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If you are thinking about a career in fashion design, thenyou don’t have to be a big name designer to start earning good money while atit. You also do not need to live in the fashion design cities of the world.These cities includes; New York, London or may be Paris.In fact all  you need to get started isyour local market while at your home and later join the ranks of the famousdesigners like Giorgio Armani if that is really your intention. Now the question in your mind is, you have tonnes of  designs in your sketchbook and you are dyingto sell them in the departmental store, but how do you do so? Of course the answer to this question is that yoursketch work or illustrations is the first step towards realizing your designlong process. If you approach a potential client, may they be that departmentalstore, boutique  shop or privateindividuals, their main interest is your finished final product. There arevarious ways of doing this, either you manufacture the finished clothe productin-house by doing it yourself or through hired labor or you license yourillustrations to a third party manufacturer whereby they pay you a percentageof royalties. For example if you are the chief designer for a wellestablished clothing company ,you could give out your approved designs to apattern maker who would then turn them over to the manufacturing division whowill send them marketing division for distribution to the retail market.  This is not the case if you are doing all  this tasks by yourselves. You are the mainguy thus,  you will have to perform allthe steps all by yourselves. Anyway, once you put some ideas into sketches,pick two to four of your favorite and create samples. Create a pattern, keepingin mind what sizes you want to sew. As the construction of the garmentprogresses, keep track of all your expenses by taking notes of everything. Youwill need to know the cost of designing or assembling your clothes. This shouldinclude labor and all other related costs so that you will know how much moneyyou will need to charge in order to make a profit. For the majority of the beginning designers, the sampleprocess experience is the eye-opening phase. The more complicated theillustration, the more costly it will be in  final product manufacturing. So, simplify asmuch of your sketches as you could possibly be able to. Modify your sketch asyou go along to reduce the run away the costs. Once you have sewn your sampleup,  make sure they are properly finishedand that they will stand up to the handling and inspection by potential clients. Make a list of departmental stores orboutique shops in your locality that sell clothes that bear a closeresemblance  to the ones you havedesigned noting down their prices and styles. This will guide to  improve your design and in making themunique. Now that your sample is a finished product, you will need tocall the stores supply department and make appointment to show off your wares.If it is a small boutique shop, the owner is usually the buyer. Be on time foryour appointment and dress professionally. If they are impressed by your designs,they will place orders immediately. Don’t promise more than you could deliverand by the due date. Depending on the terms of agreement, you may request apart of the order be paid up front so that you may have money to buy the rawmaterials and the balance to be paid once the delivery is done. In case you areselling to private individual’s example a wedding gown, insist on this type onarrangement. You don’t want find yourselves in the situation where all thelabor and raw materials are on your side while the clients places an order andthen disappears. Once the agreement is reached between you and your clients,prepare a proper purchase order. List all details of the agreement on it andget the buyer’s signature on the order form. Then go back to your office whichin this case is your home and start filling out the order. Once you arecomfortable with a specific order, start adding more to your work schedule. Aword of advice, always promise what you can comfortably deliver. As yourclient’s order increase, it is time for expansion You will  do this by hiring additional staff oroutsourcing a part of the manufacturing process. If your designs are rejected by your prospective clients,don’t give up but rather, go back to the drawing board and do improvement onyour sketches. The next time you go marketing, target another different groupof potential clients. Never give up as one client’s taste may not benecessarily the same as the next one. Selling your clothing designs is a goodway of earning a neat income while you are at your home. Always strive to learnnew designs and tricks so that you will be in a position to have an edge overyour competition.