SUSTAINABLE CLOTHING BRAND BOOTCAMP

Build Your Foundation | Manage Your Business | Build Your Brand
Design Your Collection | Produce Your Garments | Sell Your Products

Starts after the summer. The exact dates will be announced to the waitlist.

The Bootcamp Waitlist

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The Bootcamp will guide you through our proven 6-step success blueprint, on how to go from just an idea to learning exactly what it takes to launch your own profitable sustainable apparel brand. At the end of this bootcamp, you will know how to turn your idea into a reality, and you will have the building blocks to run a sustainable business.

 

In The Sustainable Clothing Brand Bootcamp you will every week work on a new step trough comprehensive video lessons, complementing reading materials, actionable step-by-step checklists and templates, as well as supported live sessions.

Not just fashion

The bootcamp is for ALL apparel products, not just fashion.

 

  • Activewear and Sportswear
  • Streetwear
  • Childrenswear
  • Eveningwear
  • Outdoorwear 
  • and all other apparel products. 

More than a just design, or just manufacturing

Why Apparel Entrepreneurship is called exactly that – Apparel ENTREPRENEURSHIP, is because starting and building an apparel brand is MORE than just a small tiny part like design.

 

You need to educate yourself to be the CEO of your brand.

 

You need to learn about running a profitable business, strategy, about online, social media, marketing, team building, sales, and ALL the other parts involved in building a brand. 

 

Apparel Entrepreneurship covers all aspects! It’s a ONE stop shop!

What You Will Learn

1. BUILD YOUR FOUNDATION

  • You will learn how to build a solid foundation so you can run your brand efficiently, effectively, and without stress. 
  • You will learn how to best operate and run your business, how to determine your values, and your brand’s why.
  • You will also learn how to deal with mental blocks to show up as the CEO you want to be, to succeed with your business.

 

2. MANAGE YOUR BUSINESS

  • You will learn about financing options and how to best manage your finances.
  • You will also learn about how to nail your brand story, and how to best strategize your business.
  • You will learn how to write a business plan, including how to understand market opportunities and find your unique point of view.

 

3. BUILD YOUR BRAND

  • You will learn how to build a strong brand. 
  • You will learn how to create a unique brand identity and about making your branding package
  • You will also learn how to figure out your target customer and how to nail your particular market niche.
  • You will also learn how to strategize your marketing.

 

4. DESIGN YOUR COLLECTION

  • You will learn how to create your designs and collection, even if you don’t know how to draw.
  • You will focus on how to define and plan your collection and how to create a selling collection structure.
  • You will also learn all about tech packs, bill of materials, measurement lists, how to source sustainable materials, and how to strategically price your garments for profit.

 

 5. MAKE YOUR GARMENTS

  • You will learn how to find the right manufacturing and supplier partners
  • You will learn how to create & comment samples, and how to control and plan your bulk production.
  • You will learn how to make/produce your garments.

 

6. SELL YOUR PRODUCTS

  • You will learn how to successfully sell your garments and collection.
  • You will learn about different sales strategies and how to determine the ones that suit your brand best.
  • You will learn how to create an optimal sales kit, how to work with orders, and how to master customer service.
  • You will also learn about opportunities by working with retailers, agents, and distributors.

Taught by experts Ana & Klas Kristiansson

Our mission is to help entrepreneurs build profitable and purposeful apparel brands to positively impact their own and their customers lives.
We are the founders of the online educational platform Apparel Entrepreneurship.
We host the Apparel Entrepreneurship Podcast.
We are authors of the book Apparel Entrepreneurship How To Successfully Start & Run A Clothing Brand.
We are running the apparel business and design agency Desinder since 2007.
We are apparel brand strategy consultants – design, brand, sustainability and innovation
We are the founders of Desinder.com, the online connecting platform for brands and freelance designers worldwide.

Ana & Klas Kristiansson
Ana & Klas Kristiansson

Ana's Background

  • BFA in Fashion Design from Parsons School of Design in New York & Paris.
  • 20+ years experience from the apparel industry.
  • Designed and product developed award winning products for international outdoor brands.
  • Launched and run 2 own brands.

Klas's Background

  • MSc in Digital Communication from the Royal Institute of Technology Stockholm & ENST Paris.
  • 20+ years experience from working with sales, marketing, e-commerce, project management, and business development.
  • Launched and run 2 own brands.

And why do we push sustainability?

In the past couple of years, the apparel industry has seen major shifts toward more sustainable practices.

Customers and especially the younger generation want to buy from responsible brands. From brands that put planet earth and its wellbeing, including the workers and animal welfare, first.

There are more ways of conducting a sustainable apparel brand than just using recycled materials. We will cover the fundamentals from idea to manufacturing, to the launch of your products.

Our promise to you is this

This bootcamp will guide you through our proven 6-step success blueprint on how to go from just an idea to learning exactly what it takes to launch your own profitable sustainable apparel brand.

 

At the end of this bootcamp you will know how to turn your idea into a reality, and you will have the building blocks to run a sustainable business.

The Bootcamp Waitlist

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