TDL News 9-3-19

New Studio Brief: Sleepwear

Hi everyone! As you may know, we exhibited at Premiere Vision in July and met some wonderful new clients, several of whom hailed from the sleepwear industry (if you’d like to hear more about our recent experience at PV you can watch our video recap here.)

This month, we’d like to put together a presentation of patterns for these women’s sleepwear clients that will also work within the Pattern Observer Studio collection and can be shown at upcoming trade shows like Surtex.

Learn more about this opportunity here.

Upcoming Event: TDL Community Chat

Please join me on Tuesday, September 10th at 2pm EDT for a live Community Chat.

This is a chance for us to come together as a community and follow-up after last week’s Goals Reset. You are encouraged to share what you are working on, what’s working in your business and in what ways we can help!

The chat will be recorded and posted for those unable to attend. A link will be posted next week.

Fall Schedule Released

MARK YOUR CALENDARS! In this Pattern Observer blog post you’ll find our schedule of events for the remainder of 2019. ⁠
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One of the most exciting changes is that we are extending our partnership with WGSN to include access to WGSN Insight. If you are not familiar with the platform, Insight “provides original intelligence and research on the latest consumer, marketing, retail and innovation trends.” We will be using this tool in new bimonthly marketing workshops held within our #textiledesignlab community. These workshops will help to improve the connections that members are making with buyers, clients, consumers, while also helping to inform on the design process to make our members more attractive candidates for in-house design positions and internships. ⁠
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All events listed in our schedule are free for members. There are no additional fees for these events or courses. Here are just a few of the upcoming events, you can see the entire list in this blog post.

• Sept 2: Design opportunity for Pattern Observer Studio
• Sept 23: Marketing Workshop, includes access to WGSN Insight
• Oct 14: Sellable Sketch Group-Study, including access to WGSN Fashion or Home
• Oct 28: Print Studio Workshop

Weekly Art Critiques. Please join the TDL community on THURSDAY at 1 PM Eastern for a live art critique. Our art critiques are fun events where Lab members come together to review artwork and ask questions about pattern design, marketing and sales. A registration link will be emailed the morning of the critique and will also be posted in our Weekly Art Critique forum. Textile Design Lab members can watch past critiques here.