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Four Ways To Use 3D For Fashion Design & Development

Fit, Product Development, Sizing, Textile Print

3D software offers an array of tools that can help reduce physical samples, speed up design and development, and communicate designs more effectively. If you have been wanting to start using 3D in your process and are wondering how to do so, here are four of my favorite ways to use 3D for fashion.

3 Tips For Fitting Your Customers And Not Just Your Fit Model

Fit, Mindset, Product Development

The goal with a fit model is to get the garment to fit your average customer, not to make a bespoke garment just for the model. I think that makes a difference. Here are things to keep in mind during fittings to make sure you are fitting your customers and not just your fit model.

Are Plus Sizes Actually Harder To Fit?

Fashion Design, Fit, Patternmaking, Sizing

In the fashion industry or not, it seems like the assumption is that plus sizes are harder to fit. But, is it actually true that plus sizes are harder to fit or has our society spent so much of its attention dressing thin people that it has made us wary of dressing larger bodies?

How To Clearly Communicate Fit Comments (Even If You Aren’t A Technical Designer)

Fit, How To

It is rare that that very first sample will be 100% exactly what you wanted. So how do you relay to your patternmaker the changes you want to make? In this post, we’ll look at five things you can do to clearly communicate your desired changes even if you aren’t a technical designer.

6 Types Of Products That Can Make Money For Your Fashion Brand

Costing, Fashion Business

Without a plan for how your designs will make your brand money, you won’t be able to continue to share your designs with the world. The good news: there is more than one way that the products in your collection can affect your customer and your bottom line.

3D & Physical Samples – Reasons Your Fashion Brand Can Benefit From Both

Fit, Product Development, Sustainability

As realistic as 3D has become, though, there are still things that only a physical sample can do for your brand. For these reasons, I recommend using a combination of 3D and real life samples during product development so your brand can get the best of both (digital and physical) worlds.

Pairing The Perfect Patchwork Of Fabrics In One Garment

Fashion Design, How To, Product Development, Textile Print

Mixing fabrics or prints within the same garment is a fun way to add a unique twist, interesting texture, or creative design detail to your style. But, beyond patchworking a beautiful design, mixing fabrics in a way that is efficient in production and holds up to consumer use, takes some technical planning to get right.

How To Stay In Control Of Product Quality For Your Fashion Brand (Even When You Are Not The One Doing The Technical Work)

Fashion Business, How To, Product Development, Tech Design

You want to keep a high level of quality for your brand and want to feel in control of doing so. There are things you can do as the brand owner to stay in control of product quality even if you aren’t technical, can’t open your production files, or don’t know how to sew.

Developing Fashion That Fits Your Customer, Lifestyle, and Values with Ellie Wilcox, Xochil Herrera Scheer, Connie Bourgeois, and Alison Hoenes

How Fitting: design a slow fashion business that fits

Developing Fashion That Fits Your Customer, Lifestyle, and Values with Ellie Wilcox, Xochil Herrera Scheer, Connie Bourgeois, and Alison Hoenes

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Join me for this special episode 50 as I chat with three of my fellow patternmaker and product developer friends about how you can develop fashion that fits your customer, lifestyle, and values. We share our best industry tips and expert advice on making clothes that really fit – and building best practices for your […]

Common Mistakes Fashion Start-ups Make – And How To Avoid Them

Costing, Fashion Business, Fashion Design, Industry Basics, Product Development

When doing anything for the first time – including starting a fashion brand, it is inevitable that mistakes can be made. But, many mistakes can be avoided. These are the four most common mistakes I’ve seen new brands make and what you can learn from those mistakes in order to avoid them in your business.

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Archives: apparel product development tag>

Four Ways To Use 3D For Fashion Design & Development

3 Tips For Fitting Your Customers And Not Just Your Fit Model

Are Plus Sizes Actually Harder To Fit?

How To Clearly Communicate Fit Comments (Even If You Aren’t A Technical Designer)

6 Types Of Products That Can Make Money For Your Fashion Brand

3D & Physical Samples – Reasons Your Fashion Brand Can Benefit From Both

Pairing The Perfect Patchwork Of Fabrics In One Garment

How To Stay In Control Of Product Quality For Your Fashion Brand (Even When You Are Not The One Doing The Technical Work)

Developing Fashion That Fits Your Customer, Lifestyle, and Values with Ellie Wilcox, Xochil Herrera Scheer, Connie Bourgeois, and Alison Hoenes

Common Mistakes Fashion Start-ups Make – And How To Avoid Them