Stephanie Ostler is a prominent Vancouver entrepreneur, influencer and instructor at SFU. As a life long resident of the rainy city she launched her clothing company, Devil May Wear, straight out of high school immediately attracting international attention and sales.
By the time she was 30 she had 3 successful retail locations including Granville Island, Main Street, and Fan Tan Alley in Victoria. Devil May Wear has been voted Vancouver’s Best Local Designer Clothing Store. Stephanie gives her advice on how to weather the storm from her experience of being in business for 17 years.
She also gives her insight into: What opportunities that can come out once we get over this pandemic, especially with commercial real estate. Which style trends will emerge from the quarantine, also why she thinks there will be a style freeze. Why its important to create an experience for the customers to differentiate yourself so that they can interact and connect with your brand.
Today’s episode I’m interviewing the founder of Vancouver- based activewear brand Daub + Design.
Lexi Soukoreff talks about how covid-19 has affected her daily life and business. Despite the fact that the pandemic happened right before the start of a 6-week run of shows, she shares her story of how she pivoted her business to online.
She's switched to making non- medical grade face masks but there's a shortage of supplies to make them. She's figuring out things as she goes along, just like when she first started her business she's using the knowledge of what she's learned through the years to get through this challenging time.
I have a super awesome treat for you today. I’m interviewing my friend and fellow fashion entrepreneur Adila Cokar who’s an expert in offshore manufacturing.
Adila is a media- acclaimed, award-winning serial entrepreneur and author of the recently released book “Source My Garment- The Insiders Guide to responsible offshore manufacturing. She’s also the Founder of The Good Tee, an apparel company which offers sustainable fashion basics that are fair trade certified and fully traceable from farm to the warehouse.
In this episode, Dee shares her story and lessons she’s learned through her entrepreneur journey. She talks about how this pandemic is affecting the factories and garment workers overseas.
She answers the questions, do you think this pandemic will force the industry to be more sustainable? And what are the misconceptions start ups have with the cost of manufacturing overseas?
Despite what’s going on in the world today, Dee is actively working on her business and maintains an optimistic mindset. It’s a very uplifting conversation which you don’t want to miss.
The following is a recording from my presentation at Apparel Camp conference in Vancouver. I will go over common challenges that most small businesses face. I will use actual examples of challenges I’ve faced running my business and how I dealt with them and give you some creative and practical solutions to use in your business.
Jenna Herbut is a serial entrepreneur, speaker and writer. She’s the founder of The Make It Show, one of Canada’s largest craft shows which she’s been running for over a decade.
In this episode, she shares her story and how she got started on her entrepreneur journey. She offers insight to how Covid-19 has affected her life & business after being forced to cancel all her Make It shows this spring.
Despite this huge setback she’s shifted her focus to help her ‘Makies’ and other creatives weather the storm. She answers a very important question for people who’s wondering now “What the heck should I be doing?"
Through it all Jenna maintains a positive mindset. It’s a very uplifting conversation which you don’t want to miss.
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In this episode I am presenting the information from the State of Fashion report put together by Business Of Fashion and McKinsey. The coronavirus has turned the fashion world upside down, leaving brands and executives scrambling to find answers to handle this crisis. Though the duration and ultimate severity of the pandemic remains unknown, it is apparent that the fashion industry is just at the beginning of its struggle. With new information being released on the effects of the virus and changes happening on a daily (even hourly basis) it's good for business owners to stay informed of what's currently happening and think about what they can do to protect their business during this time.
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