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INSIDE THE FASHION INDUSTRY - Inspiration & mood board
It is time to start the INSIDE THE FASHION INDUSTRY blog series and dig deeper into all the steps to develop a successful clothing line....
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IMMIGRANTS SERIES - Moving to NYC part 3 Social Life
If you are planning on moving to NYC, I hope you are all caught up on the last blog posts and, if you are not planning on moving to NYC,...
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INSIDE THE FASHION INDUSTRY - The New Blog Series!
Alright, I have given 100% tips on how to build your clothing line and have explained how each step of product development works. Now, to...
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IMMIGRANTS SERIES - Moving to NYC part 2 Finding a Job
Alright, I hope the first post “IMMIGRANTS SERIES- Moving to NYC part 1 "Where To Live?" was helpful and, if you are moving to NYC, you...
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Fonda
Looking for a great Mexican brunch in Chelsea? Fonda! Not sure if you guys can tell how happy I am with this place and the brunch food -...
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INSIDE THE FASHION INDUSTRY - Choosing Your Fabrics
In the blog post “DEVELOPING YOUR CLOTHING LINE - Material Sourcing” I spoke about sourcing fabrics & trims and the difference between...
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IMMIGRANTS SERIES- Moving to NYC part 1 "Where To Live?"
Immigrants or not, moving to NYC to start a career is tough. We all arrive here with no money, looking for a place to stay and, mostly,...
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BEA - Bar & Restaurant
BEA represents those cute (not so small) local places pretty well! With indoor and outdoor space (but an actual cute and small backyard,...
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FASHION DEVELOPMENT - Pattern Making & Size Chart
Pattern making is one of the most important parts of developing your collection. The pattern is the first 2D vision of what a garment...
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BARBARA SESSIM - IT IS TIME TO THE NEXT LEVEL!
One of the things I constantly repeat here is that it is freaking hard to get out of your comfort zone, take the first step and make a...
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AMPIA NYC
My favorite things in NYC are brunch and rooftop bars. Well, Ampia Restaurant and Rooftop managed to get it both! I know my last post...
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BUILDING YOUR BRANDING
As production manager, I have worked with so many different clients. All of them with different backgrounds and, mostly, no idea how to...
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JIMMY ROOFTOP
Ok, speaking of a tourist place that is freaking awesome, with one of the best views of Manhattan and a selected clientele, Jimmy Rooftop...
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DEVELOPING YOUR CLOTHING LINE - Material Sourcing
Ok ok ok, I know that when we are talking about material sourcing designers have styles pretty much ready to go and start development,...
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Brunch Time? LE PRIVÉ!
Ok, ok… you all know that I am a bohemian girl, loyal to brunch and the energy of this city. Since you all have been asking about more...
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WORK HARD, LEARN, BE YOUR BEST - BUT THEN TRACE YOUR OWN PATH AND BE THE BEST!
I always knew that I wanted to be in fashion. What field of the fashion industry is what I never knew. In previous posts, I mentioned...
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STEPS TO DESIGNING YOUR COLLECTION
A few things a lot of people ask me is where creativity comes from, how to choose your inspiration, how to choose your colors and trendy...
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FAMILY ALWAYS AND FOREVER
Nobody should go through things like this! I did not want to write this post, but as long as I promised to keep it real and share the...
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MIAMI LIFESTYLE
Ok, part of being in product development and production management is to attend trade shows (kinda thing I have been doing longer than I...
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FASHION COSTING & BUILDING YOUR PRODUCT PRICE
Okay, after the last blog “building your fashion budget” a lot of you asked about building your product cost, sales plan and, a friend of...
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