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2021: Year in Review

Fashion Business, Fashion Resources

I don’t know about you, but for me 2021 was one of the busiest years yet. I’m reflecting on what filled my workdays in 2021. I’m celebrating the milestones, analyzing what worked and what didn’t, and pondering the lessons I learned. Join me for a two-part Alison Hoenes Design 2021 year in review.

Lessons Learned as a NYC Sleepwear Startup with Elizabeth Frenchman of Fichu Bedwear

How Fitting: design a slow fashion business that fits
How Fitting: design a slow fashion business that fits
Lessons Learned as a NYC Sleepwear Startup with Elizabeth Frenchman of Fichu Bedwear
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In episode 32, Elizabeth Frenchman shares what worked and what didn’t about starting a sleepwear brand in her home town of NYC after retiring from a career in graphic design. Elizabeth Frenchman is an apparel designer who adheres to the “less is more” philosophy as well as G-d being in the details. She was born […]

Embracing the Bodies of Strong-Shouldered Women with Daron Linton of Broads the Label

How Fitting: design a slow fashion business that fits
How Fitting: design a slow fashion business that fits
Embracing the Bodies of Strong-Shouldered Women with Daron Linton of Broads the Label
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In episode 31, Broads the Label founder Daron Linton shares how she turned a life-long clothing struggle into a fashion business. Daron Linton spent most of her life thinking that sleeves are bullshit. A sleeved shirt, dress, or jacket has meant a day of tugging, puckering, and restriction all because genetics (and a love for […]

Adjusting Your Swimsuit Not Your Body with Alexa McNeal of Cedar & Sand Swim

How Fitting: design a slow fashion business that fits
How Fitting: design a slow fashion business that fits
Adjusting Your Swimsuit Not Your Body with Alexa McNeal of Cedar & Sand Swim
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In episode 30, Alexa McNeal of Cedar & Sand Swimwear (now Bold Beach Swim) shares why and how she launched a swimwear brand in October 2020 where every suit is made to adjust to your body – not the other way around. Alexa has been designing adjustable swimwear for every body type since October 2020 […]

Equality, Power, and Functional Pockets For All with Kimberly Borges and Miriam McDonald of PWR WMN

How Fitting: design a slow fashion business that fits
How Fitting: design a slow fashion business that fits
Equality, Power, and Functional Pockets For All with Kimberly Borges and Miriam McDonald of PWR WMN
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In episode 29, best friends and PWR WMN co-founders Kimberly Borges and Miriam McDonald share how they started a blazer company to “decorate the confidence” of working women – no matter what that work looks like – and to encourage women to wear their femininity with power and, of course, plenty of pockets. PWR WMN […]

How Tee-shirts Can Change Lives with Meghan Forest Farmer of The Bright Factory

How Fitting: design a slow fashion business that fits
How Fitting: design a slow fashion business that fits
How Tee-shirts Can Change Lives with Meghan Forest Farmer of The Bright Factory
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In Episode 28, Meghan Forest Farmer shares her journey as a stylist turned ethical factory owner and how she founded The Bright Factory to restore dignity to formerly incarcerated women. Meghan Forest Farmer has woven her way through the fashion pipeline over the past 10 years, but currently works as a fashion stylist, both on […]

Wearing Clothes (and Running a Business) Out Loud with Julia Navarro of wear cOLor

How Fitting: design a slow fashion business that fits
How Fitting: design a slow fashion business that fits
Wearing Clothes (and Running a Business) Out Loud with Julia Navarro of wear cOLor
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In Episode 27, I talk with Julia Navarro of Wear Color about the life motto that inspired her brand and how she’s created a business that fits her creativity, strengths, and values. Starting in 2020 in the midst of the pandemic, wear cOLor is a clothing brand that allows for everyone to break the fashion […]

Inspiring Wanderlust for the Petite Romantic with Nics Asawasudsakorn of Lovanie

How Fitting: design a slow fashion business that fits
How Fitting: design a slow fashion business that fits
Inspiring Wanderlust for the Petite Romantic with Nics Asawasudsakorn of Lovanie
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In episode 26, Nics Asawasudsakorn shares about launching her petite-focused brand Lovanie and what inspired her to start a slow fashion brand inspired by wanderlust.  Nics is the founder of LOVANIE, a slow fashion brand for petite women. Lovanie pieces are designed to fit women 5’4″ and under and are made locally in Seattle from […]

Making Loved Clothes Last with Alexis Giger of Little Cliff

How Fitting: design a slow fashion business that fits
How Fitting: design a slow fashion business that fits
Making Loved Clothes Last with Alexis Giger of Little Cliff
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In episode 25, Alexis Giger talks about her career in fashion from design school, to working for fashion brands big and small, to starting her own mending business during the pandemic in order to make loved clothes last. Alexis Giger is a fashion designer and textile mender based in St. Louis, MO. She graduated in […]

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