How To Start A Sportswear Brand
How To Start A Sportswear Brand.
85. Do you want to start a new sportswear brand in the UK ? On a limited budget ? No experience ? No information ? Need a kickstart ?
When you start a new sports brand in the UK it is difficult knowing where to start, who to trust, or who to approach to get the ball rolling.
How much does it cost to start a sportswear brand ? How do you make sure that you use your limited finances efficiently and wisely ?
If you want to start a sportswear label, then we at The London Pattern Cutter can help you every step of the way. From concept to production. Side by side with you.
We are a small group of fashion industry experts, freelancers and no MOQ factories, who specialise in working for startup entrepreneurs. We are based in London, but have associates in other parts of the UK.
If you already have some rough design ideas, we can go through them with you and provide professional advice and criticism.
Online Video Course.
My colleague, Emile, has put together an online video clothing startup course. It consists of eighteen chapters, which can be downloaded and studied at home in your own time. Emile is our senior clothing business manager, and has a lot of experience with equestrian wear. The online video course on how to start a fashion brand costs £200. Or purchase for less than half price using the code LPC 24 – Just £99 for all nineteen chapters.
Information.
While there is plenty of information to be found on how to start any athletic clothing line in the UK, much of this information is conflicting and confusing.
The information available is generally not really aimed at the small sportswear business owner on a limited budget. It tends to be compiled for larger businesses with bigger budgets, and time on their hands.
These larger businesses can afford to follow conventional guidelines, and to take years thoroughly researching and preparing for the big launch day.
The new sportswear brand entrepreneur needs to be an expert in every aspect of running a sportswear business by conducting extensive research into marketing, brand identity, competitors, range planning, financing, and everything else.
We at The London Pattern Cutter believe that you should get all the expert help you need – Then get out there and just do it.
Thats how we go about doing everything else in life. Its not that you dont need to do your research and properly prepare. You can do all that too – As and when you need to.
Expert Guidance.
Just get started somehow. As long as you have expert guidance you should not go far wrong. Its not that we guarantee success – Just that we can help minimise any risk.
This is probably not the first site you have come to in your search of how to start a sports brand. Everyone other site will be going through a long list of things to do and to research.
Meanwhile you are itching just to bring your designs to life.
How Much Does It Cost ?
It can cost a lot of money to start a sportswear brand, but we are here to help startups on a small budget who need to keep costs low. So,we suggest a cautious approach to begin with. A minimum collection and small UK based production runs.
You need to invest in good patterns to begin with, because you can use the same basic patterns year after year. As long as you make sure that they are your property from the start.
A mistake many startup brands make is to believe that they own the patterns when they have paid for the samples. But if you havnt specifically paid for the patterns, they are not your property.
Sportswear Startup Workshop.
Our sportswear startup workshop is an intense workshop, aimed specifically at your new sportswear brand. It is an intensive two hour workshop, covering how to set up and run a sportswear business. It provides an excellent overview of running a sportswear brand in the UK.
You are encouraged to bring your designs along so that we can give you an honest professional evaluation of your designs. Along with tips and advice on your next steps.
After the workshop, if you decide to proceed with the development of your designs, we can arrange an appointment.
Design Appraisal Workshop.
If you have some rough design ideas, but need some expert help and advice, then we run a 1-1 design workshop just for you. You do not need to have finished sketches.
Just bring us all your thoughts, rough sketches, and inspirations. We will help with our expert advice, tips and suggestions for how to improve your designs, and keep costs down. We can help you sketch out your ideas professionally, show you how to do line drawings, and suggest what fabrics to use, and where to source them.
For full information on our sportswear workshops, please email for details :
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