I want to open my own at home business. I make dresses and I do alterations. How do I go about doing this?
2006-08-24 20:23:50 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Business & Finance ➔ Small Business
You should know the scale to which you will be operating to know the infrastructure required in the sense that man, material, equipment, and money required for the same. This will decide the strategy to approach the likely customers.
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2006-09-01 04:09:55 · answer #1 · answered by sarayu 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The fashion industry, as you can well imagine, is a very competitive one. To succeed takes knowledge, patience, talent and a bit of luck. As far as the knowledge bit goes, I found some sources that will assist you further.
Associations may be a good avenue to explore. These organizations will address many of the thoughts, questions and concerns you'll inevitably have about the clothing industry as well as many you haven't anticipated yet. See the source box for some relevant links.
There's nothing quite like research – the more you know about the clothing industry, the better. There are plenty of free informational resources out there. Check the source box for links to articles.
Also, here are some book titles that may interest you:
* The Official Step-by-Step Guide to Starting a Clothing Line by Jay Arrington,
* The Business of Fashion: Designing, Manufacturing, and Marketing by Leslie Davis Burns
* Fashion for Profit (Revised Edition with Retail Chapter) by Frances Harder
* The Fashion Designer Survival Guide: An Insider's Look at Starting and Running Your Own Fashion Business by Mary Gehlhar
Hope that helps! I wish you much success & happiness in all your ventures!
2006-08-25 04:47:36 · answer #2 · answered by TM Express™ 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My mom had a friend that did alterations and sewing from home. All she did was place flyers on laundry mat bulletin boards and then she told all of her neighbors. Before she knew it she was knee deep in work. If you live in a military town you can make a lot of money as a lot of them guys don't want to have to sew on their own stripes and such. If you live near a military town go and talk to guys on the base giving them your card trust me they will be repeat business as long as they are in the military. And word spread fast for my mom's friend. She actually had to hire someone to help her sew after being in business only a few months. GOOD LUCK!
2006-08-29 08:15:29 · answer #3 · answered by Medical and Business Information 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The first thing to any business is the money side of it so you will need to get that straight by applying for loans or grants from the government first. Then a proposal is in order to lay out what type of business and why they should give you money for it. Good luck!
2006-08-24 20:32:25 · answer #4 · answered by Sowhat 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can start putting a name to your business, then talk with your accountant for tax purposes. Find out if you need any license to do the job, if it is not, you can start doing your business ,right, doing a good job because if you do a good job more people will talk about it and then more job.
2006-09-01 03:45:25 · answer #5 · answered by galoc37 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
good day, you may do style writting for corporations, mail out letters, promote products for corporations and an excellent purchase of different issues get your interior sight newspaper. in case you dont concepts you may search for on the cyber web diverse issues to furnish you an theory on what sort of commercial employer you want.
2016-11-27 20:13:41 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
JUST GET A CARD MADE AND DO IT.....MY DRESSMAKER HAS A TWO WEEK OR MORE WAITING LIST...SO YOU SHOULD BE ON THE RIGHT TRACK....GOOD LUCK
2006-08-29 17:09:32 · answer #7 · answered by flowerspirit2000 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋