Independent designers
Independent and emerging designers lack the time and budget for sampling, pattern work and costing, which can take months for a single collection.
How the studio is meant to help
- Sketch to Render
- Try a silhouette in several fabrics and colourways before any cloth is cut.
- Pattern Engine
- Start from a drafted base pattern and size set instead of a blank sheet, then adjust it to your cut.
- Trend Radar
- Plan a small collection with a clear product mix rather than guessing.
A worked example
An invented example, not a client.
A designer sketches a wrap dress on Sunday. By Monday she has renders in three fabrics, a draft pattern in her base size and a graded set to review, so her one sampling budget goes to the version she believes in.
The design partner pilots are how this becomes real, one collection at a time.
Apply to be a design partner