Workshops
for Designers and Creative Entrepreneurs
PLEASE
NOTE YOU MUST PREPAY IN ADVANCE TO SUCCESSFULLY REGISTER FOR
EACH WORKSHOP
In
case of a class cancellation, your payment will be refunded
in full.
Do
What You Love. Love What You Do.
Taught by Brandi Shigley
Wednesday August 4th, 6:30-9:30
$60.00 (prepay in advance to reserve your spot)
To
start off, Brandi Shigley, founder of Fashion
Denver, will be teaching the Do What You Love, Love
What You Do workshop. This workshop will help all
of you aspiring entrepreneurs learn how to make your passion
for fashion come to fruition. With over ten years of experience
and emersion in the fashion industry, Brandi wants to help
you with all of the most important steps in creating your
fashion business, including: creating a work space, developing
a brand identity, creating a website, marketing online, getting
your product into boutiques, writing press releases and getting
your business in the press, creating events/ trunk shows,
creating a launch party for your event and so much more!
To
read more about the workshop click here:
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Presenting
your Line to Boutiques
By Mona Lucero and Amy Kahn
1070 Bannock Street
August 10th, 2010
$75.00
contact Mona to register at mona@monalucero.com
So
you have your line of jewelry or clothing ready to present
to stores - what's next? Here is what you need to wholesale
your line, your sales presentation, line sheets, how to price
your line, the importance of standardized sizing, the basics
of making your product look professional, hangtags, labels,
industry lingo, finding your niche in the marketplace, what
stores are looking for in a line and why, selling at a trade
show and getting paid.
Click
here to learn more about Mona Lucero
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Do
I Have a Business Plan?
Date to be determined
By Kathy Bacon
$25.00 (prepay in advance to reserve your spot)
Date to be determined
Kathy will be teaching the Do I Have a Business Plan?
workshop. You will discover how to build a business plan,
one of the most important steps to any successful business.
Here, Kathy will help you to set out goals and visions for
your business, and she will inspire you to set a plan in motion
and to elevate yourself in the fashion world. At this workshop,
you will learn the necessary steps to lay out your business
plan, and to achieve your goals and visions.
In addition to all of the fantastic information that you will
gain from these workshops, they are also an opportunity to
meet other designers and to share your experiences and stories.
Be sure to sign up for this amazing series. With these three
workshops, you will be well equipped to begin 2010 with inspiration,
passion and resolution.
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Product
Photography 101
By Matt Herrebout
Date to be determined
COST: $50.00
Do
your product photos look washed out? Do they have terrible
shadows behind them? Wondering if you need a big SLR type
camera to get better photos?
Images
with a professional look attract the eyes of potential clients
and buyer and make you look pro. Poor quality photos stand
out like sore thumbs and warn people away from your site.
Take this
hands-on course with our favorite Fashion Denver Photographer
and find out how to take better photos with your current camera.
He'll
go over camera settings, lighting your products with everyday
household items, and improving images once they're on your
PC or Mac.
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What
Are You Worth?
Taught by Kathy Bacon
Date to be determined
$25.00 (prepay in advance to reserve your spot)
As
a continuation, Kathy Bacon, visionary consultant,
will be teaching a What Are You Worth? workshop.
As a designer, it is really important to see yourself and
your wares as valuable, but since we are always our own biggest
critics, this can be a daunting task. Here, you will learn
how to place a value, both monetary and otherwise, on your
craft and your services. Kathy is gifted at helping people
to realize their talents and to help designers to put a price
on their art.
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Fashion
Sketching Basics
TBD
11:00am-4:00 pm.
1070 Bannock Street
Pre-registration required $60.00
call tricia hoke @ 720-987-6807 or email
to for questions..
This
class will teach you the basics of fashion sketching. You
do not have to be an excellent artist to learn how to make
fashion sketching work for you or your clients. Getting the
idea out is half the battle, I'll teach you some ways to deal
with the other half. You will learn about the different types
of fashion sketching, how to develop a croqui, how to draw
clothing so it looks great, body and face proportions, references
that you can use,and you will walk away with all of this information
in a little booklet. All supplies are provided for the class.
To
learn about Tricia, click here!
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Contracts
and Agreements to Keep Yourself Sane and Your Clients Happy!
By April Hoy
3 Hour Workshop
TBD
Noon - 3pm
By phone:(720) 404.1780
By email: info@aprilenchanted.com
A 3 Hour Workshop that will help you to further develop your
business. Topics covered are...
1. Defining
Your Business Model & Mission Statement
2. Defining Client Expectations
3. Contracts & Agreements As Communication Tools
4. When Friends Become Clients
5. Orders & Down Payments vs. Full Payment in Advance
6. Honesty & Integrity in Business...You and Your Client!
Each student
will leave the class with a packet filled with helpful information,
as well as a CD with several basic forms and contracts that
can be manipulated for use with your own business.
This workshop
will be offered through Fashion Denver at their fabulous new
showroom!
Cost of Class: $65, includes info packet & CD
Click
here to register
Blissed!
April
www.aprilenchanted.com
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