I neglected to mention that Mr. F-I is also contributing to the trip reports. However, I’m responsible for any oversights because he’s not seeing them until they’re published. The other thing specific to this entry is that my photos of the mentioned places went *poof* so any photos are lifted from the sites I linked to (apologies all around).…
So. We are back from our week away in Colombia! Mr Fashion-Incubator and I went there for the Colombiatex trade show and stayed additional days to get to know the country a little better. Accordingly, this first entry will tell you about the trip, where we stayed and what we did in the event you plan to go yourself.…
The cut to the chase answer to the question of where and how do you start a design business depends on your goals.
But first, this needs to be tied into last week’s entry What kind of designer are you?…
Can a designer teach her/himself needed skills? If so, how? This was an interesting question posed on the forum today; it speaks to the subject of what kind of designer you are (I started writing this a couple of years ago but never published it).…
This is a brief follow up to the earlier post as folks left useful suggestions that deserve more exposure.
In reference to my quest for solutions in better tracking of prototypes, muslins and samples, Lorraine suggested:
Regarding marking mock-ups–we sew in either a blank care label or will make a label cut from interfacing.
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