The Fashion Business Center - A course on the financial aspects of running a clothing line plus clothing spec sheet templates, grading templates, line sheet templates

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Price: $100

System Requirements:

Microsoft Excel and Word - 97 or later. You can still watch the training videos without having Excel or Word on your computer. However, you will need those programs once you get ready to use the templates. You will need up to 500 MB on your hard drive if you choose to load the videos on your computer.

Why was this product created?

The Fashion Business Center was created to give fashion entrepreneurs the financial tools and training needed to successfully plan out a clothing line, execute spec sheets, catalogs, line sheets, tradeshows, style forecasting and much more.

The Fashion Business Center is the ultimate tool that fashion entrepreneurs have been waiting for. Your life as a new clothing line owner has just gotten easier. With our 3 Book Course and The Fashion Business Center - you will be well on your way! This tool will also come in handy while you are creating your business plan. This tool takes the guess work totally out the financial planning of getting your clothing line off the ground.

The Fashion Business Center CD

Contracts, Clothing Spec Sheet Templates, Order Sheets, Training + a Course on the financial aspects of running a clothing line that every fashion entrepreneur needs to know before going forward with a clothing line. This is one of the most revolutionary products ever created for fashion designers, ordinary people and fashion companies. The course / training inside of The Fashion Business Center will take you behind the scenes to show you exactly what things need to be done in order to run your fashion business successfully from a financial stand point.

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The Financial Course aspect of the Fashion Business Center CD was created because many designers think that starting a fashion business is lead by the creative side (designing) when in reality it is the numbers that dictate just how far you can go creatively. Many new lines fail because they don’t meet the challenge of cohesively managing creativity with sound financial principles. This product will teach just how to achieve that balance and greater equip your clothing line to achieve success. This tool could easily be the heart beat of your business. After you finish the course aspect of The Fashion Business Center CD you will come away with the following:

  • Just how much money you will need to start your clothing line
  • How many styles can you bring out on your budget
  • What are all of the factors that go into planning out your financial strategy when it comes to a clothing line.
  • How to create, work, and distribute spec sheets to manufacturers
  • How many stores you will need to make your line a success
  • Virtually every kind of fashion related document that you will need is here at your disposal
  • and much more!

This tool ties together what you learn in our 3 Book How to Start a Clothing Line Course and Digital Fashion Pro and gets you totally ready to succeed in the Fashion Industry! There is no other tool like The Fashion Business Center in the world! It is imperative that you have this fantastic tool.

-- Michael H., Harper Arrington Publishing

Over 3 1/2 hours of training videos and helpful tips!

+ All sorts of important templates, contracts, and much more!

Besides our 3 Book How to Start a Clothing Line Course, The Fashion Business Center Tool is one of the most important resources you will need when trying to start a clothing line.

Get a host of fashion documents / templates that you will need from spec sheets to line sheets, from order forms to a custom built income statement forecast templates specifically designed for the fashion entrepreneur and much more! You will even learn how to create databases for mass mailings! This is the business tool you have been waiting for!

Price: $100

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Garment Specifications Part I

Today, fashion means “ready-to-wear.” But this is a relatively new development in the history of apparel. Until the 20th century, clothing was nearly always tailored to the wearer. Women’s clothing was usually made by draping cloth directly on the woman’s body, pinning, cutting, basting (stitching), and, later, using this as a construction pattern. Similarly, today, designers will often make a ‘toile’, or prototype garment, in an inexpensive fabric such as unbleached cotton that can be fit on a dummy or model and altered.

Dummies come in both male and female body shapes and are sized according to standard garment sizes. However, it will be worth noting that sizes will vary from one clothing company to another, so that one designer’s size 11 may be equivalent to another company’s size 12. Consequently many designers now make the measurements for each size available so that customers are able to measure themselves and find their correct size. 

Once the designer is pleased with the garment design its measurements can be taken and sent to the manufacturer. Or the garment can be unstitched and separated into individual pattern pieces. In this case, each piece is laid flat and traced onto paper or card to make a permanent pattern. These are usually stored in large envelopes – one for each garment – with a ‘spec sheet’ attached to the outside, so that the designer can readily identify each garment.

Spec sheets will include a technical illustration of the flat garment, with garment specifications such as measurements, fabrics, trims, and buttons or zippers to be used, and which season or collection it was designed for. You can find clothing spec sheet templates, along with information on how to create and distribute these to manufacturers, on The Fashion Business Center CD here: http://www.startingaclothingline.com/html/the_fashion_business_center_cd.html.

When measuring a garment, make sure the buttons or zipper is closed. Lay it flat on your worktable and smooth out any creases or folds. Thin, stretchable fabrics can be laid on top of a large sheet of heavy cotton, so that it doesn’t slip or stretch during the process of measuring (usually with a plastic measuring tape). 

Measurements can be taken from different points on the garment, and some designers might include a ‘how to measure’ guide when they send the spec sheet to their manufacturer. However, a center front (denoted ‘CF’) and center back (‘CB’) will always be included in the technical details. These extend the length of the garment, vertically, at the center point (half way between the two sides, or center of the neck). Horizontal markers, such as the bust/chest and waist, will intersect with these.

If measuring a shirt, blouse, or jacket, etc., the chest/bust is measured from side to side, usually one inch below the armholes at the side seams. The waist is measured in the same way, except lower down at the narrowest point of the garment. On a skirt, dress, or pants, the hips are usually measured about eight inches below the waist. When measuring the armhole, the measuring tape is stood on its side so that it can be curved along the seam. Measure from the top, at the shoulder seam, down to the bottom, at the side seam. Record all the details on your spec sheet, and send it to the manufacturer.

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