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Fashion Designers Get Paid: Build Your Fashion Career On Your Own Terms

This is a show for burnt-out fashion designers (and TDs, PDs, patternmakers, textile designer and beyond) who want more flexibility in their career while still doing work they love.

You’ll learn how to build a freelance fashion business, so you can do the work you love on your own terms. Freelancing in fashion is the only way to get freedom in your day (instead of being tied to a desk).

Whether you want to earn extra money on the side, fund your fashion brand, or replace your salary, the FDGP podcast will help you get there. Listen in for actionable tips and strategies to kickstart or grow your career as a freelance fashion designer, build your confidence, and create the life you want.

Hosted by $100k+ fashion freelancer Sew Heidi, the show features interviews and strategy sessions with successful freelance fashion designers from around the world who’ve ditched toxic fashion jobs and taken control of their own destinies. This is the only place to get REAL insights from REAL freelancers who have built REAL careers on their own terms. (Formerly the Successful Fashion Freelancer podcast.)

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Latest Episodes:

SFD109 How to Get Your Designs into Production with The Chicago Patternmaker Jun 22, 2020

Show notes

If you want to see your garments and accessories in the hands of more than just a few customers, you need to understand how to get your fashion designs into production. On this episode of the Successful Fashion Designer podcast, patternmaker and designer Xochil Herrera Scheer of The Chicago Patternmaker draws on over a decade of experience to share what she’s learned about factories, production, and bringing your designs to life!

For the complete show notes, including links to the resources mentioned, head over to Successful Fashion Designer!

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SFD108 How to Become a Senior Fashion Designer by Age 27 Jun 08, 2020

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Note: This episode was recorded several months ago, before the influx of major current events took over our collective awareness. While we know how seriously these issues are affecting the fashion industry and our individual listeners, we hope that you enjoy this break for a bit of normalcy.

From internship to senior designer by the time she was 27? Outdoor and motorcyle apparel designer Kelsey Runge did it, and in this episode of the SFD podcast, she shares exactly what she’s done to design her perfect career. She says she’s had a lot of luck, but it took a ton of work and smart moves to get her where she is today.

For the complete show notes, including links to the resources mentioned, head over to Successful Fashion Designer!

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SFD107 What to include in a freelance fashion designer contract May 25, 2020

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Do you really need a contract as a freelance fashion designer? What should your contract include? On this episode of the SFD Podcast, you’ll hear from small business attorney Andrea Sager on contracts, design ownership, payment disputes, and the best ways to protect yourself and your assets as a freelance fashion designer. For the complete show notes, head to Successful Fashion Designer!

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SFD106 How This Designer Launched a Bespoke Dress Brand (while in college) May 11, 2020

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Noemie Jouas is a self-taught designer who runs a bespoke dress brand that keeps her steadily busy with several clients a month. She describes her business as “a dream come true!” The incredible part? She’s still in college! Learn how she got started, where she finds her clients, and the one thing she says has made everything she’s accomplished possible.

For the complete show notes, including links to the resources mentioned, head over to Successful Fashion Designer!

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SFD105 How to Predict Fashion Trends (and work as a trend forecaster) Apr 27, 2020

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Note: This episode was recorded a few months ago, before the world got turned upside down. While we don't discuss how Covid-19 is affecting the industry, we hope you enjoy taking a break from the constant coverage for some fashion and normalcy.

Understanding trends is so important when you work in fashion. If you want your designs to stand out and capture your market, you can’t just know what’s big now; you have to know what’s going to be big next. That’s where trend forecasters like Wendy Bendoni come in.

From her two+ decades of experience in trend analysis and fashion marketing, including working at WGSN, Wendy shares why trends are the lifeblood of fashion, how trend forecasting has evolved over the past 20+ years, what to do if trend analysis sounds like work you want to pursue, and how as a designer you can sharpen your eye to spot what’s next in YOUR niche.

For the complete show notes, including links to the resources mentioned, head over to Successful Fashion Designer!

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SFD104 What Is a Fashion Tech Pack (and do you really need one)? Apr 13, 2020

Show notes

Note: This episode was recorded several months ago, before the Covid-19 pandemic took over all of our lives. While we know your world may be turned upside down right now, we hope you’ll enjoy a break from the 24/7 coverage of current events for a little bit of fashion talk and simple normalcy!

In this episode of the Successful Fashion Designer Podcast, you’ll hear from Belinda Jacobs of Tech Packs Co on what a tech pack REALLY needs, why they are SO important, and how you can be sure yours gets the job done RIGHT!

For the complete show notes, including links to the resources mentioned, head over to Successful Fashion Designer!

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SFD103 How to Make More Money as a Fashion Freelancer (than in a full-time job) Mar 30, 2020

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Freelance pattern maker and product development specialist Alison Hoenes left her full-time job after just 3½ years in the industry to pursue a freelance career. Since then, she has perfected her niche, gone from zero customers to a steady clientele, and she now makes more than her full-time job working just 40 mostly-remote hours per week! Want to know how she got from fashion school to a freelancing dream life in just 5 years? Listen to this episode of the Successful Fashion Designer podcast!

For the complete show notes, including links to the resources mentioned, head over to Successful Fashion Designer!

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SFD102 How to Copyright Your Fashion Designs and Protect Your Brand Mar 16, 2020

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How do you prevent your fashion designs from being stolen and safeguard your brand? And as a business owner, how do you legally protect yourself and your assets? On this episode of the SFD Podcast, you’ll hear from fashion industry attorney Andrea Sager on copyrights, trademarks, and other ways to be smart and protect your fashion designs, business name, and more.

For the complete show notes, including links to the resources mentioned, head over to Successful Fashion Designer!

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SFD101 How to Build a Sustainable Direct to Consumer Fashion Brand Mar 02, 2020

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When you’re launching a label, there are so many options and details that it can overwhelm even the most savvy designer. One of the questions you may be asking is, “Should I sell my fashion brand wholesale or direct-to-consumer?”

On this episode of the Successful Fashion Designer podcast, you’ll hear from Ellie Mae Waters, founder and creative director of slow fashion brand Ellie Mae Studios. Through trial and error, Ellie Mae found that direct-to-consumer, small-batch, slow fashion was the best model to get her designs into the hands of both celebrities like Mila Kunis and everyday women who want modern staples made to last a lifetime.

In the interview (which you’ll love), we will cover:

How Ellie Mae got started in fashion (even after she decided university wasn’t for her!);
The ways the fashion industry has broken her heart, and why she stuck it out;
The ups and downs of the first year of her brand;
How one person almost destroyed Ellie Mae Studios from within!;
The winding path she took to perfect her business model;
The creative and practical reasons she decided to shift away from wholesale;
Who’s on her team and how they share the workload;
Why Ellie Mae Studios uses unusual pricing for their pieces;
And more!

For the complete show notes, including links to the resources mentioned, head over to Successful Fashion Designer!

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SFD100 To Reach Your Goals in Fashion (and Life), Just Do ANYTHING Feb 17, 2020

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In this special episode, Heidi chats with her husband Marc about her journey in fashion. Heidi talks about the one thing that has contributed to her success more than anything else, and how you can do the same for yourself!

In this episode, Heidi and Marc talk about:

How the history of the SFD podcast mirror’s Heidi’s overall journey in fashion;
How Heidi broke into fashion with NO experience;
Her journey from that first step to the pinnacles of her career (so far!);
The most important factor Heidi credits with achieving her biggest goals;
Some of the “wrong” steps she took, and how they still played a role in her success;
How you can apply what she’s learned to your own career;
And more!

For the complete show notes, including links to the resources mentioned, head over to Successful Fashion Designer!

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