An industry in transition. How advanced is the textile industry in reducing the carbon footprint while implementing ethical business practices?
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Fashion Unknown Fact | Non-Biodegradable Clothes Take 20 to 200 Years to Biodegrade
Non-biodegradable clothes are manufactured synthetic textiles including polyester, spandex, nylon, and rayon[*]. It may take between 20 to 200 years to fully biodegrade these textiles.
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Hemp Textiles, An Environmental Game Changer | EDGE Talks to Hemp Traders
The biggest challenge for hemp has been its legality. It has been illegal to grow for the last 80 years. Lawrence Serbin, President Hemp Traders Hemp, the cousin crop to marijuana, is a textile wonder that many consumers and industry professionals know little about. Although hemp has been around for thousands of years, today it is making head way as […]
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Fashion Unknown Fact – 85% Workforce Loss in U.S. Apparel Manufacturing
Did you know as late as 1990, the United States apparel manufacturing industry employed nearly 939,000 people? In 1931, the Garment District in New York was home to the highest concentration of clothing manufacturers in the world. But as manufacturing has moved overseas the sector has since lost more than 85 percent of its workforce […]
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Fashion Unknown Fact – The U.S. Fashion Industry Employs More Than 1.8 Million People
The fashion industry—including retailers, manufacturers, designers and wholesalers—employs more than 1.8 million people in the United States. It relies on workers in a wide range of occupations, including fashion designers, market research analysts, graphic design artists, computer systems developers, patternmakers, sewing machine operators, retail sales workers, wholesale buyers, accountants and business operations specialists.The U.S. fashion […]
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Fashion Unknown Fact – U.S. Apparel Manufacturing Runs a $76 Billion Trade Deficit
According to U.S. Congress JEC report, the U.S. apparel manufacturing industry currently runs a trade deficit. In 2014, U.S. apparel exports totaled roughly $6 billion, while imports were about $82 billion. Over one-third of U.S. apparel imports come from China (36 percent), with Vietnam (11 percent), Bangladesh (6 percent), Indonesia (6 percent), and Mexico (5 […]
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Designers Speak Out | Alternatives to Fashion Runway with Commercial Viability
In ten minutes the past few months of working on something is presented to the world. The show itself is over so fast, and for myself, I only see it on a playback video after it’s over. – Brendan M Combs, designer. With each show available for the viewing public, digitally, designers question where is the […]
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How Important is Sketching in Design?
Tapping into your audience/client at key points during the design process can save you a lot of disappointment of the ‘big reveal’ at the end. Consider this your focus group/feedback session. Sketches really help you “sell” your designs to the clients. – Icon Utopia Designers, the entire design process is of such meaning to your […]
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Fast & Cheap Fashion Consumption Leads to R.A.G.S.
Skip the landfill and discard your unwanted R.A.G.S. – Recycle Accessories Garments Shoes – responsibly. Americans discard more than 28 billion pounds of unwanted clothing, shoes, and other textiles. Charitable organizations and others collect roughly 15 percent of these items, while the remaining 85 percent — 24 billion pounds — end up in landfills. – […]
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Zero Waste Design Technique | Are You Part of the Conscious Design Movement?
A how-to guide from Redress and EcoChic Design Award.
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The Power of The Designer To Create Sustainable Change
Up to 80% of a garment’s environmental impact is decided in the design phase. Only a few designers and product developers realize their potential to create sustainable change through their decision. – Jonas Eder-Hansen, vice president & development director at the Danish Fashion Institute | Recycling International Designers should recognize that true innovation is best achieved by […]
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The Fashion Runway – Are the Costs Worth It? Designers Tell All!
Fashion shows have become a media spectator sport at a high cost of entry for the designer. Is the 10 – 20 minute catwalk worth the investment in exposing their work, but more importantly getting that order from buyers? Read what emerging designers think of fashion shows. A mixed blessing?
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Fashion Unknown Fact – How Big is Fashion Week Worldwide?
Did you know Wikipedia list over 75 countries that produce fashion events? Here’s a little context of how big the fashion show industry is:
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Exposing the Hidden Scam Within the Fashion Industry
FashionUnited brings you this insight into the fashion industry: A senior designer, sitting in a sunlit midtown office, knows her interview is going well. She can feel it. Her portfolio is appealing to the interviewers who have pored over it. She has talked them through the highlights of her resume. She seems to be saying […]
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Fashion Unknown Fact | What You Need to Know About Costume Design
A Quick Reference. . .
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Color! Have No Fear
In fashion, do we produce and consume too much of the color black? Do you know why black is used in the branding of Chanel, YSL, and Armani Exchange? How does the color spectrum affect consumer behavior?
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Fashion Unknown Fact – Fashion Week Designer Costs
Well established big brands can start at $100,000, which can include venue, models, styling, hair and makeup, production, public relations, and livestreaming. Pay to play celebrities are in addition.
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The ‘Un’ in Fashion
Become fearless in your design approach. Create fashion that is unexpected, unpredictable, and uncompromised.
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Fashion Week, A Call To Action. 13 ‘Must Consider’ Tips
Don’t let Fashion Week play you.
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Fashion Unknown Fact – Selling to Major Retailers, You Get Seven Cents on the Dollar
Selling to the “Majors” may not be all that profitable for certain brands.
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Fashion Unknown Fact – Where Are The Largest Numbers of Fashion Designers?
The states with the greatest number of fashion designers include: New York (7,190 fashion designers), California (5,750), Texas (500), New Jersey (340) and Massachusetts (270). The metropolitan areas with the largest numbers of fashion designers are New York City (7,030), Los Angeles (4,130), Santa Ana (520), San Diego (260) and Long Island (250).
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Why Walk in the Shoes of Your Consumer?
We don’t know what consumers don’t buy. We know what they do buy.
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The One Branding Tip You Can’t Live Without
In developing your brand, focus on engagement, not sales. You want to engage the consumer on an emotional level and to effectively communicate it across their entire brand experience. When you think of an emotional connection with a brand, Disney has one of the best practices of consumer engagement and brand leveraging across all its […]
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Fashion Industry Key Consumer Insights
The Trendstop team of FashionUnited brings you this exclusive insight into the consumer mindset. . .
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Fashion Unknown Fact – Designer Average Pay
Fashion designers are at the heart of the industry’s creative process. Across industries, fashion designers earn an average of $73,600 annually. [Source: The New Economy of Fashion | Joint Economic Committee, United States Congress]
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The State of Fashion 2017
The U.S. fashion industry has changed dramatically since the early part of the 20th century when its main focus was manufacturing. In 1931, the Garment District in New York was home to the highest concentration of clothing manufacturers in the world. – The New Economy of Fashion | Joint Economic Committee, United States Congress […]
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The New Economy of Fashion
There are strong signs of a bright future for sectors of the fashion industry—primarily in design and high tech manufacturing. Fashion is a multi-trillion dollar global industry, encompassing everything from textile and apparel brands to wholesalers, importers and retailers. Over a trillion dollars is spent annually on apparel and footwear around the globe, with nearly […]
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A Timeless Message to the Emerging Class of Creatives
. . . And to Those Still Trying to Break Through the ‘Noise’. There are no impossibilities.
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How Effective Is Social Media To Your Brand? EDGE Designers Tell All
The usage of social media with marketers ranks very high in the marketing efforts of connecting current and prospective consumers to their brands. As reported by statista.com, in the United States alone, social media marketing spending is expected to exceed 17 billion U.S. dollars in 2019 – almost ten billion increase, compared to 2014.
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