Date:18,25 & 30 July 2024
Time: 11:00 – 12:30
Cost: Free

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Fashion Framework 1:This explains, step by step, the process you will go through in getting your first clothing range from concept through to production and ready to sell to your ideal clients. It will cover key industry terms and walk you through the importance of, and how to plan your first clothing range. Finally, it covers how to create an accurate garment costing, providing you with a usable spreadsheet to use yourself at the end of the session.

Fashion Framework 2:Guides you through fabrics, what fabrics to use for which garments, and the dangers of buying fabrics from a retail store. This supplies a list of fabric wholesalers in South Africa and a link to other industry resources. It guides you through what to look for when purchasing fabrics, and things to be careful or aware of. This module also covers how to approach getting patterns made and finding the right CMT to do your samples and production; as well as provides examples of spec sheets and tech packs that should be given to your CMT for production. Finally, we explore quality checking, sampling, and the garment development process.

Fashion Framework 3:This webinar explains pattern grading, garment labels, wash care labels, and how to start preparing for production. We will walk you through delivering everything to your CMT and the best practices in working with them. A vitally important part of your process is the collection and final quality check that you need to perform. This module gives you a guideline on doing this, and we round things up with a section on photographing your garments and the importance of visual merchandi .

About the facilitator:

Rose dreamed of being a couture fashion designer from a young age, so it was an easy choice for her to study Fashion design at the Cape Town College of Fashion Design after school. She excelled in her studies and started her first fashion business with a friend intending to sell ladies' semi-formal dresses.

In the year spent on this endeavour, she learned a lot of hard lessons and gained invaluable experience before choosing to let it go to work for Michelle Harper as her assistant designer. There she learned more about how a small fashion business worked, before going on to become the buyer, merchandiser, and manager of a chain of fashion retail stores. Finally, in 2010 she struck out on her own to start Molteno Creations full time. In the past 11 years, the business has grown to have a fine reputation in South Africa and stocks a few boutiques in the UK after having participated in UK Bridal Fashion Week. The business continues to grow and intends to widen its footprint into the UK and Europe.