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Mar 2024
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102) Leveraging Your Slow Fashion Skills...

Conscious Life & Style
About this episode

For our first-ever Conscious Fashion Collective Membership panel discussion, we discussed a topic that is often taboo in the slow fashion space — money! We believe that financial sustainability is essential for creating a more just, and sustainable, fashion ecosystem with thriving businesses that care about people and the planet.

💰 WE DISCUSSED:

  • Taboos/misconceptions about making money in the slow fashion space,
  • What alternative business models and revenue streams can be successful for slow fashion brands who don’t want to follow the traditional fast fashion trajectory,
  • Slow fashion pricing and forecasting,
  • How freelancers can go about finding clients, retaining clients, and creating a client rotation that allows for financial sustainability,
  • How to diversify your slow fashion skills and develop alternative streams of income/business offerings,
  • And SO MUCH more!

 

This episode was brought to you by…

Conscious Fashion Collective Membership: the global community for sustainable fashion professionals, freelancers, and entrepreneurs.

Doors will be closing to new members on Friday, March 29th as we prepare to add even more value to the membership.

When we reopen, we'll be increasing the price to account for the additional value. If you sign-up this week, you'll lock-in our current pricing for the lifetime of your membership.

Learn more + join us: consciousfashion.co/community

 

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