March 16, 2008
Fashion Internships :: startaclothingline.com
How many of you designer hopefuls have banged your head against the wall, asking, "where do I even start?" Fashion-Fox has recently stumbled across startingaclothingline.com - a website designed to help you do exactly what the name implies: start a clothing line.
While we have not done a test-drive with the software this website promotes, we do like the fact that they offer a variety of packages to suit just about every price range. And the 3 manuals published by Harper Arrington claim to contain the best insider information on the fashion industry.
Harper Arrington Publishing’s Fashion Publications Segment was started in 2004 to help bring guidance to individuals who wanted to start their own fashion lines. 
Their packages contain step-by-step guides to getting your designs in front of industry professionals, templates to help assist you in your designs, and books about the realities of having your own line.
Now, for a bit of my personal opinion from a marketing standpoint. The information that their website gives is good, and they have a great list of clients that they work with. However, their website is overwhelming and difficult to fully navigate. Many different colors and sizes of fonts made me dizzy.
For a group that knows lots about fashion and making a great impression, they really need to reasses their web presentation. If you can get past that, this software and step-by-step book set may be well worth the money. Plus, it comes with a money back guarantee.
If any of our faithful readers out there have used this software in the past, WE'D LOVE TO HEAR YOUR OPINION!!
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Comments on Fashion Internships :: startaclothingline.com »
People who use the software are viewed derisively among service providers. Many qualifiers are needed to render a pattern. As the templates are form fitting, much back and forth is needed to quantify the differences btwn the sketch vs the desired result. B/W flats are still the preferred norm for accuracy. Likewise, the similarity of the bodies across designers leaves the same impression of using a standard Word document format, namely a template. This says the exact opposite of creativity :). Lastly, if a designer lacks the means to express themselves (or to pay an illustrator), vendors question how the designer has the means to pay them too.
There is no money back guarantee. Please read the terms and conditions on their site.