What do you mean by Information flow?
The creation, design, development and production of a collection involve the generation, sharing and distribution of a huge amount of information. The information flow from the start of the development process to the end of production is a crucial element for the successful internal […]
Fabric: What’s the big deal?
Without fabric there would be no garment. You could have the best design in the world, but without fabric it can’t be realized. Making a judgment call on which fabrics to use and for which garment is a skill, and it is one that can be […]
I have travelled a lot for my job over the past 20 years: Hong Kong, China, Italy, France, Spain, and the US. But the trip that stands out most in my mind, and the one which, I will use for this particular lesson, is my trip to India eight years […]
Selling clothes in the season that people want to buy them is one of the THE most logical ideas that could ever be devised but sadly it is something that only a handful of designers are doing these days.
Tara St James of StudyNY released her Anti_fashion calendar earlier this year […]
2 years ago I wrote a book. I had an idea, I said I was going to write it and I wrote it. Here are the whats, whys and hows of the process.
The book, Blue is the New Black, is a fashion industry book which is a guide to developing […]
Myself, the fella and the dog are moving to San Francisco in a couple of months and as a result I am joining all kinds of networking groups related to the fashion industry. One in particular Fashiontechsf is looking promising for social and business gatherings (but more of the later).
This […]
November 2011? Seriously? I am a little embarrassed to be honest to have left Fashion Sausage for over a year without so much as a peep from my keyboard.But then I have been a little preoccupied with a book, 2 weddings and 2 high profile consultancy projects.Still no excuse?, Ok – you’re […]
Staying small as a fashion label is not a bad thing, sometimes it has its advantages. Maria Cornejo has been in business since the 80’s and her business, now, based in the US is a small label which is happy being small and independent.
“It’s important for me, for my own […]