Fantastic and Welcome! We love meeting new startup designers.
It's common to feel lost and overwhelmed when starting out, especially when you are unsure how to progress from an idea to production. Over the last 16 years, we have guided thousands of founders through this process to ensure you launch with precision, not guesswork.
Here are the immediate steps and resources we recommend to save you time and money:
Step 1: Essential Free Guides
Start here to understand the core process and avoid costly beginner mistakes:
1. Stop—Before You Buy a Tech Pack, Read This: Don't waste money on a tech pack when you still need to complete the crucial development process.
2. The 7 Myths of Getting Your Fashion Label Made Locally: Learn what manufacturers actually need and how to become the easy client they want to work with.
Step 2: Choose Your Pathway
Once you have clarity, choose the structured support that fits your needs:
• For the Blueprint (Education): The Start Your Fashion Business Plan Workshop ($99). This course provides the Essential 6 steps to developing your label and helps you avoid the 5 Biggest Mistakes.
• For Strategic Planning (1:1): Fashion Action Plan Call ($300). This is a detailed one-hour strategy session to give you a clear action plan and budget review.
• For Full Support (Mentorship): The Fashion Label Launchpad. Our unique program offers mentoring and support to guide and educate you through the entire development and manufacturing process.
• Need Help Deciding? Book a FREE 10-Minute Discovery Call to discuss what you need to get some tips in the pathway to take.
You can find each these options on this page
If you have Patterns, samples, graded patterns and a tech pack, we might not be the business for you. Sample Room offers Production Management services to use our extensive knowledge to serve our clients in a broader way.This service is only offered on patterns we have developed so we can ensure we get the best result from the very beginning.
Maybe next time around we can help you.
I understand how you must be feeling. Starting a fashion label is a lot more complex than you would every believe.
It might help you to talk a step back and get a little more background before making your next move.
I have put together a great little course called The Fashion Label Blueprint. For a very small investment you will learn a huge amount of info and also get a bonus 30min Discovery call with me.
You can find out more here.
Great- To work out the best pathway for you, can I suggest booking in for a Fashion Action Plan Meeting.
In this meeting we will discuss your product, where you are at with the process and what the best pathway is for you. We can discuss the development and manufacturing pathway for your product based on the manufacturing requirements, the qty and your budget.You can book a time here that best suits you.
If you have Patterns, samples, graded patterns and a tech packs, we might not be the business for you. Sample Room has recently changed their business from local manufacturer to Production Management services to use our extensive knowledge to serve our clients in a broader way.This service is only offered on patterns we have developed so we can ensure we get the best result from the very beginning.
Unfortunately, if you only have a tech pack you are at the start of the development process. You will need to get a pattern made, sampled all the way through to grading and specifications.
Can I recommend you start with downloading our free eBook.
The 7 Myths of Getting your Product Made Locally
Not a problem, I have a couple of options for you.
1- got to our Grading Quote page and follow the steps in finding what you need.
or
2- if you need more assistance on grading and more, you can book a time to chat with one of our consultants to step you through the process.
Great, before you head into an expensive product development process, you might like to check out our sister company Pattern Room.
This valuable resource was developed over the last 10yrs to help designers get the basics right, Your Pattern and Tech Pack might be waiting there for you.
You could find the exact pattern you have on hand and choose the grading and get a detailed tech pack for roughly 50% of the traditional price.
Click this link to find out more to see if this is the right pathway for you.