Last month I travelled to meet a company that I’ve been thinking about working with to manufacture our clothing. It was a very quick decision to fly out. I got the sample, liked it and figured that there’s only so many emails or WhatsApp messages we could exchange. I’m still on maternity leave and had help with the babies, so I thought, this is it. This is going to happen. Looking back, this is the most spontaneous thing I’ve done in a long time. A fortnight from deciding to book to getting on a plane and flying out.
I flew out to Morocco for three days and I’m so glad I did. I met my company contact face to face and we discussed everything from fabric options, to labels, to design changes that needed to be made. Aside from wanting to make decisions and learn as much as I could, I felt like going would show my dedication to this process.
I was reminded something that I know: real relationships will forever trump virtual ones and so much can be learned from even small conversations in passing. I was nervous about travelling alone and being taken seriously as I’m new to this process. Morocco was great though, everybody was very friendly and I felt safe. I was honest about my knowledge gaps and tried to be as thorough as possible while I was there.
The jury is still out as to whether this will be our manufacturer. I would like for it to work as so much has happened to get to this stage, but time (and spreadsheets) will be the final deciders.
I saw a friend of mine yesterday and she asked me, ‘How’s the business going?’, Surprisingly, this emotion wasn’t what I felt first. I went on to explain to her my current ‘dilemma.’ It made me realise this is what I should write about this week. I’ve named this dilemma, ‘ The Inventory Trap.’ When …
Quick process post today. The last few weeks have been about colour trials. I’ve been taking my prints and interperting them into different colour ways. The three colourways you can see here are just a fraction of the trials I’ve completed. I’d never used Adobe Illustrator before I started this journey and initially it was …
As I sat down to write this, I thought, is this going to be a really dry post? However, I cant’ let that stop me. I’m trying my best to be honest about what I’ve been up to, even if it doesn’t seem like the most exciting thing from the outside. I hope at least …
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Meeting Our Maker
Last month I travelled to meet a company that I’ve been thinking about working with to manufacture our clothing. It was a very quick decision to fly out. I got the sample, liked it and figured that there’s only so many emails or WhatsApp messages we could exchange. I’m still on maternity leave and had help with the babies, so I thought, this is it. This is going to happen. Looking back, this is the most spontaneous thing I’ve done in a long time. A fortnight from deciding to book to getting on a plane and flying out.
I flew out to Morocco for three days and I’m so glad I did. I met my company contact face to face and we discussed everything from fabric options, to labels, to design changes that needed to be made. Aside from wanting to make decisions and learn as much as I could, I felt like going would show my dedication to this process.
I was reminded something that I know: real relationships will forever trump virtual ones and so much can be learned from even small conversations in passing. I was nervous about travelling alone and being taken seriously as I’m new to this process. Morocco was great though, everybody was very friendly and I felt safe. I was honest about my knowledge gaps and tried to be as thorough as possible while I was there.
The jury is still out as to whether this will be our manufacturer. I would like for it to work as so much has happened to get to this stage, but time (and spreadsheets) will be the final deciders.
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