How many designs are in a collection

Developing your designs for a new collection involves 3 main components. When starting a collection, new designers need to consider their color story, design functionality, technical package, and garment patterns. Generating a color story is very important.

Your scheme could be monochromatic or complimentary, but no matter what story you choose, they must go well together. Some designers select an image, or series of images, to display their color story. Others use forecasting services which offer a variety of different color swatches, silhouette, and textile forecasts.

Once you select your first color story, you are able to utilize Pantone to develop color standards. Pantone functions as both a trend and color forecasting site. They are also the industry standard for identifying colors. Each color swatch is labeled and categorized with numbers and letters, allowing you to easily find the true color. Customer satisfaction and functionality plays a big role in designing a garment.

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Ralph How to creating a cohesive collection? Thank you for your time. You mention that dresses are more of an item.

But I was thinking of starting out as a small line of dresses , am I shooting myself in the foot? Are dresses not as desirable to buyers do to the merchandising issue? Thank you so much! Your blog and videos are so incredibly helpful! I was just wondering about stock. If so, how many of each design do we make and in which sizes? I would think selling 10 or 12 designs as your first set would spread the quantity per design pretty thin and decrease profit margin.

With the limited capital most start-ups have, I think selling a smaller collection of 1,2, or 3 items would give you more wiggle room to increase your quantities per design and give you the added effect most manufacturers give you of decreased cost the more you order. How do you attract attention to your brand, while not being overwhelmed by too many products. Let me know what happens!

Hi Jane. I am in the proses of starting my fashion collection. I was so lost on how many pieces I would need to start a collection. Your article was so helpful. So I was wandering if you could give me insights on how to go about production and sales of my 1st collection. Hello I am launching my first line in the next few months, i have already chosen my fabric and around 20 designs. Hi Selam, If you are selling wholesale to retail stores then your samples can be in one size.

If you are selling direct-to-consumer, you could sell pre-order from samples can be hard to do but not impossible or you would need stock inventory of different sizes people can try on and buy immediately.

Does that answer your question? Is it weird to sell just nice dresses and swimsuits together if those are my favorite designs for a collection? I like your plan to do 10 styles per season. This will put you in a much better position for season 2! Thank you for this post.

I am starting my own bespoke dress collection. However initially I finalised 5 different designs, only one having a selection of colours. Please help? Is this quantity too small? What would you recommend? Thank you. How many people are you planning to invite to each one, and what percentage do you expect to buy? What do you believe the average sale would be?

For instance, offering your styles to your community at a discount before you place your order for inventory. That could give you an indication of what your sales will be.

As you can see, there are so many variables. As a general rule, I suggest ordering the minimum you need to order and then reordering as soon as you need to. If you feel you need more specific one-on-one help, you can book a One-Time Strategy Session.

Great Info! Then break it down from there. For instance, if you feel like you need 21 pieces to make a good showing, that could be seven styles and each comes in three different colors or prints. Maybe you only need 12 pieces to make a good showing. That could be six styles and each one comes in two colors.

I hope that helps. Thanks a lot! Hi, I currently run my own fashion label that does custom made clothing for men and women. I really need some advice on the quantities as I am planning to launch a collection every month. I have five product categories for womenswear ; dresses, pants, skirts, suits, tops and for menswear Shirts, pants ,blazers, suits.