Your Invitation to The Designer Launch Pad Hosted by FBI

A few months ago, we shared a unique opportunity with you. This was a chance to submit your designs in a special fashion show featuring Emerging Designers sponsored by Fashion Business Inc. at the California Market Center. Well, I just received this official invite. I can’t wait for this show!!! Tickets are only $10 for non-members. Consider this your exclusive invitation. Please comment below if you plan to attend. We will look for you!!

The Designer Launch Pad
~FASHION SHOW~

Join us for an exciting evening of fashion, networking and fun! 5 Up and Coming Designers will be Showcased during L.A. Market Week [...]

Apparel Entrepreneurial Business Workshop

Come meet some of the best in the business and learn strategies to get your line off the ground. Experts from FBI will discuss details that influence buying patterns and will give you tips to help introduce your line to the market.
Workshops are coming to the following locations: Scottsdale, AZ; Atlanta, GA; New York City, NY; Dallas, TX and Los Angeles, CA.
Cost to Register:
Before July 17th- $250- non-members; $200- members
After July 17th- $295- non-members; $225- members and students
Click here for more information, and to receive information about other upcoming events.

Introducing…Frances Harder and FBI

LDB had the great honor of sitting down with Frances Harder, founder of Fashion Business Inc. I was excited to learn how FBI and LDB could work together to offer resources and support to new designers. The FBI office is located in the California Market Center (California Mart). If you’re not familiar with this building, it is where fashion lives in Los Angeles. When I walk into the Mart, I have died and gone to fashion heaven where the fashion gods bless me with their best design inspirations! It is my favorite place in all the world!
When I found the [...]

Introducing Fashion for Profit!

A huge misconception is that if you’re creative and have a product that is unique and well-made, then you have a successful business in fashion design. I speak with so many designers who have a great product.  Their friends love their idea and they get nothing but great feedback. So why is their fantastic new collection not making any money? Because the process just begins with the product. It’s by no means the end.
I want this blog to be a place where designers can get resources to help them get their designs in the hands of as many “decision-makers” as [...]