Sustainable, virtual 3D sampling
Here are a few flat sketches drawn in Illustrator for a client's tech pack in 2019, before they were colored in. Due to the shape of the...
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Jessica Sweeney
- Aug 11, 2020
- 2 min
Starting Out Sustainably
A lot of folks reach out to us because they want to create ethical and sustainable products. We have had three introductory calls in the...
Jessica Sweeney
- Jul 13, 2020
- 2 min
Case Study: How Little Neni launched their original brand
The founder of Little Neni, Y’Buena, first reached out for development services in the summer of 2019. She was 100% committed and ready...
Jessica Sweeney
- May 29, 2020
- 2 min
Now offering tech pack only services!
The moment you've all been waiting for... tech packs à la carte! What's a tech pack? Here's a short post I wrote up describing one -...
Jessica Sweeney
- Mar 2, 2020
- 2 min
How to make your product succeed
One of our newest clients recently asked, “What have you seen that has not worked for other brands you’ve developed original product...
Jessica Sweeney
- Jan 22, 2020
- 1 min
Do you need a fabric sourced?
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
Jessica Sweeney
- Nov 26, 2019
- 2 min
Case Study: How Poppy Scrubs went from concept to sales in 14 months
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.
Jessica Sweeney
- Sep 20, 2019
- 2 min
How to start a clothing line
While there are several ways to go about launching your own apparel brand, such as printing on or altering existing blanks, you may have...
Jessica Sweeney
- Aug 16, 2019
- 4 min
A large-scale factory tour
These pics are from two different South American factories that have a 3000 piece per style MOQ (minimum order quantity). The set-up is...
Jessica Sweeney
- Jun 28, 2019
- 2 min
How to match Pantone colors from on screen to fabric
2021 Update - Things have changed! Pantone now has something called 'Pantone Connect' that is a paid service. It's worth it if you work...
Jessica Sweeney
- May 24, 2019
- 2 min
Why you want to work backwards
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?"...
Jessica Sweeney
- Apr 22, 2019
- 6 min
15 Sustainable Fashion Terms
Since greenwashing (being misleading about sustainability) is sadly a thing now, let's all be aware of the terms around sustainable...
Jessica Sweeney
- Mar 25, 2019
- 2 min
How much does it cost to start a clothing line?
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...
Jessica Sweeney
- Mar 11, 2019
- 1 min
Sourcing in LA last week
Happy Monday everyone! I'm getting caught back up from visiting almost 10 different manufacturers, moving a client's product into...
Jessica Sweeney
- Feb 8, 2019
- 2 min
10 ways I can help make your product
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...
Jessica Sweeney
- Feb 1, 2019
- 3 min
Apparel price point categories & terms
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...
Jessica Sweeney
- Dec 19, 2018
- 1 min
Sample color matching
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...
Jessica Sweeney
- Nov 20, 2018
- 1 min
The life cycle of a t-shirt
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....
Jessica Sweeney
- Nov 5, 2018
- 2 min
Is your fabric knit or woven?
What is the difference and why does it matter? It helps to know the difference between knit and woven fabrics because they each have...
Jessica Sweeney
- Oct 8, 2018
- 2 min
Why it costs more to make less
More pieces of clothing cost less to make, and less pieces cost more. The lower the volume, the higher the price. For example, a...
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