Freshman mistakes are common when you are learning. What mistakes did you make in your first collection?
Don’t put all your money in production upfront because you still have marketing, sales, and things on the back end of production that’s really important in moving forward in business. There’s no way you can get a business launched without marketing.
What advice do you have for young designers?
I think the number one thing is to not look at mistakes as bad because that’s the only way you’re gonna learn. You can try to avoid them, but sometimes even if you have help, coaches and you have put certain things in place, you will still make the wrong decisions. There will be things that you could have done better, but that’s the joy of life and being in business. You can always recover from mistakes.
How do you find manufacturers?
Google is my best friend. It works wonders. I’ll reach out to the media and anybody that I want, through social media. You have to just put in the effort. Wherever you’re lacking in your business, you have to fill the gap.
