friends with people who are most like what you want to be or who are at the point where you want to be. ]]> http://www.fashion-incubator.com/archive/how-to-find-help-in-the-apparel-industry-for-nearly-nothing/feed/ 10 http://www.fashion-incubator.com/archive/1_mistake_of_new_designers/ http://www.fashion-incubator.com/archive/1_mistake_of_new_designers/#comments Thu, 30 Aug 2007 16:40:46 +0000 http://www.fashion-incubator.com/2007/08/1_mistake_of_new_designers/ http://www.fashion-incubator.com/archive/1_mistake_of_new_designers/feed/ 24 http://www.fashion-incubator.com/archive/designers_advice_on_starting_a_clothing_line/ http://www.fashion-incubator.com/archive/designers_advice_on_starting_a_clothing_line/#comments Fri, 24 Aug 2007 19:06:22 +0000 http://www.fashion-incubator.com/2007/08/designers_advice_on_starting_a_clothing_line/ http://www.fashion-incubator.com/archive/designers_advice_on_starting_a_clothing_line/feed/ 0 http://www.fashion-incubator.com/archive/how_to_find_sewing_contractors/ http://www.fashion-incubator.com/archive/how_to_find_sewing_contractors/#comments Wed, 27 Jun 2007 21:27:04 +0000 Kathleen Fasanella http://www.fashion-incubator.com/2007/06/how_to_find_sewing_contractors/ http://www.fashion-incubator.com/archive/how_to_find_sewing_contractors/feed/ 8 http://www.fashion-incubator.com/archive/dont_borrow_money_to_start_a_clothing_line/ http://www.fashion-incubator.com/archive/dont_borrow_money_to_start_a_clothing_line/#comments Fri, 01 Jun 2007 17:22:43 +0000 http://www.fashion-incubator.com/2007/06/dont_borrow_money_to_start_a_clothing_line/ http://www.fashion-incubator.com/archive/dont_borrow_money_to_start_a_clothing_line/feed/ 18 http://www.fashion-incubator.com/archive/how_to_buy_wholesale_fabric/ http://www.fashion-incubator.com/archive/how_to_buy_wholesale_fabric/#comments Wed, 23 Aug 2006 19:20:54 +0000 Kathleen Fasanella http://www.fashion-incubator.com/2006/08/how_to_buy_wholesale_fabric/ http://www.fashion-incubator.com/archive/how_to_buy_wholesale_fabric/feed/ 22 http://www.fashion-incubator.com/archive/how_to_find_investors_for_a_clothing_line_pt1/ http://www.fashion-incubator.com/archive/how_to_find_investors_for_a_clothing_line_pt1/#comments Mon, 07 Aug 2006 21:05:04 +0000 http://www.fashion-incubator.com/2006/08/how_to_find_investors_for_a_clothing_line_pt1/ http://www.fashion-incubator.com/archive/how_to_find_investors_for_a_clothing_line_pt1/feed/ 14 http://www.fashion-incubator.com/archive/why_no_one_will_help_you/ http://www.fashion-incubator.com/archive/why_no_one_will_help_you/#comments Wed, 26 Jul 2006 23:45:24 +0000 Kathleen Fasanella http://www.fashion-incubator.com/2006/07/why_no_one_will_help_you/ http://www.fashion-incubator.com/archive/why_no_one_will_help_you/feed/ 14 http://www.fashion-incubator.com/archive/how_to_start_a_clothing_line/ http://www.fashion-incubator.com/archive/how_to_start_a_clothing_line/#comments Fri, 05 May 2006 20:12:11 +0000 http://www.fashion-incubator.com/2006/05/how_to_start_a_clothing_line/ http://www.fashion-incubator.com/archive/how_to_start_a_clothing_line/feed/ 42