Hey Fashion Designers, Start Here 🚀

Hi, I'm Nicole and I help independent fashion brand owners to launch and grow their fashion business.

Jun 03, 2024

STARTUP FASHION WILL HELP YOU LAUNCH AND GROW YOUR FASHION BUSINESS, YOUR WAY.

We are an online community and business resource helping independent startup fashion designers around the world to take action, make progress, and reach their entrepreneurial goals.

We’re a place to access and discover the tools and information you need to build your fashion business by helping you define your path and giving you the guidance, encouragement, and resources to follow that path.

WHAT’S INCLUDED IN MEMBERSHIP?

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⭐On-Demand Workshops

35 video lessons covering everything from how to source your fabrics and find your factory to how to market your business pre-launch and how to create a sales plan. And a lot more!

⭐Templates and Resources

Workbooks, templates, checklists, and guides that save you time and money on your production, marketing, and sales.

⭐ Monthly Bonus Resources

new templates, checklists, videos, guides, directories
invitations to expert interviews

⭐ Exclusive Access to Me

Admission to the chat room where you get one-to-one chat support with me, and also connect with other independent brand owners to share resources and make connections.

⭐ On-Going Support and Encouragement

Weekly support and encouragement so that you can build a strong business mindset and feel less alone as you work on building and growing your business.

Let’s Do This Together

I encourage you to commit to your fashion business with my expert guidance and the support of a community of 19,000+ fellow brand owners helping you succeed.

Launching a fashion business takes time. Whether you take a DIY approach or hire a team, you need at least 6 months to 1 year to get your product made and build a community ready to buy.

That is why I offer a savings of $40 to join me for an annual subscription and to learn how to get your product made, plan your business, market your brand, and make sales.

Choose your plan:

Monthly: $24/month

Flexible: cancel anytime

Annual: $249/year

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THERE'S NO ONE-SIZE-FITS-ALL IN FASHION BUSINESS ANYMORE.

Hey aspiring fashion brand owner,

Your success in fashion doesn’t have to fit the same old patterns that you’re used to seeing.

You get to decide what success looks like for you.

You can create a business around the life you want, rather than trying to squeeze a life into the business you created. Remember that.

WHO'S BEHIND ALL THIS?

Hey, I’m Nicole. I’m the founder of StartUp FASHION. I began this business because I wanted to create a place for designers who cared more about building a business than creating a fashion label. And by that I mean, those designers who have entrepreneurial dreams and the determination to bring them to life.

HERE'S MY STORY...

I wanted to be a designer.

I spent my entire childhood believing that I would grow up and make things; I would be “an artist” as my profession.

I was wrong. Sort of.

While I’m not fulfilling my youthful dream of weaving beautiful fabrics in my backyard studio with skeins of tencel yarn draped from the rustic walls, mismatched colorful carpets and patterned pillows strewn about, looms and cutting tables set up in every corner, I am using my creativity on a daily basis.

I was a professional designer once, a textile designer. And I loved it. It’s just that now, over 20 years after graduating from design school, I no longer do it as a business.

What I learned during my years as a designer is that while I don’t love designing as a business, I do love helping other people to design as a business.

You know what else I learned?

That the only way to be truly successful in business is to build a business around the life you want, not the other way around.

This poses a bit of a problem in the fashion world.

There are so many rules in fashion business; seasonal deadlines, the “right” press, minimal number of pieces per collection, celebrity endorsements…it’s exhausting. But it does not have to be.

What is it that you want in your life? Write it down.
What is it that you want in your work? Write it down.
How and where do these answers cross paths?

I believe that is how you create a successful business. Right there, that sweet spot, that point at which you say, “Wouldn’t that be amazing?!”

Amazing is not illusive. Amazing is possible.

I decided I wanted to help designers find their amazing.

So I created StartUp FASHION, a place to learn, connect, share, and thrive. A place for independent designers to build and grow their own amazing.

Lots of love and encouragement,

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