In the Seattle Kraken store now!
This was a fun project I got to help with graphics on and do the tech design for last year. Stop by the Seattle Center Armory building on...
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Jessica Sweeney
Jul 111 min read
AI garment rendering
A great new service we offer can create realistic image rendering based on flat vector sketches using AI software. Now you can see a...
Jessica Sweeney
Jul 17, 20231 min read
Sourcing at Texworld and the Functional Fabric Fair in NYC
I'm here sourcing (touching all the fabrics!) at the Functional Fabric Fair and Texworld at the Javits Center in NYC. Please let me know...
Jessica Sweeney
Aug 11, 20203 min read
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, 20202 min read
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, 20202 min read
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, 20202 min read
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, 20201 min read
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, 20192 min read
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, 20192 min read
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, 20194 min read
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, 20192 min read
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, 20192 min read
Why it's best to work backwards
I always ask people what they want their retail price to be when developing new product and the answer is usually something along the...
Jessica Sweeney
Apr 22, 20196 min read
15 Sustainable Fashion Terms
Since greenwashing (being misleading about sustainability) is sadly a thing now, I wanted to share the terms around sustainable fashion...
Jessica Sweeney
Mar 25, 20192 min read
How much does it cost to start a clothing line?
The cost of starting a line might come as a surprise to anyone who hasn’t worked in the fashion industry. Many people I meet with think...
Jessica Sweeney
Mar 11, 20191 min read
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, 20192 min read
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, 20193 min read
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, 20182 min read
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, 20181 min read
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....
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