WELCOME TO AN ALL NEW
HAUTE OFF THE PRESS JULY | 2022 EDITION
Friends of FABRIC,
Starting a clothing brand and manufacturing a sewn product is not for the faint of heart. That's why we created FABRIC...to help you get through all of the obstacles that lay between you and your dream clothing brand. We created an Apparel Entrepreneur Roadmap that virtually guides you through every step and provides resources, downloadable, tips/tricks, resources, videos, and guidance through it all, and we scholarship hundreds of disadvantaged entrepreneurs into this roadmap annually.
However, we realize that some people prefer learning in person. So, we've got a couple of in-person "camps" for apparel entrepreneurs in July and August. Now you can learn in-person directly from FABRIC's Co-Founder, Angela Johnson.
COSTING CAMP IS HERE!
If you're trying to start your own fashion company we are sure you have questions; A LOT of them. Most importantly questions like:
How much does it cost to manufacture clothing?
How much will my design cost to make?
Is my idea even possible to make in my target market price point?
Well the answer is... Complicated. But not impossible! Every product, every idea, is just SEW different that you need to figure some things out before you get an answer. So if you're looking for answers to get your product off the ground, we got just the thing!
Join us for our first ever COSTING CAMP this week!
FABRIC Co-Founder Angela Johnson will teach you....
How to estimate the cost of your sewn product using a cost sheet.
What you can do to make your design cost less.
How much money you’ll need to get through development and manufacturing.
What you should charge.
What affects the cost.
SCHOOL OF FROCK - MANUFACTURING BOOTCAMP
Costing Camp is just the tip of the iceberg. If Costing Camp gets your creative juices flowing, you'll also want to join us for our apparel entrepreneur SCHOOL OF FROCK series in which we take a deeper dive into each of the main things you'll need to know to manufacture your clothing line domestically. This two-week manufacturing BootCamp takes place at FABRIC every Tuesday and Thursday evening and covers...
Developing designs that can be manufactured - target market, estimating costs, sizing, sustainability, slopers, tech packs, 3D design technology
Manufacturing process - patterns, grading, markers, production cut & sew, send outs, TOP samples, QC
Foundational info - understanding textiles and garment construction
Design details - flats and specs
Sourcing materials & trims, labeling
Costing
Licenses, QC, common mistakes, your roles & responsibilities
We're looking forward to helping you bring your vision to life!
Fashionably,
Angela Johnson & Sherri Barry
FABRIC Co-Founder
OUR NUMBER 1 QUESTION ANSWERED: HOW MUCH DOES IT COST?
Join us for our first ever COSTING CAMP!
You’ll learn…. How to estimate the cost of your sewn product using a cost sheet. What you can do to make your design cost less. How much money you’ll need to get through development and manufacturing. What you should charge. What affects the cost.
DETAILS:
When - Thursday, July 7, 2022 from 6pm-8:30pm
Where - FABRIC , 132 E. Sixth Street, Tempe AZ 85281
Cost - $75
Taught by - Angela Johnson
A MANUFACTURING BOOT CAMP
FOR APPAREL ENTREPRENEURS
Want to start a clothing brand and get your designs manufactured but didn't major in Apparel Production and can't afford to hire a Production Manager? Here's a crash course in what you need to know....
$699
AUG 2 6PM-8PM DESIGN OVERVIEW Overseas vs. domestic manufacturing
How quantity affects price
Timeline
Target Market
Size categories
Price categories
Sustainability
Getting started: Flats, Patterns, Sourcing, Costing, Tech Packs
Slopers - The most efficient approach to designing your collection
The sample/prototype process
The benefits of 3D design technology
AUG 4 6PM-8PM MANUFACTURING OVERVIEW Pattern grading and grade rules (sizing)
Cut markers
Production cutting and cutting tickets
Production sewing and sewing contracts
Send-outs
Tech packs
TOP samples
QC
AUG 9 6PM-8PM FOUNDATIONAL INFORMATION Understanding textiles (fibers, knits vs. wovens, serviceability, self/contrast/lining, prints, color ways)
Understanding garment construction
AUG 11 6PM-8PM DESIGN DETAILS Flats (technical sketches)
Specs (measurements)
AUG 16 6PM-8PM SOURCING Sourcing materials
Sourcing trims
Organizing, recording, communicating, and ordering your materials/trims
Labeling
AUG 18 6PM-8PM COSTING Estimating the garment cost, wholesale price, and retail price using a cost sheet
Evaluating the design to reduce the cost
AUG 23 6PM-8PM PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT AND QC Licenses
Inevitable obstacles
QC - Avoiding common mistakes that could close your business
The brand’s roles and responsibilities
Q&A
CALLING ALL ARTISTS
The City of Tempe is seeking visual artists with experience in visual arts, fibers, pliable materials and/or mixed media to create temporary art installations on fences located in Tempe Parks for at least nine months. The selected artists will create a design that is inspired by the park and input from the surrounding park neighborhoods. Visual artists with an interest in responding to community in the ideation and implementation of creating and sharing art are encouraged to apply.
Closing Date: Tuesday, July 26, 2022, at 11:59 p.m.
Compensation: Up to $10,000 per park.
Artists may be selected for up to 2 parks.
Has launching your fashion brand or manufacturing been frustrating? If you've ever wanted to say F! Fashion, we can help at no cost!
FREE CONSULTING
Join industry expert Angela Johnson for.... Free-For-All Fashion Fridays
at 4pm with FABRIC
where she'll share valuable insider knowledge at no cost from her 27+ years as a consultant, designer, and small-batch manufacturing specialist.
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FABRIC is a non-profit fashion incubator, business accelerator, design studio, academy, and manufacturer that is sustainably disrupting, redefining and reshoring the fashion industry for the modern apparel entrepreneur.
OUR MISSION is to provide apparel entrepreneurs with training, guidance, innovative industry resources, and access to on-demand manufacturing, so they can build sustainable fashion businesses domestically.
