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Fashion Designers Get Paid: Build Your Fashion Career On Your Own Terms — 294 episodes
274: Fully Booked but Underpaid: Ingrid’s Path to Doubling Her Rates (Without Losing Clients)
273: This Simple Follow-Up Strategy Landed Her a $4K Client
272: The Cold Pitch That Landed JoAnne a $7800 Freelance Project
271: Balancing a Full-Time Job *and* Freelancing: How Mia Makes It Work
270: From Laid Off to Fully Booked: How Bre Replaced Her Salary in Under 2 Years
269: She Quit Her Job in Under a Year—and Now Makes More Freelancing in Fashion
268: Solo to Scaling: How This Booked Out Footwear Freelancer Is Building an Agency
267: From $14/hour to $65/hour as a Freelance Sample Maker (Even Though She Was Scared AF to Charge More)
266: From Self-Doubt and a Factory Job to Freelance Biz Owner: Caroline’s One-Year Transformation
265: The Proposal Strategy That Helped This Mom Close High-Ticket Clients (Part 2)
264: How Jade Strategically Prepared Her Freelance Business During Pregnancy (Part 1)
263: How Amanda Landed a $9K Freelance Fashion Project Without a Website
262: From Permalance to Premium: How Niching Down Landed Martha 5-Figure Freelance Projects
261: The Big Mistake She Made on a $10K Project (and How She’s Fixing It ) (Part 2)
260: How Jacqueline Landed Her First $10K+ Freelance Fashion Project (Part 1)
259: Why Max Said Yes to a “Cheap” Project—and Doesn’t Regret It
258: How This Mom Built a Freelance Business With a Toddler at Home
257: Why Afroditi Quit Upwork After Hitting $100K (Part 2)
256: From $15 to $100K: Afroditi’s Fashion Freelance Journey on Upwork (Part 1)
255: From Laid Off to $75/Hour: How This Textile Designer Booked Her First Client Without a Portfolio
254: How This Ex-Engineer Used a Super Specific Niche to Land $4K in Clients (With Zero Reviews)
253: Tabitha’s First $1K Month (and Why She’s Quitting Her Day Job to Go All In on Freelancing)
252: No Degree, No Experience: How this Freelancer from India Landed Her First Fashion Design Client at 4x the Rate
251: From $18/Day to $10K in Projects: Jolleen's Instagram Strategy for Freelance Success
250: The $6K Freelancer: How She Replaced Her Salary in 30 Days
Bonus: The $200K Reality Check: Why Starting a Fashion Brand Costs More Than You Think
249: Landing a $12K Client at MAGIC: The Trade Show Networking Strategy That Worked
248: The $3K Personalized Pitch: How Heidi Closed a Big Client in 6 Weeks
247: Attracting Premium Clients on Upwork: How Carolyn Landed A $2700 Project (without pitching)
246: The Pricing Strategy That Doubled Amy’s Freelance Income (without doubling her workload)
245: The Art of Soft Selling: How Gabriella 4x'd Her Rate Without Pitching
My Top 10 Biz Challengs in 2024 (plus show updates for 2025)
244: Sourcing Secrets: How to Find the Perfect Factory and Avoid Expensive Mistakes
243: $0 to $6500: How this Design Director Landed Big Clients in Her First Month Freelancing
242: I Paid $10 for a Tech Pack—and You Won't Believe What Happened
241: Should You Have Set Package Rates as A Freelance Fashion Designer?
240: How This Freelance Fashion Designer Landed a $15k Project on LinkedIn
239: Why Hourly Pricing Is A Race to the Bottom (And How to Make More Money) with Jonathan Stark: Part 2
238: Why Hourly Pricing Is A Race to the Bottom (And How to Make More Money) with Jonathan Stark: Part 1
237: How Her 'Viral' LinkedIn Post Turned Into An Amazing Freelance Client
236: How This Freelance Fashion Designer Broke Into A Brand New Category (after corporate burnout)
235: What If A Brand Says You're Too Expensive? Here's How You Still Get the Client
234: How She Started A Fashion Design Agency (in 2 years)
233: Are You A Freelancer Or An Entrepreneur? Why Your Mindset Matters More Than You Think
232: Why This Freelance Fashion Designer Is Turning Down $120k+ Job Offers
231: How to Get Work from Old Coworkers (without being annoying)
230: Special Episode: Heidi Gets Interviewed (part 2)
229: Special Episode: Heidi Gets Interviewed (part 1)
228: How this Freelance Fashion Designer Built A MILLION Dollar Design Agency
227: How to Get Freelance Clients from A Factory
226: How this Freelance Fashion Designer Landed 140 Style Project on UpWork
225: How to Make More Money As A Freelance Fashion Designer
224: Panic Attacks & Imposter Syndrome: How this Freelance Fashion Designer is Coping
223: How this Freelance Patternmaker Quickly Landed 3 New Clients
222: Q&A What to Do When Projects Take More Time Than You Bid
221: Why This Fashion Designer Said Buh-Bye to Corporate and Went All In on Freelancing
220: How this Mom Built Her Freelance Fashion Design Business (through major rejection and shame)
219: Do You Need an LLC to Be A Freelance Fashion Designer?
218: Is A Factory Legit? Vetting Tips for Freelance Fashion Designers
217: How This Freelance Fashion Designer Doubled Her Rates
216: What 3D Fashion Design Software Is the Best? With Sylwia Szymczyk
215: What Is A Freelance Fashion Consultant?
214: How CLO3D "Saved" This Fashion Designer
213: How This Freelancer Built a Fashion Merchandising Agency
212: How She 3x'd Her Freelance Income with LinkedIn
211: The Best Freelance Sites for Fashion Designers
210: Q&A What to Do When a Client Asks for More Revisions
209: From £4k to £12k A Month: How this Freelance Footwear Trend Consultant Did it!
208: The REAL Truth About Being a Freelance Fashion Designer
207: 3 Ways to Calculate Your Freelance Rates for Fashion Designers
206: How Do You Offer Sourcing As A Fashion Freelancer?
205: How to Become a Fashion Virtual Assistant (VA)
204: How This Freelance Fashion Designer from India Landed a Gig with WGSN
203: How to Make Consistent Income as a Freelance Fashion Designer
202: How to Build Your Freelance Career on LinkedIn While Learning CLO 3D
201: You DON'T Need Another Time Management Tool: The REAL Reason You're Procrastinating
200: How This Freelance Fashion Designer & Mom From Brazil Learned English & Built Her Business in the Cracks of the Day
199: Pros & Cons of Freelancing in Fashion: Is it Worth It?
198 | Q&A: I'm Scared of Rejection
197: How to Sell Yourself As A Freelance Fashion Designer (without feeling gross)
196: How This Freelancer Does Sourcing & Product Development for Factories (and is making bank)
195: Fashion Sourcing Trade Show Tips for Freelancers (Andreu David, VP of Sourcing at Magic)
194: Q&A - How Should A Freelance Patternmaker Set Up An UpWork Profile?
193: How to Be a Freelance Fashion Stylist (for TV and personal styling)
192: How This Freelance Technical Designer Landed Her First Client In One Month
191: Adjust these 5 things on your fashion resume to look "younger" (and avoid ageism)
190 - Q&A: Are You Ready to Quit Your Full-Time Job And Go All In As A Freelance Fashion Designer?
189: How to make your freelance clients happy just by "being available"
188: From Military Pilot to Freelance Fashion Designer. WHAAAT?!
187 Should you leave the fashion industry? Before you quit, consider this...
186 | Q&A: Do freelance fashion designers need to be on Instagram? The answer will surprise you.
185: How to Build A Fashion Design Agency & Launch Your Fashion Brand On The Side
184: How This Freelance Textile Designer Is Charging $75/hr
183 What's more profitable: starting a clothing line or being a freelance fashion designer?
182| Q&A: How Do Freelance Technical Designers Review Protos Remotely?
181 The Secret to Get New Clients on Autopilot for Your Freelance Fashion Design Business
180: How This Pattern Cutter Freelanced for Alexander McQueen (While Still in Fashion School)
179: Illegal "freelance" fashion design jobs...
178: Q&A: Hey Fashion Designer, Are You Stuck in Your Comfort Zone?
177: How this Fashion Designer Used LinkedIn to Land High-Paying Projects
176: From "trapped" in NYC to in control of her own destiny: how this freelance fashion designer did it
175: We’re BACK with some BIG (and exciting!) changes!
SFF174: Podcast Updates (and free LIVE training!)
SFF173: Fashion Freelancer Q&A: How to Ask for Referrals to Get Consistent Income
SFF172: How This Freelance Fashion Designer Landed a $10k Project on Upwork
SFF171: Fashion Freelancer Q&A: WTF Do I Put In A Tech Pack Portfolio?
SFF170: From Factory Worker to Successful Freelance Patternmaker
SFF169: Fashion Freelancer Q&A: When Brands Keep Saying "Not Now, Maybe Later"
SFF168: How This Freelancer Quadrupled Her Income (and took 2 months off)
SFF 167: Fashion Freelancer Q&A: Project Pricing Hacks (So You Don't Undercharge)
SFF 166: This Fashion Freelance Changed ONE Thing On LinkedIn and Got More Clients
SFF165: Fashion Freelancer Q&A: Balancing Motherhood, Work and Freelancing
SFF164: Breaking Back Into Fashion After Burnout
SFF163: Why Undercharging Is Killing Your Freelance Career
SFF162: Fashion Freelancer Q&A: Tips On Getting Started Without Experience
SFF161: Starting a Brand vs Freelancing: Which Is Better?
SFF160: Fashion Freelancer Q&A: How to Pick a Niche for Surface Pattern Designers (plus more on pitching & pricing)
SFF159: What Does a Freelance Fashion Designer Do? (It may surprise you!)
SFF158: How this Freelance Textile Designer Outearned Her Salary (in her first year of freelancing)
SFF157: Fashion Freelancer Q&A: What to Do When a Client Ghosts Me (and how to charge for meetings + phone calls)
SFF156: How to Source Fabrics for Your Freelance Clients
SFF155: Fashion Freelancer Q&A: I Have 15 Clients and Am on the Struggle Bus
SFF154: How She Became a Freelance Fashion Illustrator + Designer (and sent a $4500 invoice!)
SFF153: Fashion Freelancer Q&A: What to Do When You're Stuck and Can't Find Enough Time
SFF152: How This 20-Year-Old from India Became a Freelance Fashion Designer (With No Experience)
SFF151: Fashion Freelancer Q&A: Why Are Brands Ghosting Me?
SFF150: Fashion Freelancer Q&A: I'm at Capacity! How Can I Grow My Business if I Can't Take On More Clients? (Pt 2)
SFF149: How This Freelance Patternmaker Beat Her Full Time Income by 75% (Pt 1)
SFF148: How She Built a International Freelance Fashion Design Agency from India
SFF147: "I turned my side hustle into my full time hustle"
SFF146: Fashion Freelancer Q&A: Managing Your First $4k Project on Upwork
SFF145: How This Textile Designer Is Charging $60/hr on Upwork
SFF144: Fashion Freelancer Q&A: Why your emails aren't getting replies (+ more on pricing, starting without experience, and finding clients)
SFF143: From $100 to $3k/month...And Then I Realized I Was Permalancing...
SFF142: How to figure out your services as a fashion freelancer
SFF141: Why I Hired This Freelancer (and then hired her again, and again, and again!)
SFF140: Fashion Freelancer Puberty
SFF139 Fashion Freelancer Q&A: CLO3d as a service? Project pricing? And what about portfolios?
SFF138 How She Did It: A Fashion Freelancer with No Industry Experience
SFF137 Fashion Freelancer Q&A: I feel like I'm losing my skills and confidence...
SFF136 Creating Stability and Fulfillment as a Fashion Freelancer
SFF135 Fashion Freelancer Q&A: What should my services be? (The skills I have or what I LOVE?)
SFF134 How to Be a Remote Freelance Patternmaker
SFF133 The Fashion Freelancer Who Never Wanted to Be a Freelancer
SFF132 Fashion Freelancer Q&A: Pricing and retainers, WTF to do!?
SFF131 How this fashion freelancer is charging $85/hr (during the pandemic!)
SFF130 Fashion Freelancer Q&A: What if brands think I'm an idiot?
SFF129 How this designer freelanced while starting her fashion brand
SFD128 Saying Goodbye to the Successful Fashion Designer Podcast
SFD127 How this 22 year old designer got featured by Vogue
SFD126 How to Find Freelance Fashion Design Clients
SFD125 How to Start a Luxury Sleepwear Brand
SFD124 How this Pattern Drafter Grew Her Freelance Business with Generosity
SFD123 How This Power Lifter Launched a Muscular Men's Clothing Line
SFD122 Working as a Freelance Pattern Maker (+ Tips on Starting Your Own Brand)
SFD121 How to be a fashion freelancer (if you don't know anyone in the industry)
Episodes you love: How to Become a Fashion Freelancer with Heidi & Marissa
Episodes you love: This 76 Year Old Worked in the NYC Fashion Industry since the 60's. Here's her story.
SFD120 How this accountant launched a handbag brand (with no experience or money)
Episodes you love: This Dirndl Designer Grew a BIG Fashion Brand with a TINY Niche
SFD119 How to advance your fashion design career (from assistant to director)
SFD118 How to build a sustainable clothing line (in Latin America)
SFD117 How to quit your full time fashion job and start freelancing
SFD116 How to start your fashion brand on Etsy (and then build an empire)
SFD115 How to Start a Clothing Line with (practically!) No Money
SFD114 How to Predict Textile Design Trends and Colors
SFD113 How to fund your fashion brand with a freelancing career
SFD112 How to launch a shoe brand without any fashion experience
SFD111 How to get a fashion design internship right after high school
SFD110 How to break into fashion design without going to fashion school
SFD109 How to Get Your Designs into Production with The Chicago Patternmaker
SFD108 How to Become a Senior Fashion Designer by Age 27
SFD107 What to include in a freelance fashion designer contract
SFD106 How This Designer Launched a Bespoke Dress Brand (while in college)
SFD105 How to Predict Fashion Trends (and work as a trend forecaster)
SFD104 What Is a Fashion Tech Pack (and do you really need one)?
SFD103 How to Make More Money as a Fashion Freelancer (than in a full-time job)
SFD102 How to Copyright Your Fashion Designs and Protect Your Brand
SFD101 How to Build a Sustainable Direct to Consumer Fashion Brand
SFD100 To Reach Your Goals in Fashion (and Life), Just Do ANYTHING
SFD099 Why this Startup Fashion Brand Makes Clothes for Short Men Only
SFD098 How to Get a Better Job in Fashion
SFD097 How to Become a Remote Fashion Freelancer
Bonus: Freelancing Advice for the Fashion Industry
SFD096 Q&A: How to Become a Fashion freelancer with Heidi & Marissa
Bonus Episode: My Infertility Journey
SFD095 How to Get Your First Fashion Design Job After College
SFD094 This Dirndl Designer Grew a BIG Fashion Brand with a TINY Niche
SFD093 How to Land Your Dream Job in the Outdoor Apparel Industry
SFD092 Should You Sell Your Fashion Brand on Consignment?
SFD091 100 Ways NOT to Start A Fashion Brand: These Guys Learned Firsthand What Works and What Doesn't
SFD090 How to Stand Out in Your Fashion Career (and Always Get the Job Offer)
Episodes You Love: SFD006 Job Hunting & Resume Advice for Fashion Industry Professionals
Episodes You Love: SFD075 How to Be a Lingerie Designer
Episodes You Love: SFD078 Working with Factories as a Freelance Fashion Designer
Episodes You Love: SFD053 4 Best Practices for Fashion Job Search Success
Episodes You Love: SFD008 Freelance Textile Designer: How to have a Successful Career
Episodes You Love: SFD025 Make the Most of a Fashion Sourcing Tradeshow
SFD089 How This Fashion Designer Balances Career and Being a Mom to 4 Kids!
SFD088 How to Build Your Fashion Business with Festival Vending
SFD087 How to Become a Fashion Merchandiser and Product Manager 👗
SFD086 This 76 Year Old Worked in the NYC Fashion Industry since the 60's. Here's her story.
SFD085 How this Mom Got a Tech Design Job After a 12 Year Career Break
SFD084 How to Become an Event Planner for New York Fashion Week
SFD083 How This Designer Built a Vegan Luxury Shoe Brand
SFD082 Fashion Startup Trade Shows: Are You Ready (and what's the cost)?
SFD081 When Your Parents Don't Support Your Fashion Design Dream
SFD080 Production & Manufacturing Processes for Small Batch Fashion
SFD079 Three Years as a Freelance Fashion Designer: Advice on Pricing
SFD078 Working with Factories as a Freelance Fashion Designer
SFD077 Interview with Project Runway Juniors Winner Chelsea Ma
SFD076 Six Steps to Starting a Fashion Line that Sells
SFD075 How to Be a Lingerie Designer with Laurie Van Jonsson
SFD074 Mailbag: Fashion Design Career Advice on 3D Prototyping, Kickstarting Your Career, and Productivity
SFD073 Accounting Advice for Fashion Designers and Businesses
SFD072 This Fashion Designer Applied to Puma 7 Times. How He Finally Got His Dream Job.
SFD071 Part 2: A Fashion Design Dream Come True: From the Honduras to NYFW, With Guillermo Irias
SFD071 Part 1: A Fashion Design Dream Come True: From the Honduras to NYFW, With Guillermo Irias
BONUS: What I Wish I Knew About a Career in Fashion (from 10 industry experts)
SFD070 Build a Fashion Brand with a Cult Following
SFD069 Launching a Sustainable Fashion Brand and Manufacturing in Bali
SFD068: Fashion Design Career Advice on College, Why You're Not Getting the Job, Freelancing and Factories
SFD067 Working with a Fashion Showroom
SFD066 10 Easy Networking Tips (you can use today) to Get Ahead in Fashion
SFD065 How This Surface Pattern Designer Creates From Music
SFD064 Fashion Startup Advice on Creating, Manufacturing and Selling Your Designs
Bonus Episode: Aliexpress knocked off this fashion brand. Here's what they did.
SFD063 Mailbag: Fashion Design Career Advice on Samples vs Prototypes, Made to Order fashion and Textile Design
SFD062 Building a Profitable Baby Bag Fashion Brand with No Experience
SFD061 Are You Ready to Quit Your Job for Your Fashion Startup Business?
SFD060 Shanghai, Hong Kong and Istanbul: A Day in the Life of an International Fashion Designer
SFD059 Mailbag: Fashion Design Career Advice on Freelancing, Gaining Industry Experience and Quitting Your Job
SFD058: Navigating the “4 P’s” of Fashion Marketing and Overcoming Networking Intimidation, with Robyn Spady
SFD057: Don’t Miss This Insider Coverage of Denver’s Massif Fashion Week
SFD056: Mailbag! Your Fashion Industry Q's Answered
SFD055: Follow These 4 Tips for Enhanced Fashion Media Coverage
SFD054: Podlet Episode, The Priceless Advice of “Know Thy Customer”
SFD053: 4 Best Practices for Fashion Job Search Success, with Recruiter Shellie Simpson
SFD052: Mailbag! Your fashion industry Q's answered
SFD051: Discover How One Fashion Design Entrepreneur Created a Flexible Direct-to-Consumer Business
SFD050: Special 50th Episode, Heidi Gets Interviewed
SFD049: Learn How to Create a Stellar Fashion Portfolio From a Former Under Armour Designer, featuring Leila Jalili
SFD048: How An Amazing Eco Friendly Clothing Brand Was Built On The Passion Of One Woman
Important Show Updates (and what they mean for you)
SFD047: Why Choose a Career as a Pattern Maker (instead of a fashion designer)
SFD046: How to Authentically Engage with Your Audience for Fashion Entrepreneurs
SFD045: How to Plan a Fashion Photoshoot (step by step)
SFD044: This Company Runs their Fashion Brand like a Tech Startup (and they're crushing it)
SFD043: Build Your Career as a Freelance Pattern Maker (from anywhere)
SFD042: Surviving Failure and Competing Against Huge Fashion Brands
SFD041: How to Set Up Your Fashion Brand Successfully, from Samples to Production
SFD040: Behind the Scenes with 7 Fashion Industry Professionals
SFD039: How to Launch Your Fashion Line with No Experience
SFD038: Hard Lessons Learned From a Career in Fashion
SFD037: Our Similar Fashion Journeys (you're not alone)
SFD036: How to Make it in the Fashion Industry (and in Manhattan) with Caroline Vazzana
SFD035: Build Your Career as a Contract Fashion Designer (and work from home)
SFD034: Happy New Year 2018!
SFD033: 2017 Review + 2018 Preview
SFD032: Best of 2017
SFD031: Behind the Scenes of an $87k Kickstarter Launch
SFD030: How to Get Press Coverage & Publicity for Your Fashion Line
SFD029: Fashion Career Advice for Ambitious Designers
SFD028: Thanksgiving Thanks! A Special Holiday Message Just for You
SFD027: Curled up in a Ball Crying: How Community Can Save You
SFD026: How Millennials Are Giving the Fashion Industry a Better Name
SFD025: Make the Most of A Fashion Sourcing Trade Show
SFD024: Part 2: Fighting Fear in Fashion
SFD023: Part 1: How to Stay Creative (when there's never any time)
SFD022: Why We All Must Ask: Who Made My Clothes?
SFD021: How to Get Funding for Your Fashion Startup
SFD020: How to Source Low Minimum Fabrics & Trims for Your Fashion Collection
SFD019: What's it really like to manufacture apparel in the US?
SFD018: Advice for Entry Level Fashion Career Professionals
Happy Labor Day!
SFD017: Why You Shouldn't Design for Everyone with Anna of VMora
SFD 016: How to Get Freelance Fashion Design Jobs on Upwork
SFD 015: How to Get Factories to Take You Seriously
SFD014: The (Sometimes Ugly) Truth About A Fashion Design Career
SFD013: The Step by Step Production Process for Fashion Design Entrepreneurs
SFD012: How to build a group of raving fans before you have a product
SFD011: The Number One Thing to Include On Your Fashion Design Resume
SFD010: Strategies to Manufacture Your Fashion Brand Overseas
SFD009: How to Grow Sales & Maximize Profits for Your Fashion Brand
SFD008: How to Have A Successful Career as A Textile Designer
SFD007: Using Your Network to get more Freelance Fashion Work
SFD006: Job Hunting & Resume Advice for Fashion Industry Professionals
SFD 005: How to Make a Career as a Fashion Illustrator with Danielle Meder
SFD 004: Freelancing Strategies for Fashion Designers with Marissa Borelli
SFD 003: How to Ask for (and Get) a Promotion in Fashion with Brian McIntyre
SFD 002: Using Email to Successfully Pitch Freelance Clients with Melissa Mendez
SFD 001: How to Get Your First Job in the Fashion Industry with Bjorn Bengtsson
How to Get Funding and Launch A Successful Fashion Brand
Why Solving A Problem Is Essential to Building A Successful Brand