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Summary: How do I choose fabrics and start combining colors when I start a handbag business? Learn all this and more in this free video about starting a business.
Eileen Duffy is a fashion designer in New York City. She is a graduate of the Fashion Institute of Technology, and is a former Ralph Lauren Swimwear designer. She is also the owner...read more
" Hello! On behalf of expertvillage.com my name is Eileen Duffy, and today I’m going to talk to you about how to start your own handbag company. The next step is to have a fabric and color combination sheet. So on this you have a swatch of each fabric, the different prints or colors it comes in, the different combinations that the bags are available in. So here you have, I had all the different silk taffetas and all the color combinations it came in; I also did some Indian sari, cotton Indian sari print fabric which worked really nicely. But this is also very important because the buyers can come and just point to the exactly what colors they want and which styles."