This essential reference work should be required reading for all aspiring apparel designers and manufacturers. Thorough and informative, it will be your personal guide to getting started in the apparel and sewn products industry. Key topics include targeting your market, sourcing materials and trims, correctly costing your products, manufacturing, distribution and inventory management. Information is presented in a clear, concise manner. Graphics and comics are used throughout the text. This second edition includes an expanded glossary of industry terms, fabric and trade show source lists and an actual business plan. Numerous blank forms are included for use in the classroom or industry.
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"...the how-to reference for garment manufacturing entrepreneurs." -- Bobbin Magazine April 1988
"Fashion entrepreneurs and start up manufacturers, count yourselves fortunate! The forms, worksheets & industry source lists are especially useful." -- Ronda Chaney, Instructor--Canada College
"So you think you want to be a designer? Before you quit your day job you better read this book...these authors know what they are talking about!" -- Sandra Betzina, Syndicated Sewing Columnist & Host of HGTV's "Sew Perfect"
"This book is an important reference work because it contains all that a would-be apparel designer/manufacturer needs to know before actually committing to this wild and crazy life." -- Randall Harris, Executive Director--San Francisco Fashion Industries
"Thorough and informative, let Made in America be your personal consultant to getting started in this crazy industry." -- SusieTompkins Buell, founder ESP
"Fashion entrepreneurs and start up manufacturers, count yourselves fortunate! The forms, worksheets & industry source lists are especially useful." -- Ronda Chaney, Instructor--Canada College
"So you think you want to be a designer? Before you quit your day job you better read this book...these authors know what they are talking about!" -- Sandra Betzina, Syndicated Sewing Columnist & Host of HGTV's "Sew Perfect"
"This book is an important reference work because it contains all that a would-be apparel designer/manufacturer needs to know before actually committing to this wild and crazy life." -- Randall Harris, Executive Director--San Francisco Fashion Industries
"Thorough and informative, let Made in America be your personal consultant to getting started in this crazy industry." -- SusieTompkins Buell, founder ESP
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A thorough and informative reference work that serves as a personal consultant to aspiring and experienced garment manufacturers.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
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A big disappointment!,
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This review is from: Made in America: The Business of Apparel and Sewn Products Manufacturing, 3rd Ed. (Paperback)
I'm a newcomer to this field and I had such hopes about what I'd learn from this book. The authors ask questions, but give little by the way of answers nor do they write well, and I'm left feeling I've wasted my money on this self-published book--I may send it back. The authors do consulting, and I'd even thought I might hire them--but now feel that would also be a waste. I've ordered several books and I'm hoping that others will be more informative! This book is not useful except for some websites listed in the back. Not recommended!
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
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A positive research book for starting out,
By A Customer
This review is from: Made in America: The business of apparel and sewn products manufacturing (Paperback)
I've carried this paperback with me everywhere I went for days. Making notes and re-reading over and over. When I'm ready to break into the apparel manufacturing industry, this will be my guide. It was full of helpful business forms and also a sample business plan that would assist anyone into the crazy apparel field. A must have.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
An Excellent Entrepeuner Handbook,
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This review is from: Made in America: The business of apparel and sewn products manufacturing (Paperback)
This book offers very detailed information and does not leave you hanging. It goes point after point in perfect order. I really appreciated the form examples for spec sheets, invoices, contracts, etc. I liked the straight foward writing and the way that the authors spell things out for you in simple terms.
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