Brooklyn
Fashion Week has venues for indie designers who wish to have a retail
venue and be part of Vogue Fashion Night Out Septtember 10th
Walk with your questions so we can ensure you are ready!
We're also starting Prep for our Brooklyn Fashion WeeK Event!
August 2nd- Yes it is THIS MONDAY... but we become more and more aware of how much help designers need
We need to have press packages ready fro distribution by Mid August!
The Last Quarter is one of the most important for designers (and retailers)
We are looking for designers ( who can be in NY for dates) interested in selling to trade as well as Direct to Consumer
Please bring
* Sample of your garment, Line sheet * List of store in NY area You wish to sell to * List of Press Departments :- Magazines, web, Mobile, trade you'd like to be featured in! * Your Press collateral as well as your Sales collateral for review * Don't have any walk with pen paper or Laptop and come prepared to get the ball rolling!
Presentation & Discussion on Production, Funding and delivery options with professionals in the field!!
Special guest Dorothy Williams on preparing Spec Package development:- Spec packages include: technical sketch (front/back of garment), fabric/trim details, construction page, trim page, grading. ( plus size, petite and missy grading.)
Many local designers are independent businesses struggling to
stay alive in one of the most prolific design scenes in The world,
specifically New York ! For many it is the Mecca of Fashion, surviving
and standing out even in Brooklyn has become a challenge for the most
market savvy! Enter Demarketplace a local art project that explored the concept of a Virtual network!
As such small independent designers can collaborate and leverage their
numbers for better deals for corporations!
Streets Of New York 411 is one such corporate entity that has stepped up and is sponsorship BROOKLYN FASHION WEEK and it's BKSTYLIST!™ program! This allows designers to have a presence in city wide events such as Internet weekNy and EarthDay Celebration! Activities that would previously fall previously outside their budgets!
Williamsburg Fashion Weekend continues to show the work of designers that have their fingers on the hip and now, with a nod to the past and wide-open eyes on the future. In this, our third season, we've assembled a group of eight Brooklyn-based designers who make one-of-a- kind or small-run collections, with an emphasis on fair-trade, eco- friendliness, and artisan techniques that
celebrate the handmade and the visionary. for the The Designers:
