Week 19 , 20

During the last couple of weeks I have been spending most of my time completing the toile of my outfit. I have now finished my jumpsuit and I am pleased with how it has turned out and now just cant wait to buy the correct fabric and make it in that, I am making it in crepe de chine as I think this will work best for the design.
During last week we also had a careers presentation which helped a lot with how to improve c.v’s and tips on interviews.
As the course of B&M has progressed I really feel I have gained a huge amount of knowledge in this area and have really enjoyed it so far.
We had our toile review and I felt this was extremely helpful and it was fun to see my outfit on a friend, I am proud of what I have accomplished and can’t wait to see it in the proper material.
Next week I am going to London with friends from the course so we can buy our fabric and then I can get on and make my jumpsuit.

B&M:

Sourcing the Product -

Eastern Europe: close but not the cheapest
Asia: low prices but distant
Middle East: politically unstable
Amercias: unknown market for Europeans


China can make practically anything! Between 40% and 50% of the worlds textile consumption comes out of China

India has a good reputation for highly embelished and embroidered woven cottons – yarn dyed checks, prints and plains


Bangledesh used to produce very basic jersey and woven products at very low prices e.g school polo shirts and shirts

Direct sourcing – going directly to the factory or through your own office in the country of source

Indirect sourcing – working with an Importer or Agent who then interface on your behalf with factories. They often manage the design process as well