How to manufacture sustainable clothing

Source My Garment- An Insider's Guide To Responsible Offshore Manufacturing

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The ultimate guide to manufacturing your clothing designs, from topstitch to bottom hem!

Every clothing designer longs to make their mark on the world of fashion. Turning your design vision into a manufacturing reality, however, can be a daunting prospect. When it comes to launching a fashion line, production is one of the most challenging processes, and your success in the apparel business depends on learning every facet of it. Executive manufacturing consultant Adila Cokar draws on her extensive experience to show you how to prepare for production, plan effectively, lower your costs, avoid potential manufacturing problems, design sustainably and more.

 
Fun, focused, and completely in-depth, Source My Garment is the ultimate step-by-step insider’s guide for entrepreneurs and fashion start-ups to build a thriving, prosperous, and sustainable design business.

Product Details: 480 pages, Size 6 by 9
ISBN:
Paperback:   978-1-9995579-2-8
Hardcover:   978-1-9995579-0-4

About the author:
Adila Cokar is the visionary behind SourceMyGarment.com, and a media-acclaimed, award-winning serial entrepreneur. She has over a decade of experience working closely with offshore factories, as well as partnering with and building social businesses within the fashion industry. Her expertise includes sustainable product development, offshore manufacturing processes, end-to-end management, and business strategy. She has been featured in Women's Wear Daily, Apparel Magazine, Sourcing Journal, The Epoch Times, Just-Style.com, and more.

Customer Reviews

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Lynda (Toronto, CA)
A foundational read for any new designer starting out

This book is so helpful for any new entrepreneur/designer that wants to understand how to approach the fashion industry as they try to develop and bring their product to market. Adila breaks down, clearly, the steps you need to take to bring a design to life and how to approach and communicate with manufacturers.

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Mannat (Toronto, CA)
LOVED IT!!!

The book is a great read, and helps you look at the fashion industry in a whole new way!
If you want to add more knowledge about how to start a business and move forward with it in a more sustainable manner, this is the book to read.
Really recommend it :)

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Samina
Great read!

Great read and lots of useful information about the fashion industry. If you are new to the industry, it gives very detailed information on how the process of garment manufacturing works and the glossary of terms at the back is super useful. The book gives you enough information to feel confident in moving forward with your designs. It also gives you a lot ideas to implement into creating a sustainable product as well as how to work with a garment factory so you can grow any fashion business.

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Aleem Arif
Loved it!

Excellent book on ! It explains the inside workings for a fashion designer on of how to manufacture clothes and source overseas. Lots of tips and first hand opinions and advice from the author. It takes you through the whole process and will give you a better perspective on how to navigate the fashion industry. It is extremely detailed, with all the steps and gave me insights into a variety of issues and how to avoid these problems. Definitely worth a read if you are trying to find your way on building a fashion business as well as how to thing about being responsible and sustainable.

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Lynda (Toronto, CA)
A foundational read for any new designer starting out

This book is so helpful for any new entrepreneur/designer that wants to understand how to approach the fashion industry as they try to develop and bring their product to market. Adila breaks down, clearly, the steps you need to take to bring a design to life and how to approach and communicate with manufacturers.

M
Mannat (Toronto, CA)
LOVED IT!!!

The book is a great read, and helps you look at the fashion industry in a whole new way!
If you want to add more knowledge about how to start a business and move forward with it in a more sustainable manner, this is the book to read.
Really recommend it :)

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Samina
Great read!

Great read and lots of useful information about the fashion industry. If you are new to the industry, it gives very detailed information on how the process of garment manufacturing works and the glossary of terms at the back is super useful. The book gives you enough information to feel confident in moving forward with your designs. It also gives you a lot ideas to implement into creating a sustainable product as well as how to work with a garment factory so you can grow any fashion business.

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Aleem Arif
Loved it!

Excellent book on ! It explains the inside workings for a fashion designer on of how to manufacture clothes and source overseas. Lots of tips and first hand opinions and advice from the author. It takes you through the whole process and will give you a better perspective on how to navigate the fashion industry. It is extremely detailed, with all the steps and gave me insights into a variety of issues and how to avoid these problems. Definitely worth a read if you are trying to find your way on building a fashion business as well as how to thing about being responsible and sustainable.