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Overview

If you're going to make it as a fashion designer with your own line or label, you need more than inspiration and creativity-you also need business know-how. In The Fashion Designer Survival Guide, Mary Gehlhar, industry authority and consultant to hundreds of designers, offers behind-the-scenes advice for independent designers.

In this must-have guide, Gehlhar reveals essential information on where to find financing, as well as how to market, manufacture, and distribute your creations. You'll also hear from dozens of young designers like Zac Posen and Keanan Duffty and industry veterans like Donna Karan and Tommy ...

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Overview

If you're going to make it as a fashion designer with your own line or label, you need more than inspiration and creativity-you also need business know-how. In The Fashion Designer Survival Guide, Mary Gehlhar, industry authority and consultant to hundreds of designers, offers behind-the-scenes advice for independent designers.

In this must-have guide, Gehlhar reveals essential information on where to find financing, as well as how to market, manufacture, and distribute your creations. You'll also hear from dozens of young designers like Zac Posen and Keanan Duffty and industry veterans like Donna Karan and Tommy Hilfiger about their greatest disappointments and their most exciting successes.

In this fully revised and updated edition, you will also learn to: Create a viable business plan, Find the best sources for fabric and materials, Brand your label and get your designs into stores-and customers' closets, Produce a runway show that will get results.

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781427797100
  • Publisher: Kaplan Publishing
  • Publication date: 7/1/2008
  • Edition description: Expanded
  • Pages: 304
  • Sales rank: 97,034
  • Product dimensions: 7.20 (w) x 8.90 (h) x 0.70 (d)

Meet the Author

As the Fashion Division Director of Gen Art, Mary Gehlhar has worked closely with up-and-coming designers to start, operate, and grow design businesses. She has lent her expertise to the Rising Star Award committee at Fashion Group International, the Pratt Institute Fashion Jury, and the Open Call panel for the Miramax/Bravo show Project Runway. Mary has been interviewed by the New York Times, British Vogue, Washington Post, Boston Globe, and E! Style channel.

Table of Contents


Foreword     ix
Preface     xi
One Piece of Advice     xiii
Before You Start     1
The Reality     2
You Survived the Bad News     10
The Fundamentals     13
The Plan     13
Elements of the Plan     15
Setting up the Business   Melanie Jones     19
The Money     33
How Much Do You Need?     34
Where to Find Money     39
Factoring   Tim Moore     47
Product Development     59
Know Your Customer     59
Have a Point of View     60
The Trends     63
The Collection     64
Signature Items     65
The Quality Standard     65
It Must Look the Price     66
Commerciality and Show     66
Fabric and Materials     68
Learn First     68
The Challenges     69
The Sources     74
Once You Order     78
Production     84
The Production Plan     84
Sample Production     87
Tips and Considerations When Hiring a Patternmaker   Sally Beers     90
Production Options     96
Production Management     108
Factory Management     114
Marketing and Branding Materials     121
Be Your Brand     122
Logos     122
Press and Sales Kits     122
Other Marketing Materials     134
Sales     138
The Financial Realities of Selling     138
Where to Sell     145
Selling to the Stores     156
Cold Calling   Rachel Shechtman     160
The Appointment     164
The Order     166
Getting Paid     176
Customer Service and Supporting Sales     179
Who Should Sell the Line?     186
Trade Shows     193
Making the Most of the Shows   Barbara Kramer     195
Press and Public Relations     201
Good News/Bad News     201
The PR Strategy     203
Dressing Celebrities   Roger Padilha     212
Who Should Handle PR?     217
The Runway     219
To Show or Not to Show     219
Producing a Runway Show      223
Sponsorship     239
Copyrights and Knockoffs     242
Fashion Design and the Copyright Laws   Jason Gabbard     242
Expanding the Business     251
Licensing     252
A Second Line     254
Partnerships/Consulting     256
Creative Direction     259
Investors and Partners     260
Acknowledgments     261
Notes     263
Resources     271
Index     283
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