SFD028: Thanksgiving Thanks! A Special Holiday Message Just for You

SFD018: Advice for Entry Level Fashion Career Professionals: Dior Bediako founded Pepper Your Talk out of personal frustration. As a young designer beginning her career in fashion, she realized there was little to no support available for designers to work they way up from an entry level job. In her own words,... by Fashion Designers Get Paid: Build Your Fashion Career On Your Own Terms

52 min listen

SFD009: How to Grow Sales & Maximize Profits for Your Fashion Brand: In this episode I’m chatting with Traceena & Lauren, founder of The Sales Concept, which helps designers maximize profits through merchandising and sales strategies. This is one of the most content packed episodes to date, and if you have -... by Fashion Designers Get Paid: Build Your Fashion Career On Your Own Terms

60 min listen

SFD 004: Freelancing Strategies for Fashion Designers with Marissa Borelli: Marissa ditched her volleyball career during her … by Fashion Designers Get Paid: Build Your Fashion Career On Your Own Terms

67 min listen

Why Solving A Problem Is Essential to Building A Successful Brand: Rochelle Behrens launched her label, The Shirt, a… by Fashion Designers Get Paid: Build Your Fashion Career On Your Own Terms

46 min listen

SFD006: Job Hunting & Resume Advice for Fashion Industry Professionals: In this episode I’m chatting with Chris Kidd, founder of Style Careers, the largest fashion only job listing site. With inside access to fashion industry employers and exposure to job seekers at their career fairs, Chris has... by Fashion Designers Get Paid: Build Your Fashion Career On Your Own Terms

45 min listen

SFD007: Using Your Network to get more Freelance Fashion Work: Gia's a fashion freelancer who’s worked with huge names like Northface and Columbia Sportswear as well as small startup brands. Her eye for technical design and product development plus her friendly personality and hard working attitude is why most... by Fashion Designers Get Paid: Build Your Fashion Career On Your Own Terms

43 min listen

SFD022: Why We All Must Ask: Who Made My Clothes?: Carry Somers is founder of Fashion Revolution - a global movement calling for greater transparency, sustainability and ethics in the fashion industry. If you’ve seen the “Who Made My Clothes” sign that millions of consumers, brands and producers... by Fashion Designers Get Paid: Build Your Fashion Career On Your Own Terms

39 min listen

SFD020: How to Source Low Minimum Fabrics & Trims for Your Fashion Collection: Jay is your absolute one stop shop for sourcing anything and everything you need to make your product, including fabrics, trims, hangtags, labels and so much more. In this interview, Jay shares why indie designers are seeing more success now than they... by Fashion Designers Get Paid: Build Your Fashion Career On Your Own Terms

70 min listen

SFD 003: How to Ask for (and Get) a Promotion in Fashion with Brian McIntyre: Brian didn't even discover that he had an interes… by Fashion Designers Get Paid: Build Your Fashion Career On Your Own Terms

38 min listen

SFD008: How to Have A Successful Career as A Textile Designer: In this episode I’m chatting with Michelle Fifis, founder of Pattern Observer and creator of the Textile Design Lab, a blog and community that helps creatives grow their textile design business. Michelle’s done textile work for Columbia... by Fashion Designers Get Paid: Build Your Fashion Career On Your Own Terms

50 min listen

SFD 015: How to Get Factories to Take You Seriously: Kathleen Fasanella is author of one of the fashion industry’s best resource books, The Entrepreneur's Guide to Sewn Product Manufacturing. Kathleen is a trained pattern maker with almost 4 decades of experience, and now owns a factory in... by Fashion Designers Get Paid: Build Your Fashion Career On Your Own Terms

73 min listen

SFD 005: How to Make a Career as a Fashion Illustrator with Danielle Meder: In this episode I’m chatting with Danielle Meder … by Fashion Designers Get Paid: Build Your Fashion Career On Your Own Terms

84 min listen

SFD017: Why You Shouldn't Design for Everyone with Anna of VMora: Anna Livermore is founder of VMora, a fashion business and production consulting company that works one on one with independent designers. In this interview, she shares where many designers waste money that has little to no return, why you should... by Fashion Designers Get Paid: Build Your Fashion Career On Your Own Terms

50 min listen

How to Get Funding and Launch A Successful Fashion Brand: Trying to make it as a new fashion brand is insan… by Fashion Designers Get Paid: Build Your Fashion Career On Your Own Terms

43 min listen

SFD010: Strategies to Manufacture Your Fashion Brand Overseas: In this episode I’m chatting with Shilpa, founder of Nayali, an activewear brand for women bra size "D-cup & Up". Shilpa spent over a decade working for huge brands like Conde Nast, Fubu, and Gap. She took all her experience, quit her job,... by Fashion Designers Get Paid: Build Your Fashion Career On Your Own Terms

70 min listen

Happy Labor Day!: I took the day off today and hope you did too! We'll be back next week with another great episode. by Fashion Designers Get Paid: Build Your Fashion Career On Your Own Terms

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SFD041: How to Set Up Your Fashion Brand Successfully, from Samples to Production: Tricia runs her fashion studio, Hello World Fashion, in DTLA. With more than a decade of experience in the industry designing, sourcing and doing production, she can help you set up your fashion brand... by Fashion Designers Get Paid: Build Your Fashion Career On Your Own Terms

59 min listen

SFD012: How to build a group of raving fans before you have a product: In this episode I’m chatting with Colleen Monroe, founder of Untucked Workwear - clothes designed for women who embrace a lifestyle filled with gumption and a whole lot of go. After a year and a half of hard, Colleen launched a successful... by Fashion Designers Get Paid: Build Your Fashion Career On Your Own Terms

74 min listen

SFD011: The Number One Thing to Include On Your Fashion Design Resume: In this episode I’m chatting with Sheena Schoolcraft, a fashion designer in NYC who’s worked with brands like OshKosh, Tommy Hilfiger and Dress Barn. During our conversation, Sheena shares how to present your online portfolio and why it should be... by Fashion Designers Get Paid: Build Your Fashion Career On Your Own Terms

56 min listen

SFD014: The (Sometimes Ugly) Truth About A Fashion Design Career: Having a job as fashion designer glamorous and creative. Honest, it isn’t always that way. Most people don’t talk about this publicly, but Emily Keller is different. Which is why I knew I had to invite her on the show. In this... by Fashion Designers Get Paid: Build Your Fashion Career On Your Own Terms

76 min listen

SFD 002: Using Email to Successfully Pitch Freelance Clients with Melissa Mendez: After Melissa experienced what she thought was a … by Fashion Designers Get Paid: Build Your Fashion Career On Your Own Terms

59 min listen

SFD031: Behind the Scenes of an $87k Kickstarter Launch: With no fashion background, experience or contacts, Sarah Coronado launched an insanely successful Kickstarter campaign for her underwear line, Blooms Privé. Now, if you listen to the interview, you'll hear me mention multiple times that... by Fashion Designers Get Paid: Build Your Fashion Career On Your Own Terms

54 min listen

SFD013: The Step by Step Production Process for Fashion Design Entrepreneurs: In this episode I’m chatting with Abbie Ellis, co-founder of Stitch Method - a Chicago fashion agency that helps you DEFINE your market, DEVELOP your product and DELIVER it to your customers. In the interview, she walks through a step by... by Fashion Designers Get Paid: Build Your Fashion Career On Your Own Terms

54 min listen

SFD027: Curled up in a Ball Crying: How Community Can Save You: Making it as an indie fashion designer is emotionally, mentally and financially brutal. And trying to do it alone is even harder. Which is why I love this episode with Nathalie Kraynina, an indie ready-to-wear fashion designer turned... by Fashion Designers Get Paid: Build Your Fashion Career On Your Own Terms

64 min listen

SFD044: This Company Runs their Fashion Brand like a Tech Startup (and they're crushing it): Do you ever feel like the fashion design and development process moves at a snail's pace? We often work years and multiple seasons ahead, and by the time product is delivered, it's easy to feel like it's already outdated. Voormi thinks... by Fashion Designers Get Paid: Build Your Fashion Career On Your Own Terms

53 min listen

SFD028: Thanksgiving Thanks! A Special Holiday Message Just for You: It's Thanksgiving week in the US, so we're taking a holiday on the podcast. But I did create a short holiday message just for you to say thanks for all your support and give you a heads up on a few things we're planning for 2018. If you want to... by Fashion Designers Get Paid: Build Your Fashion Career On Your Own Terms

5 min listen

SFD 001: How to Get Your First Job in the Fashion Industry with Bjorn Bengtsson: If you want to break into the fashion industry, i… by Fashion Designers Get Paid: Build Your Fashion Career On Your Own Terms

41 min listen

SFD019: What's it really like to manufacture apparel in the US?: Kathryn Hilderbrand is a master tailor, designer and business entrepreneur with over 30 years of experience working in the fashion industry. She founded Good Clothing Company in 2015 to create small runs of production for designers, and is passionate... by Fashion Designers Get Paid: Build Your Fashion Career On Your Own Terms

48 min listen

SFD 016: How to Get Freelance Fashion Design Jobs on Upwork: Kim Dippel is a fashion designer with 12 years of experience working for surf brands like Oneil and Quiksilver. After having a baby and moving away from a hub, she wanted to try freelancing. After not having any luck with her existing contacts, she... by Fashion Designers Get Paid: Build Your Fashion Career On Your Own Terms

56 min listen

SFD024: Part 2: Fighting Fear in Fashion: Last week, in episode 23 (part 1), I introduced you to Solomon Eversole, who has the most calm and collected approach to creativity I've ever witnessed. He also has the same approach to fear. There's no panic or... by Fashion Designers Get Paid: Build Your Fashion Career On Your Own Terms

41 min listen

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