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What’s in an Apparel Tech Pack (for You)? – Cover Page

You’ve probably heard that you need a tech pack, but the conversation usually revolves around how you need one for your factory. While a tech pack is useful in communicating information about your design to your factory, there are many parts of a tech pack that are useful to you as the designer as well.

Finding the Right Fabric for Your Design – Where (and Where Not) to Look

Fashion Resources, Industry Basics

Sourcing and buying fabric as an apparel brand is very different from purchasing fabric as a retail customer. As an apparel brand, you’ll want to find fabric suppliers that provide wholesale pricing and fabric continuity. Depending on your brand’s size and what fabric you need, you have different options available to you for buying fabric.

Finding the Right Fabric for Your Design – How to Articulate What You are Looking for

How To, Industry Basics

You know what qualities you want in the fabric, but how do you describe what you are looking for? Most suppliers don’t have swatches of every fabric they offer available for you to look at and feel, so it is important to know how to communicate your fabric needs with the proper terminology.

Finding the Right Fabric for Your Design – What are You Making?

Fashion Design, Industry Basics

It’s time to take that design from paper (or your head) to fabric, but the question is, what fabric? We’re going to talk about how to determine the right fabric for your design, how to describe it like a professional, and how to go about sourcing it.

Why Your Fashion Illustrations Won’t Help You Get Your Product Made

Industry Basics, Product Development, Tech Design

While illustrations like these can be great for presentation boards, social media, or to impress friends and family, they won’t help you with development or production. When it comes to development, the focus needs to be on the details and not just on the overall look and idea.

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