In this series, you’ll learn how to take your sewn product idea through the entire development and manufacturing process.
A Manufacturing Bootcamp For Apparel Entrepreneurs
In this series, you’ll learn how to take your sewn product idea through the entire development and manufacturing process. Learn about tech packs, flats, specs, costing, sample making, patterns, seam types, sourcing, grading, marking, production cutting, production sewing, labeling, licenses, production management, QC, timeline, sustainability, and advanced technology in apparel manufacturing.
About
FABRIC is a fashion incubator, business accelerator, design studio, academy, and manufacturer that is sustainably disrupting, redefining and reshoring the fashion industry for the modern apparel entrepreneur.
Almost any type of sewn product can be made at FABRIC, and hundreds of apparel entrepreneurs have found everything they need to start their business, make their product, and grow their brand.
FABRIC’s award-winning concept and robust offerings are unique to the country, and are only made possible by an innovative approach, using state-of-the-art technology.
We created a revolutionary "road map" that guides you through the steps so you don't have to have any industry experience. It's like having your very own digital Production Manager, QC Manager, and Business Coach. Our road map guides and prompts you through each step necessary to make a sewn product and get it to market. We also provide you with the tools, resources, expertise, and guidance needed along the way.
This empowering, education-based, hands-on approach saves you thousands of dollars and helps you avoid many of the issues and obstacles common to overseas manufacturing. Through this proprietary model, FABRIC is leading the way in making re-shoring manufacturing a sustainable solution for a modern problem.
The internet provides an opportunity for entrepreneurs to sell niche products direct to consumer. Most large apparel brands are not filling a niche because they are targeting the masses so their offerings are generic. Finding a unique product or one that is out of the normal size/height range is a challenge for consumers.
FABRIC helps apparel entrepreneurs fill a void in the market. Its where a brand owner can come to find all of the resources they need at any stage of their business. No experience necessary.
The problem is that the apparel manufacturing industry is set up for larger brands who have large budgets and make large quantities in overseas factories. Unrealistic consumer price expectations force these brands to over-produce overseas, using unsustainable methods, and questionable labor practices.
This traditional apparel manufacturing process is flawed and isn’t set up to meet the needs of modern apparel entrepreneurs who want to make smaller quantities of niche sewn products domestically. So most new apparel entrepreneurs struggle to overcome these obstacles:
High minimums (MOQ’s) required.
Large capital investment needed.
Requires a full-time, knowledgeable and experienced team who understand technical design, sourcing, production management, and quality control.
High probability of damages and unusable inventory due to lack of understanding of the brand’s role and responsibilities in Quality Control.
Physical proximity of resources. Lack of local resources. Most domestic resources are in LA or NY. Majority of factories are overseas. Overseas manufacturing comes with…
Language barrier
Long lead times of shipping and customs
High tariffs on imports
Loss of intellectual property
Lack of communication
Lack of quality control
Unsustainable practices that have made the fashion industry one of the most polluting industries on the planet
Unfair labor practices
So, to solve the problem, we decided to create a place that provides no-minimum manufacturing and step-by-step guidance through the hurdles of manufacturing to apparel entrepreneurs who may not have production experience.
FABRIC is a sustainable, domestic resource that offers everything under one roof using the latest technology and a revolutionary "road map" tool that democratizes this complex industry for new entrepreneurs. The road map puts control, ownership, responsibility, and creativity back into the hands of the brand owner, and it saves the brand owner thousands of dollars and simultaneously enables FABRIC to offer no-minimum manufacturing.
FABRIC was created for the modern apparel entrepreneur. No prior experience is necessary. Almost any sewn product is possible.
You will learn how to draw the fashion figure; understand fabrics and how they are drawn; terminology of garment details; culminating in the creation of a mini fashion illustration presentation, including a mood board with fashion illustrations and fabric swatches.
Learn what it takes to start your own Apparel Business and get the skills required to build a business plan, understand the nuance of working with buyers, customers and suppliers.
Create a simple garment while learning how to select and work with woven fabrics, how to read and understand a pattern, your correct size, and techniques to construct a basic skirt. Three versions including wrap, button front or zipper in back.
This beginner pattern making class is intended for both home stitchers and fashion design students. You have design ideas, but don’t know where to start in making them a reality.
Our afterschool and school day programs use fashion as a means to introduce children (ages 7–13) to low-tech, hands-on activities using fiber and fabric to develop creative expression that supports student authenticity and self-awareness.
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