Follow us on Twitter

Follow the Designer Consulting Co-Op on Twitter.
Our user name is DesignerCoop

Art Walk - Downtown L.A.

If you are board during this recession and are looking for things to do with no cash, come down to The Downtown Los Angeles Art Walk. We attended the August walk last week and it was a great experience. Local buildings turn their downstairs lofts and retail space into places for local stores and artists to present their work. It is the 2^nd Thursday of every month located in the Historic Core's Gallery Row neighborhood. The next walk is Thursday September 10. http://downtownartwalk.com/

There were booths from artwork, clothing, accessories, and food. C & C was there selling some of their overstock of tank tops, tees, and long sleeved shirts. Some places were selling their vintage apparel. A booth that was selling hand made headbands with feathers collaborated with the artist next to her where he used one of her headbands to make a 3 dimensional art piece that could be hung on your wall. Others were selling amazing photography and artwork. Freshly Baked was there selling delicious cookies of many flavors including Monkey Nut Blast, The Foamy Homey, and Nutty Bavarian Love Biscuit www.freshly-baked.com.

There is a local store in the middle of the art walk that everyone must visit! It is called Pussy and Pooch, which is a store for you dogs and cats. Even if you don’t own an animal, you must experience this. They have everything from food, treats, accessories, clothing, and grooming.You can also find beer for your dogs, have catered parties, and they even have a Pawbar where you can bring your companion in to eat and drink!! The menu includes meat, stew, soup, organic prepared meals, and treats!! www.pussyandpooch.com

Our favorite was our friend Justin Kizzart www.kniceclothing.com (coming soon) who is starting his line, which he presented at the art walk. He has been cycling for 4 years and wanted to enhance the style for the cycling coulter how you can find style for the skateboarding coulter. He is very passionate about cycling. He owns his own vehicle but he likes to bike everywhere. You can find some silk-screened t-shirts in an array of color from black to hunter green. All images are hand drawn which include bicycle images and various other art. His favorite shirt was inspired from an old image he found in a library so he had a lot of fun coming up with the idea. It is a yellow tee with two “voluptuous” women on old bicycles and it reads “Big girls needs bikes too.” He has also designed a silk-screened padding with neon velcro that adds character to your bicycle called “Tube Top Covers.” You can pick from vintage plaids to checkered board images. He even has a cute white one with a pink floral design for girls. Or even you guys if you like pink!! They are awesome! Most of the fabrics he used are vintage Italian fabrics that still had the original price tags on the rolls when he bought them. You can also contact Justin if you need anything done with silk-screen.

Gen-Art Buzz

Thanks to my new friend Ryan at Hugh Simms http://www.hughsimms.com (an amazing new tie collection ) he let me know that I was famous!  

I mean I didn't think I could be more famous than my picture (without any mention of my name) in People Magazine with my former boss but I was wrong!

Check out the flashing images at  http://genart.org/los-angeles.  I am with the beautiful ladies of The Workshop www.workcreateinnovate.com.

Look for a future blog on The workshop and Hugh Simms.  And perhaps I can invite them to guest blog someday soon.

Follow the DCC

Hope you all have a Happy Holiday Weekend!  Watch out though, there has been traffic all day.

Also, since this is a new blog please add your name to "Follow" this blog.  

It will help keep you up to date on all the happenings around here.

Don't forget about the LA Textile Show next week, April 14th through 16th.  Let me know if anyone wants to meet up or needs help with sourcing.

 

A Plus

A Plus Patterns works vertically with the DCC.  They are our partners in development with many of our clients.

Bruce and Kelsea, at A Plus, are an unstoppable development team.  

You should see their tech packs!

At the LA Textile Show in October, A Plus Patterns, Cut&Trim, and the DCC teamed up for Seminar Sessions: A One Stop Shop to Turn Your Dreams into Reality.  Our seminar was flooded with "up and coming" designers asking questions and learning about our services.

We met some pretty incredible people and began some long term business relationships.

Some of our attendees and now clients included past Project Runway Contestants and huge LA Designers.  (If you are one of them please comment!)

We will not be conducting seminars this market but maybe we could get A Plus on here as a guest blogger to share some valuable info!

Well Hello There

Hello my fellow friends in the fashion industry!

I have started this blog to give my clients, friends, and industry network a place to discuss the crazy world of fashion and manufacturing.  

The Designer Consulting Co-Op has been around for almost 2 years. In that time we have helped launch and develop about 20 new companies.  

But no matter how long you have been in this industry people always run into little bumps and that is where the DCC comes in to help.

My goal with this blog is to have a place for Fashion Designers, Web Designers, Brand and Logo Specialists, Pattern Makers, Publicists, Showrooms, Store Owners, and many more to give advice to everyone out there that wants to start a line or already has a line up and running.  In times like these we all need to lean on each-other for a little advice and support.

And if you get stuck or run into any snags along the way, the Designer Consulting Co-Op can help you out.

So below is a little snippet about my business:

The Designer Consulting Co-Op is dedicated to providing a creative resource to the fashion industry.  Specializing in design and product development, the DCC can help your business from concept and design direction to a complete sample line ready for production.  We provide all the services you would expect from your design team, as well as trend research and forecasting and contractors for patterns, samples, and production.

Together we can collaborate with you to create an effective line and cope with industry challenges.

Our services include but are not limited to:
Consulting
Design
CAD
Trend Boards
Shopping Reports
Street Fashion Analysis
90-Day Retail Reports
Color Forecast
Line sheets
Pattern Making
Marking and Grading,
Sample lines and duplicates
Fit Consulting and assistance in fittings
Production and Production referrals
Referrals and resources for Fabric and trim resources

www.designerconsultingcoop.com