Stitch Fix: Starting My Own Business

It all started with the idea to establish and an affordable clothing shop. I realized that there was great potential and success in venturing into this lucrative market. However, I had to deploy various strategies including target marketing and a sound marketing plan to attract my first customers. I took over the business from my parents, who had already picked a perfect location, but were unable to make the business a viable entity. From here, I knew I had to deploy some creativity and stay proactive in order to grow the business.

Wayne Dyer once said “doing what you love is the cornerstone of having abundance in your life”. Ever since I was a little girl, fashion has always been a very important part of my life. However, while most young girls were busy designing Barbie’s next outfit, I was enthusiastically trying to figure out the best way to market and sell Barbie to my friends. This habit did not end during my childhood years; rather it followed me through high school. I firmly believe that being passionate about your career can add much happiness and depth to your life. By attending FIT I can bring and take away positive ideas and qualities.

And there is Stitch Fix. Its slogan is “For busy women on the go, Stitch Fix is the personal styling service tailored to your taste, budget and lifestyle that helps you look and feel your best every day.” It is an online personal styling service business. You sign up and pick the look you would like to accomplish. You enter your information along with your physical shape and measurements; they send you up to five clothing items at twenty dollar fee on top of clothing costs. When you look it up on

Having a fashion sense is only a stepping stone in the industry. I believe I am currently building my foundation for success in the fashion industry. Obtaining a bachelor’s degree focused in Fashion Merchandising and an Associate’s degree in Advertising and Marketing Communications from FIT will give me a phenomenal foundation to be competitive. This is my story and the pages are still being

Fashion does not simply consist of the clothes we pick out of our closets in the morning. That daily decision only constitutes the last step of a much larger process, foreign sweatshops, multi-billion-dollar businesses, celebrities on red carpets, and sophisticated advertising campaigns. Fashion emerges out of pattern-making and design, the cultivation and production of raw materials, the manufacturing process, and the distribution of the finished product. Although all this creates the materials, fashion is more than just cloth and jewels. Fashion is the expression of oneself whether it's based on emotion, fashion trends, or music videos.

Now that I have entered my 20s, I find myself drawn to the elegance of Anthropologie. Throughout the past year, I have noticed that I love it when my roommates ask me to help find them the perfect outfit for an interview, date, or night out. Fashion has always felt like a part of my personality, and I can’t imagine a more superb store to work at because I could spend an entire day finding the most perfect outfits in Anthropologie. I would love to help customers find new fabulous pieces for their wardrobes that they are excited about. All in all, I am inspired to work at Anthropologie because I am transitioning into 20s and love how fresh and charming the store is in the fashion world and also home

Fashion has always been my outlet. As a soft-spoken southern girl, my style has always been my way to break free and boldly show a part of myself that was hidden behind my shy demeanor. Giving me a new perspective of the world from a young age fashion encouraged me to try new things and market myself. Freshmen year of high school I turned those new skills and courage into actions by working with my school’s JROTC program to sell candy and other treats to the other students. I took this as an opportunity to meet and talk to new people, it was also a way to make a little money. Unexpectedly, I gained so much knowledge about people what they like don’t like, how presentation can directly affect if a potential customer makes a purchase, as well as how important it is to keep up with customers buying patterns. With that information, I was able to sell an astonishing nine hundred and fifty-seven treats in just four months.Through this minor achievement I proved to myself that I could do anything that I wanted to do with a lot of hard and consistency.

From my early experiences with fashion, these lead me to continue to follow all through my academic process, my favorite classes all through elementary school were Art, this continued until high school. In high school, I explored more into the world of fashion and more behind the scenes of the fashion industry. During my junior year of high school, I took a job a K-mart I learned about not only fashion but retail. I learned a great deal in the job about visual merchandising, during this time through a class in high school we were given the opportunity to spend the day with the Austin American statesman, I was chosen to spend the day with marketing department, I learned a great deal and this really changed my outlook for my career path at the

Hi, I have always had the vision and now I finally produced it! Clothing is a great may to motivate and express yourself. With the products on my page, you can have the motivation and feeling of tackling anything life throws at you! I like to put motivational messages on my clothing and give the buyer something they want to wear. We are located in New York but, ship to you directly.

Imagine seeing people at a fashion show clapping for your amazing designs and then you knowing you chose the right one. Fashion Designing is my career I chose. A Fashion Designer is a person who creates original clothing and accessories. They also have to pick out fabrics and buttons. I chose this career because my mom wanted to do this and she couldn 't because she got pregnant with me and she had brought the idea to my head. So I did some research for the following topics Work Environment, Education and Training, Important Qualities and Salary and Job Outlook.

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be a fashion designer? Hopefully this will help you. The question is what exactly is a fashion designer. “ A Fashion designer is one who creates or adapts original designs for clothing for men , women , and children. Most specialize in one particular type of clothing , such as women , dresses or men’s suits , or in accessories such as handbags , hats , or jewelry.’’ A fashion designer job is very competitive , since you have other designers who specialize in the same thing as you. What makes a fashion designer important? A fashion designer is a great need in the world. We as humans need clothes for every type of weather and occasion. Also clothes are made to express people personality. Clothes are made so that we can be who we are and look stylish at the same time. That the fashion designer job is to make the clothes unique and to hopefully fit someone personality besides theirs. A fashion designer job is to create. Since the fashion world is so widespread it is hard for a fashion designer to be unique. They always have to keep up with

Ten years from now, I hope to have had accomplished internships with well-known brands and designers as well as a few study abroad experiences. Following that, I see myself working as a manager for a high-end retail-clothing store or owning/co-owning a boutique. I have always dreamed of having a boutique of my own that I am able to display fashions and trends and an assortment of accessories and miscellaneous items that

Without fashion designers, we would all be naked. Do you know what it takes to become a fashion designer? You can probably name a good 10 designers of the top of your head, right? Now, think about how many people are in college at FIDM or the NY School of Fashion, or the many other schools that fashion designers strive to go to, thousands of people. The fashion industry is one of the most competitive businesses out there. It is said that, “while fashion designers must be creative, they also need to understand basic production, marketing and business concepts” (Chron.com). “Fashion design is the art of the application of design and aesthetics or natural beauty to clothing and accessories” (dictionary.com). Fashion design is influenced by cultural and social latitudes and has varied over time and place. Through the job basics, duties of this career, qualifications of workers in this field, education planning, job prospects and related fields, this career has taken my interest because I like how competitive the field is, I enjoy sketching and the end goal for me would strive towards in to have my own company and design for celebrities. There is no doubt that fashion designers are helpful and have impacted our lives by their keen eye for fashion, but what people may not know is the process of becoming successful and well known. For them to accomplish this, it is recommended that one must be employed in New York or California where majority of the action is, receiving an

The fashion design career, has recently emerged as one of the most popular and competitive among young people. Those who actually succeed in design have a very individualistic personal style and don’t follow trends set by others. Having fashion design as your profession sometimes allows you to meet glamorous people. It can also put you in charge of what is in and out when it comes to clothing through ramp shows and fashion write-ups. Most designers have a great social status, and are accepted by everyone. However, There are many aspects which may or may not help you choose it as your career.

for this speech, I have interview one of my friend Sokina Fung who is studying in fashion marketing and accessory design in Hong Kong, she has developed her own accessory online store called “kissable kind” in 2015. The store is focusing on selling the vintage, unique