Dress pattern maker wanted

I just received this call for help from Cecilia. We had a great visit. You can give her a call too. If you have the skills and talent for creating dress patterns call Cecilia. Cecilia has buyers in Mexico.


Cecilia habla espanol.

Hi, my name is Cecilia. I need your help to create the patterns for girls dresses, please call me at 512-633-7172, or email me: esthertutus@hotmail.com

Thank you

Gil Torres

Prom 2012

Every year I get an earlier start. This time I am getting a whole 1 year head start on Prom 2012.

I am looking for a core group of 10 talented, client-oriented women and/or men in Round Rock. If you possess the apparel skills of working from a prom dress pattern I would like to meet with you. I will present the custom Prom dress service to all five Round Rock high schools in early January immediately after the Christmas holiday break. If the number of interested responses, for example, in Austin, Georgetown and other towns is good the same can be done in those towns and school districts separately.

The plan is to raffle free dress patterns with the consultant contact information. The dress patterns are for $100, $150 dress, for example. These dress prices represent the consultant's fee. The consultants set their own fee. The schools will administer the raffle and keep all raffle funds. The students will purchase the fabric of their choice. (I want to approach JoAnn's in Round Rock to bring them on-board.) The winner of the dress pattern will meet the dressmaker with pattern and fabric. The consultant takes measurements and creates the dress. The girl picks up her dress. The consultant collects his/her fee. The entire fee belongs to the consultant.

Purchase of dress patterns (such as Simplicity, McCall's) is the responsibility of the consultants. I will deliver the patterns to the schools in January.

This is what is most important for me: 1) Bring together the core of 10 apparel consultants, 2) The consultants see the effectiveness and profitability of a local apparel network for themselves, and 3) The core group decides to move ahead with other apparel opportunities.

A place of meeting will be determined as the group forms. It may be in the FREE open air setting of a park. It may be a classroom in your church if you can arrange it.

Yo hablo espanol. http://austin.craigslist.org/crs/2475800502.html

The YouTube link is the video I uploaded for Prom 2011. It does not cover a raffle, but the business model is the same.


http://www.youtube.com/user/WorkingMannequin

I'll be expecting your call. (512) 218-4627
Send your email message with the following subject: Prom 2012

Apparel News Blog

This Week on the Apparel News Blog!

I like the reality of this independent dream.

Round Rock prom draws closer. Got your game plan ready?

http://workingmannequin.blogspot.com/2010/12/round-rock-prom-dress.html



Round Rock Prom Dress

Note: Are you an independent apparel consultant? Are you a local independent apparel retailer? Then it is time you inform yourself (or allow me to inform you) on what the Independent Enterprise Network can do for you after you view the video. The bold blue highlights are my additions. This article by Kelly Evans appeared in the Wall Street Journal. gt

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AHEAD OF THE TAPE by Kelly Evans

For Apparel Makers, ‘Challenge’ Is in Style



Apparel makers and some retailers could face a less-than-happy 2011.

That may seem at odds with the strength of this year's holiday sales season. But supply constraints, rising production costs and choppy consumer demand suggest it will be trickier than Wall Street currently expects for many companies to increase profit margins in 2011.

Consider sportswear giant Nike Inc. whose third-quarter results last week beat profit and revenue estimates. Despite this, its shares fell after the company warned of "strong gross-margin head winds for the next few quarters." Nike put the pressure down to higher labor, cotton and transportation costs, plus the recent strengthening of the U.S. dollar. Those aren't concerns unique to the sportswear giant; they are shared across the apparel industry. Rapid development in China, the "workshop of the world," is now pushing up global production costs, reversing a decadeslong trend.

To make matters worse, companies' typical response—raising prices—is proving rather difficult at the moment. The average selling price of apparel in the U.S. has actually fallen for 10 of the last 11 months, according to Piper Jaffray, even though the cost of imported apparel per unit is up about 1.5% year-on-year.

The profit squeeze will likely worsen as the year progresses due to the long lag between merchandise orders and their arrival in stores. The run-up in cotton prices is a particular nuisance and is just starting to feed through the supply chain. Short supply plus strong Asian demand has more than doubled prices from the mid-70 cents per pound range seen this past summer to nearly $1.60 now for March delivery.

As a result, 2011 estimates for many apparel makers "to me are too aggressive from a margins and earnings perspective," says FBR Capital Markets analyst Eric Tracy. Nike at least can use its strong brand and global heft as a bargaining chip with suppliers. This may also make it better able to raise prices for customers. Smaller companies like Gildan Activewear Inc., Quiksilver Inc. and Volcom Inc. probably won't be as fortunate.

Apparel executives were hoping these cost pressures would prove fleeting. Now, following in Nike's footsteps, more will probably have to let investors know they are in for a tough slog.

Texas Gets Torrid

Texas apparel (Cowboys, too!!) needs a little torrid of its own. Lets not be above learning a lesson from Torrid. A local Independent Consultant Network is totally capable of creating and supplying a local retailer or  the IC Network's own clientele such as high school girls prom dress apparel.

See Round Rock Prom Dress video.

This article is taken from California Apparel News Net.

Texas Gets Torrid

November 05, 2010

City of Industry–based Hot Topic will open a new Torrid store for plus-size juniors at The Centre at Preston Ridge in Frisco, Texas. The store will carry Torrid private-label apparel, as well as Source of Wisdom, Fragile, Ed Hardy, Hello Kitty and Z. Cavaricci–branded apparel and accessories. Carrying sizes 12–26, Torrid currently operates more than 150 stores, as well as its e-commerce site at www.torrid.com.

Round Rock Prom Dress

Claire James message on The State of Fashion

I invite you all to read Claire James' message. She delivered these comments Thursday at the Austin Fashion Week event on the south steps of the Austin Texas state capitol building.

Malissa, thank you for thinking to invite me to this event.

I am unable to copy/paste the text so here is the Claire's message.

Boutique manufacturer moving to Austin

This is a retype of an email message I just received. Since there is no phone included I encourage any of you interested to either go to the bottom of this article to the comment link and let Sharron know or email Sharron sharron@sharronleslie.com or email me GTorresCUE@gmail.com and I will forward your email to Sharron. Gil

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My is Sharron Aisenman and the name of my company is Sharron Leslie Designs. I'm planning a future move to Austin and was online looking for operators in the Austin area when I came across your site. Very interesting. We are boutique manufacturers of dance wear, club wear, swim wear, sexy wear and have the capability of producing lingerie. We were in sexy lingerie until it was all sent to China. I design, make and grade patterns. My factory cuts and sews garments and we ship from Sylmar CA. We have over twenty years experience and sell worldwide. Can you list me on your site? Do you have contacts in San Antonio, Austin for operators and mechanic for my new factory to be located in Austin? I emailed Tabitha and Christina and I'm going to call Lee. All sound like I can help them.
I'd appreciate hearing from you regarding these things.
Sincerely,

Sharron Aisenman
Owner, Sharron Leslie Designs
SLD Collection
p.s. I'm for real...look at my website.

Houston startup needs pattern maker & contractor

If you are interested you can reply to Tabitha at:

tabitha.grace@att.net

Hello, my name is Tabitha McKelvy out of Houston TX.

I have some sketches that I have been working on. I am interested in starting a clothing line with these sketches. I know that I will need a sample/pattern maker and contractor. Please, help me.
Thanks. Vixen by Tabitha Grace

Best regards,

Gil

Prom Dress Network Invitation

It will be here sooner than you think again! The biggest annual extravanganza among teenage girls. I am talking about Prom.

Once again, I wonder how many of the enormous talent pool of dressmaker consultants are ready to take advantage of the opportunity. I wonder how many will miss out again.

This is my invitation to all interested independent consultants and independent prom dress retailers to do something about it.

Before you reject this invitation because of the cost let me clear that up right now.

It costs you nothing.

Why is this free? Because I am more interested that people see the profit potential of the network for themselves rather than showing them charts and graphs.

I am the one extending the invitation. I am the one who will organize and communicate with the network. Your participation in the network costs you nothing. You participation is strictly on your terms and, ideally, as a professional. All fees are strictly between you and your clients. If you attract clients and turn a profit. Great! It's yours to keep.

I am the one who will incur costs. So for that reason I must limit the scope of the network to the Round Rock/Austin Texas area high schools. Anyone outside that area interested in checking out the network would certainly be welcome but my focus will be limited as I have stated.

What you need to do before February 28 is simply either:

1 Post a comment on this article expressing your interest, or
2 Email me directly to GTorresCUE@gmail.com. Subject: Prom Dress Network