Fashion Design Manufacturing Opportunity
Meeting at Fashion Denver
1070 Bannock Street
Suite 150
June 18th, 2013 6:30pm-8:30pm
One of the obstacles that many Colorado designers face, is manufacturing. When we heard about this opportunity for local designers to actually get their designs manufactured, we wanted to reach out to as many designers as we can to get feedback on this service that will be launching soon.
Attention Fashion Designers:
Getting cut-and-sew apparel manufactured, sold, and fulfilled typically requires huge investments of both time and money. Jed Seigle and Char Genevier are starting a company that makes that process much easier, and are looking for designers to help them test the new service before they release it into the wild.
Using their service, you’ll be able to create unique clothing lines based on a large selection of body styles, fabrics, and additional color, trim, and embellishment options. Jed and Char are looking to bridge the gap between the traditional limited off-the-shelf domestic options and sky-is-the-limit-but-man-is-it-complicated overseas cut-and-sew by providing a wide range of thoughtful starting points, layering on a great deal of additional tweaks, and then leveraging their many years of production experience, relationships, and infrastructure on your behalf.
Finished designs will be published on their site for you to promote and crowd-fund. You will have full visibility of the wholesale price and will be able to set your own retail price. Designs that meet the low minimums through crowd-funding are put into production at their manufacturing partner (with much shorter lead times than normal), and then shipped and fulfilled by them. Once your product ships, you’ll be sent the full difference between the wholesale price and the retail price you set.
Jed and Char need a group of designers willing to give them guidance and feedback, and help shape their new offering by being one of their early users. If you want to hear more about their company, please join them for a short meet and greet on June 18h at 6:30pm at the Fashion Denver headquarters.
Light snacks and beverages provided.