Monthly Archives: November 2013

Punch above your weight, but be ready to duck and recover: Lessons applied to fashion of life # 4

By |November 19th, 2013|

Have you ever oversold your capabilities on something? Promised an employer that you were capable of achieving a task without ever having done it? Or invited your family over for Christmas without ever opening a cookbook? Yes! Of course you have, everyone has at some point in their life…Overselling your […]

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Inside the industry tips #4: Factories

By |November 14th, 2013|

Factories:

Without factories the world would have no ‘stuff’, it really is a simple as that; we would have no clothes, no toys, no cars and no books. Referring to themselves as factories, manufacturers, vendors or sources, they are all technically the same entity: they all produce items that are sold […]

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Have the sweetener ready: Lessons applied to fashion or life # 3

By |November 7th, 2013|

In every company that I have worked in there has been a situation which needed, what I call a  ‘sweetener’ for when things get stressful. For me, in fashion, it can be a physical item (a garment, fabric swatch or even button), which immediately changes the mood from heavy to […]

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