RISE APPAREL DEVELOPMENT

When I put up the last blog post on March 2 on the way to LA for the textile show, I did not expect I'd be writing one like this just a couple of weeks later...

One of our newest clients recently asked, “What have you seen that has not worked for other brands you’ve developed original product for?”. There are so many...

Can't make it to the LA Textile show? I'll be there this March. While I don't usually offer à la carte fabric sourcing, I will be this time

Do you have any clothing or textile products that are not fit to give to Goodwill or another charity once you're done using them? Please do not throw them in...

In the Fall of 2018, Alex & Natalie had an idea for a brand of better apparel for medical professionals and set forth to bring it to life.

In April, I volunteered to be a mentor to someone in the apparel industry through my local Fashion Group International chapter here in Seattle. This year was...

While there are several ways to go about launching your own apparel brand, such as printing on or altering existing blanks, you may have something more custo...

These pics are from two different South American factories that have a 3000 piece per style MOQ (minimum order quantity). The set-up is vertical manufacturin...

Pantone is the color standard for many product-based industries, ranging from plastics to ceramics to paper to textiles. The fashion industry specifically us...

I always ask people what they want their retail price to be and the answer is usually something along the lines of "Can't you tell me?" or "I'll decide that ...

Six years ago on April 24th marks the most tragic accident in the history of the apparel industry. The workers at the Rana Plaza in Dhaka Bangladesh noticed ...

Since greenwashing (being misleading about sustainability) is sadly a thing now, let's all be aware of the terms around sustainable fashion and what this rea...

I googled 'triangle of truth' to find a good graphic to share here. I came across this version on MikeToonStudio.com and preferred the circles and colors to ...

The cost of starting a line will probably come as a surprise to anyone who hasn’t worked in the fashion industry. Many people I meet with think that you go t...

Happy Monday everyone! I'm getting caught back up from visiting almost 10 different manufacturers, moving a client's product into sampling at a factory, and ...

This past week, I was working at a local coffee shop with one of my clients who was a bit overwhelmed and needed to work through some cost and supply chain i...

There are lots of different terms you'll hear for price point category when working on clothing. I was about to write this list out myself and had a quick go...

I wrote a post while back for Maker's Row about lab dips - https://www.developapparel.com/post/it-s-lab-dip-time The process of lab dipping fabrics and trims...

On October 22 of this year, I began my first ever online college course for Sustainability. Back in the day when I was in school for my BFA, online courses d...

There seems to be a bit of misinformation out there in the world that somehow cotton is good because it's natural and synthetics are bad. It's not quite that...