This weeks guest on The Commerce Club podcast is Ciara - she is an all round fabric whizz and joins me today to chat about sourcing fabrics for your small product business.
If you are starting a fashion brand it is highly likely you will need to source yourself some kind of fabric for your product, and this can feel like a minefield if this is something you have no experience in - and it’s likely that as a new business founder bringing your idea to life you’ve probably never done this before and it can feel super overwhelming.
Ciara has been working in the fabric sourcing industry for many years, she studied textile design, and has held fabric sourcing positions at UK high street giants including River Island & Coast and now runs her own fabric agency where she represents 8 fabric mills all over the world.
In this episode Ciara talks us through the fabric sourcing process, how to avoid hefty fabric MOQs and the common mistakes people make when they are sourcing their fabrics.
Ciara is also hosting some fabric sourcing and sustainability workshops in January 2023 - so keep a look out for these!
You can connect with Ciara here: https://www.ciarajenningstextiles.com/ and on instagram @ciara_jen_tex
If you enjoy this episode please don’t forget to show me your support by subscribing, downloading and liking 🙂
If you'd like to feature on the podcast as a guest feel free to drop me an email with an outline of what you think you can talk about to sophie@byrcollective.com
You can follow me & DM me on instagram @byrcollective
If you're ready to start working on building or scaling your business check out my courses & my 1-1 services below..
This weeks guest on The Commerce Club podcast is Ciara - she is an all round fabric whizz and joins me today to chat about sourcing fabrics for your small product business.
If you are starting a fashion brand it is highly likely you will need to source yourself some kind of fabric for your product, and this can feel like a minefield if this is something you have no experience in - and it’s likely that as a new business founder bringing your idea to life you’ve probably never done this before and it can feel super overwhelming.
Ciara has been working in the fabric sourcing industry for many years, she studied textile design, and has held fabric sourcing positions at UK high street giants including River Island & Coast and now runs her own fabric agency where she represents 8 fabric mills all over the world.
In this episode Ciara talks us through the fabric sourcing process, how to avoid hefty fabric MOQs and the common mistakes people make when they are sourcing their fabrics.
Ciara is also hosting some fabric sourcing and sustainability workshops in January 2023 - so keep a look out for these!
You can connect with Ciara here: https://www.ciarajenningstextiles.com/ and on instagram @ciara_jen_tex
If you enjoy this episode please don’t forget to show me your support by subscribing, downloading and liking 🙂
If you'd like to feature on the podcast as a guest feel free to drop me an email with an outline of what you think you can talk about to sophie@byrcollective.com
You can follow me & DM me on instagram @byrcollective
If you're ready to start working on building or scaling your business check out my courses & my 1-1 services below..