SF Fashion LaBs Workshop Series : Course 01 : So, You Want to Start (or Grow) your Own Fashion House.

Interested in starting a business in fashion? Have a talent and want to turn it into a successful enterprise? This is for you. The San Francisco Fashion and Merchants Alliance and Creative Startup Labs are teaming up to present a first-of-its-kind workshop series. Much more than a class, this is an engaging, interactive boot camp style course led by a professional instructor with deep experience in the industry. Not only will you learn valuable insight into the legal and business foundations that are needed to be successful in your career, you will have a chance to participate and gain both professional and peer-to-peer feedback about your own ideas. You will learn a valuable foundation that you can use yourself, build your network and gain access to the resources that will help turn your idea into a reality. This is a four-part workshop spread over 4 months in San Francisco. Take a look at the outline below and sign up today for any class you choose, or make a commitment to your project and save by enrolling in the entire course. Your future business is ready to start now.  RSVP To Attend @ http://bit.ly/2rHD1Qo .

SF Fashion LaBs Workshop Series - COURSE 01 : 
So, you want to start (or grow) your own fashion house.
a. Intro to CSL and SFFAMA
b. Background
c. Course overview
d. How to turn your talent into success, and what you will need in order to do it.
e. Don’t worry, you aren’t alone. There are resources out there. To effectively use them, you have to at least somewhat understand them.

FULL PKG: $100
Course 02 : Fashion Law 101. The foundation needed to build and protect your house.
Course 03 : Dealing with neighbors professionally. Treating your house like a business.
Course 04 : Getting ready for expansion. Turning your house into your castle takes help. How to get it and how some help is different than others.

Instructor :
CSL founder Brad Carrick has been practicing for over 12 years with a JD from Harvard Law School and an MBA from IE Business School in Spain. He is also the founder of the award-winning fashion-tech brand SOLZ, Inc. and editor of the online magazine Fashion InJunction. He has a passion for bringing creative ideas to life – and helping artists and entrepreneurs turn their talents into success by starting and growing their businesses.

Educational Partner:
Creative Startup Labs is a full-service agency dedicated to helping talented entrepreneurs start and grow their businesses. Whether you need brand development, legal services, business plan preparation, creative financing, strategic consulting or product incubation, CSL can probably help. CSL founder Brad Carrick has been practicing for over 12 years with a JD from Harvard Law School and an MBA from IE Business School in Spain. He is also the founder of the award-winning fashion-tech brand SOLZ, Inc. and editor of the online magazine Fashion InJunction. He has a passion for bringing creative ideas to life – and helping artists and entrepreneurs turn their talents into success by starting and growing their businesses.

How To Launch Your Fashion Line - From Design Through Production

TEG International event series : How To Launch Your Fashion Line - From Design Through Production > RSVP @ http://bit.ly/2iUcGd2

Join the TEG team [http://www.tegintl.com/] in their Market Street studio, for an informational seminar on how to Launch Your Line: From Design Through Production. Learn the steps of the process from the TEG team, who have together launched over 750 clothing lines, who will be on hand to share their insights and tips to save you time and money. Meet other emerging designers and have your questions on the process answered, while enjoying an afternoon in TEG's picturesque San Francisco studio.

Event Series Overview:

TEG International announces its “Launch Your Line” Workshop Series in San Francisco. In an effort to educate and inspire independent designers and fashion entrepreneurs, TEG is rolling out the monthly instructional and event series to showcase our development and small volume production processes. The series will span five months and offer sessions that focus on everything from launching your clothing line to industry mixers and client showcases.

Each two-hour workshop will feature an informational session by Founder, Jennifer Evans, and members of the TEG team, showing guests how to take an idea from inception to end product. In addition, industry mixers and client showcases will spotlight guest TEG designers who will be featured with their work and collections. The series will then conclude in May with the TEG Pop-Up showcasing collections from TEG Alumni and finds from TEG Voyage travels.

Fashion Business Series / Session 5 : Legal & Small Business

Fashion Business Series presented by: San Francisco Fashion And Merchants Alliance, Inc. [SFFAMA]. This essential workshop is for individuals, students and professionals looking to start or expand their business in the local San Francisco fashion industry and to learn from companies offering business services that are invaluable to success as a fashion entrepreneur. Perfect networking opportunity for fashion startups, fashion designers, students, retailers, entrepreneurs, boutique and business owners. Connect with other professionals in the San Francisco fashion industry. RSVP HERE! 

Fashion Business Series - Local SF Fashion Industry Resources & Fashion Founders’ Panel “Why SF?”

FASHION BUSINESS SERIES. SF Resources for the Local Fashion Industry and Fashion Founders’ Panel “Why SF?” If you can make it in New York, you can make it anywhere. But why make it in New York when you can make it in San Francisco? This special presentation will seek to answer that question by moderating a panel of prominent San Francisco based fashion founders who will tell you why they founded their companies in the city by the bay. RSVP HERE!

#WearTechCon 2014

@owengeronimo audience #WearTechCon Design of #WearableTech #WearableTechnology #SFDW #SFDW14

Trend Union Fashion & Lifestyle F/W 2014-15 Trend Presentation

Colors, Fabrics, Patterns, Silhouettes, Fashion & Styles for Fall/Winter 2014-15. with Emmanuelle Linard from EDELKOORT Inc.

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Emmanuelle Linard joined Lidewij Edelkoort in Paris in July 1989 to work at the Trend Union production department. Emmanuelle established herself in New York in 1999 to start up the Edelkoort Inc corporation with Lidewij.

Emmanuelle started her career with the Trend Union European office where she headed the production department for 10 years. Partner and executive director Emmanuelle Linard has distilled her mentor’s style of observing the world around her, studying the links between fashion, art, design, and culture to discern consumers attitudes and describe the analytical trend process. An engaging speaker, Emmanuelle travels to present Trend Union audiovisuals, the method of forecasting, and customized trend projects.

Identifying, decoding and communicating present and future attitudes, lifestyles, and economy trends are the company’s special focus.

The Edelkoort Group has developed a solid reputation in the forecasting arena based on the accuracy of its trend messages as well as on the creative, inspiring, and aesthetic quality of its publications and audiovisuals. The Edelkoort visual language of expressing these trends is unique as it speaks directly to viewers’ psyche and stimulates their creativity.

Emmanuelle has 15 years of experience of partnership with major U.S. and international companies in the industries of apparel & accessories, beauty, interiors, electronics, transportation, food, well-being, banks and other fields, using lifestyles to understand global trend cycles, and design to talk to consumers. Emmanuelle develops with the team identity and strategy studies for US-based brands eager to grow.

Comprehensive Course: Launch Your Line

In this comprehensive course, we’ll share the secrets and step-by-step tactics you need to take your brand from samples to stockists. From sourcing fabrics, working with contractors and agents, to planning your first tradeshow, this course effectively introduces you to what you need to know to successfully launch your fashion business. 

• How to source the right pattern maker
• How to find the right contractors for your brand
• The most accurate method to cost your designs for production and retail sales
• Our ‘Back Into’ technique — setting your wholesale prices with profits in mind
• Finding your sales rep who understands and champions your brand
• Finding the trade show that is the best fit for your business

Come with your ideas, ready to brainstorm! Start Date: January 23, 2014. For class info CLICK HERE. 

Retail Tech Forum: Consumer Innovation & Defining The Brand Experience

#RETAILTECHSummit Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship for the Future of Retail - happening now in San Francisco. The Next Big Thing. Once the conversation turns to the entirety of retail experience, the optimization of omni-channel and contextual marketing, and the technological promise of “anything-anywhere,” you have to go BIG. We’re turning the entire City of San Francisco into a Retail Incubator. RSVP HERE.

ImproveSF Design Jam : Rags to Revenue

Rags to Revenue: What local jobs and start-ups could we create from textiles now going to waste? An introduction to the Challenge to learn Last September, the City of San Francisco is inviting its citizens to participate in the “Rags to Revenue” Challenge to address the issues of waste and job creation. The ImproveSF Design Jam will kick-off the challenge with a two-part event where folks from the design, start-up, and social enterprise space come together to collaborate on innovative ideas to answer the challenge question from experts working on issues related to job creation in San Francisco.

San Francisco Fashion Industry: LOCAL RESOURCES [Fashion Business Series]

San Francisco Fashion Industry: LOCAL SERVICES… Fashion Business Series presented by: San Francisco Fashion And Merchants Alliance, Inc. [SFFAMA]. This essential workshop is for individuals, students and professionals looking to start or expand their business in the local San Francisco fashion industry and to learn from companies offering business services that are invaluable to success as a fashion entrepreneur. Perfect networking opportunity for fashion startups, fashion designers, students, retailers, entrepreneurs, boutique and business owners. Connect with other professionals in the San Francisco fashion industry… Free to students with current student ID, must present ID for free admission. Featuring: PeopleWearSF, Boon Road, The Wright Consultants and Storefront. Book/RSVP Here. 

San Francisco Fashion Industry: LOCAL RESOURCES [Fashion Business Series]

San Francisco Fashion Industry: LOCAL SERVICES… Fashion Business Series presented by: San Francisco Fashion And Merchants Alliance, Inc. [SFFAMA].

This essential workshop is for individuals, students and professionals looking to start or expand their business in the local San Francisco fashion industry and to learn from companies offering business services that are invaluable to success as a fashion entrepreneur. Perfect networking opportunity for fashion startups, fashion designers, students, retailers, entrepreneurs, boutique and business owners. Connect with other professionals in the San Francisco fashion industry. RSVP HERE!

Fashion Branding: Learn How to Describe Your Company {Ticketed Online Class}

Everybody gets nervous describing his or her ideas to other people. It gets even more difficult when you’re trying to sell a product or service. NEWSFLASH: Pitching doesn’t have to be complicated! In this class, you will learn how to apply simple storytelling techniques to create an incredibly compelling and succinct brand pitch.

Whether you own a brand, are interested in breaking into the fashion business,  freelance as a profession or on the side, or run a fashion based blog, you will undoubtedly be confronted with a situation in which you need to tell someone else EXACTLY what your brand or you stands for.  After taking this class you will be fully equipped to handle those instances like a pro. BOOK/ RSVP Here.

How To Participate in San Francisco Fashion Week © 2013 Workshop.

San Francisco Fashion and Merchants Alliance, Inc. (SFFAMA) is pleased to announce San Francisco Fashion Week ® 2013 : September 23-29, 2013. San Francisco Fashion Week ® 2013 will highlight the convergence of fashion and technology unique to the San Francisco fashion industry while showcasing emerging designers and student collections. See more photos HERE.

Design Your Own Clothing Line Q&A Event

Ever think to design your own clothing line? Come to a FREE Q&A event at The Factory by The Evans Group in San Francisco, and learn how we make the process as easy as 1,2,3.  With our development, production, and sales tools, we help you navigate the process clearly, responsibly, and affordably. Novice and experienced designers welcome! BOOK/ RSVP Here. 

Marketing Study Sponsoship by Stylet.ag

StyleT.ag launched an engagement platform for the web and the StyleTag mobile fashion app specifically for professional content users such as fashion designers [menswear/womenswear]. As part of the launch program, Stylet.ag sponsored local fashion designers, photographers and stylists to test their fashion app for 90 days. Each participant that completed the three month marketing study qualified for an honorarium in the amount of $1,500 in support to start their collections and fashion projects. See more photos from the workshop HERE. 

Building the Sewn Products Infrastructure in San Francisco

Janet Lee’s will discuss the challenges of ensuring that apparel and designcompanies of all sizes start, stay, grow and hire in San Francisco. She will cover the manufacturing sector, the increase in the number of apparel/accessory product design companies and how San Francisco brand helps locally manufactured products differentiate themselves in the marketplace. FashionSF, is a new economic development initiative focused on supporting the retention and growth of apparel manufacturers and fashion designers in San Francisco. BOOK/RSVP HERE.

Janet Lees played a lead role in launching SFMade and has been with the organization since its inception. As SFMade’s Senior Director, Janet oversees SFMade’s educational programming, the Local Retail/Brand platform, workforce programs, and the organization’s marketing communications strategy. Janet also oversees the City of San Francisco’s Fashion SF initiative. Janet has over 20 years of experience in small business, workforce, and economic development. Prior to SFMade, Janet served as Program Director at Renaissance Entrepreneurship Center, a position she held for over 10 years. Under Janet’s leadership the Renaissance Center became the first and only organization in the Bay Area to provide industry specific support to apparel entrepreneurs, expanded its footprint to operate in three Bay Area locations, and received numerous national awards for program innovation and excellence. 

Future of Fashion Gameference

We’ll form teams as we play a multi-level game … through which we’ll explore potential futures of fashion design and retail … while competing to develop future fashion lines, shopping experiences, and more!

Future of Fashion Gameference is not just for Fashion Designers. It benefits … Retail + Merchandising Pros E-Commerce + M-Commerce Trailblazers Entrepreneurs + Technology Innovators 3D Artists + Virtual-Fitting-Room Gurus Game Creators + User Experience Designers Robotics and Just-in-Time Manufacturing Inventors Anyone who loves Fashion and wants to shape the future! BOOK/RSVP Here.

Building the Sewn Products Infrastructure in San Francisco. Presented by Janet Lees, Senior Director of SFMade and Chair of Mayor Ed Lee's FashionSF Initiative.

Janet Lee’s of SFMADE will discuss the challenges of ensuring that apparel and designcompanies of all sizes start, stay, grow and hire in San Francisco. She will cover the manufacturing sector, the increase in the number of apparel/accessory product design companies and how San Francisco brand helps locally manufactured products differentiate themselves in the marketplace. FashionSF, is a new economic development initiative focused on supporting the retention and growth of apparel manufacturers and fashion designers in San Francisco. RSVP HERE!

#FASHIONTECHSF 07.19.12 Twitter Recap

@oboiko Welcome to our new @FashionTechRoom #fashiontechsf!

@GauriPendse Excited to hear the product presentations at #fashiontechsf

@SOLZshoes SOLZ puttin it down at #fashiontechsf !!!

@veeslavin at #fashiontechsf product presentations with @byuric. Quite a few interesting projects….

@karahugglestone Think big & take action! Go to experts in your field & ask them to be on your board. @atelierinvestors @fashiontech_sf #fashiontechsf

@HannaBoiko Enjoying #fashiontechsf event. Several amazing projects, including@RoundTeam!

@danegolden Enjoying the @fashiontech_sf meetup at Pigment #fashiontechsf

@SFMarketingGirl @RoundTeam - a free automatic retreat service of only relevant tweets for building communities. Very cool. @fashiontech_sf #fashiontechsf

@ArielSimoneMN Omg- learning about clothes folding robots and virtual fitting rooms <3 SF! #SFFAMA #fashiontechsf

@karahugglestone @UnpluggedGoods - Clever tech themed products for the plugged in lifestyle. @fashiontech_sf #fashiontechsf #startup

@karahugglestone @HipSwap - a mobile marketplace, sort of an EBay & Craigslist meets Pinterest. @fashiontech_sf #fashiontechsf #startup #fashion

@SFMarketingGirl @HipSwap - a mobile marketplace, sort of an EBay & Craigslist meets Pinterest. @fashiontech_sf #fashiontechsf #startup #fashion

@atelieradvisors Had fun talking to entrepreneurs about the ABCs of getting funded and the F word http://ow.ly/cn2RK  w/ @fashiontech_sf @hipswap @flipslip

@galrozov @fashiontech_sf (@ One Market Plaza w/ 3 others) 

@karahugglestone @owengeronimo @SFFAMA excellent 

@fashiontech_sf program! Especially enjoyed 

@RoundTeam @SFMarketingGirl @danegolden @AsyaDesigns 

@goodmillion @atelieradvisors @Fld4Me @journaccel 

@karahugglestone @ArielSimoneMN @atelieradvisors 

@HipSwap @fld4me @SOLZshoes #startup

It was very nice to meet you yesterday guys, thank you.

Follow @FashionTechRoom to stay in touch!

FASHION+TECHSF [ http://www.fashiontechsf.org/ ] is the longest running monthly workshop and event series in the San Francisco Bay Area focused synergistically on building, promoting and educating the vibrant community of fashion and technology entrepreneurs, designers, developers, bloggers, business professionals, students, investors and numerous enthusiastic companies, schools, groups and individuals who share our vision of a world-class fashion and technology industry that is innovative, disruptive and uniquely San Francisco. 

Our mission is to create educational, social and business opportunities for the fashion and technology industries. In the past two years, FASHION+TECHSF [ @fashiontech_sf ] has become the leading network for all things fashion and technology in the SF Bay Area.

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#FASHIONTECHSF: Product Presentations/ Workshop & Fashion/Tech Networking Event

FASHION+TECHSF [ @fashiontech_sf ]: Product Presentations [ Apps, B2B’s, Mobile, Creative Services, Startups, Non-Profits ] & Fashion/Tech Industry Networking in a workshop setting. Wine and sweets provided.

We connect fashion startups, app developers and retail entrepreneurs to human (early adopters) and capital resources. Find out what all the buzz is about in fashion and technology! Come learn about innovative new products and business models and the people behind them to accelerate your networking and business opportunities Present and promote your product. Get feedback. Get users. Get a fanbase. Get connected to an enthusiastic community of fashion professionals, entrepreneurs and resources.

• What: FASHION+TECHSF: Product Presentations (Startups, Apps, B2B’s, Mobile, Creative Services, Non-Profits) & Fashion/Tech Industry Networking
• When: July 19th, 2012, 5:30pm-8:45pm
• Where: Pigment Cosmetics, One Market #140, Studio 2, SF
• RSVP: $10 at Eventbrite: http://fashiontechsf071912.eventbrite.com/

SPECIAL PREVIEW:

WITHIN THE FOUR WALLS

• WITHIN THE FOUR WALLS: A film capturing the perspectives of the traditional and modern women in a time of dramatic change in Nepal.

PRODUCT PRESENTATIONS BY:

1. Artilinki - http://www.artilinki.com/ @artilinki
2. Atelier Advisors - http://www.atelieradvisors.com/ @atelieradvisors
3. DrinkEntrepreneurs / http://aperoentrepreneurs.com/
4. Fold for Me / http://angel.co/fold4me @fld4me
5. Goodwillion / http://www.goodwillion.com/ @Goodwillionru
6. Google+ / http://www.google.com/+/learnmore/hangouts/
7. Hipswap / http://www.hipswap.com/ @HipSwap
8. 1-Page Job Proposal / http://www.1-page.com/ @1pageproposal
9. Round Team / http://roundteam.co/ @RoundTeam
   
10. Stewart Kellar (E-ttorney) / http://www.ettorneyatlaw.com/ @ettorneyatlaw
11. Unplugged Goods / http://www.unpluggedgoods.com/ @UnpluggedGoods
12. Within The Four Walls /  http://www.withinthefourwalls.com/ @WanderWolf_com

GIVEAWAYS / SPONSORED BY:

HipSwap, Pigment Cosmetics, Solz, Sonarflow, Styleta.g, Wella

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