Female: Hey, there! Welcome to Thread Heads.
Male 1: This week we are hanging out at San Francisco at Thread, The Independent Fashion Bazaar.
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Female 2: I am Alex Mafiz and I am Director of the Thread Show in San Francisco. Thread is basically a showcase of independent fashion designers. A 90% of the brands here today at from San Francisco. So, we are kind of entertain them when they are in a carnages and screen printing T-shirts in there friends houses till I been stopped in, you know bigger store and hopefully, we make a difference. You know, what you think. This is it.
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Rachel: My is Rachel and this is Danger Peach Design.
Female 1: What do you specializing?
Rachel: I used a lot of vintage materials. I like rock and roll style, I like ties, I like guitar pegs, anything that I can remake into something new in may way.
The Cubs are the first thing I made here. Playing the vintage size, I just love the materials, love the colors, the 70s like really great bal yester ties.
Now, I start making clutches out them as well, I-pod holders, cell phones, cameras.
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Erika: Hey, I am Erika with Audrey, GO jewelry. It is just about expressing yourself with fun stuff. Bringing back your childhood.
I started with baby sitting. We were playing with toy cars and making bracelets and necklaces.
They were really popular and I went down to LA and I got three stores.
I bought about 500 car bracelets down. In less than a month, they all sold out.
But my favorite is my little ponies. It is my favorite.
Merlinka: (Foreign language) My name is Merlinka Shel and I am a clothing designer for Los Angeles. My cousins’ is more Europeans and that is why he is more conservative, he is retro-futuristic and that is a good target and it is going really well. So, I like it.
Female 1: So, when are the most important things that we are going to talk about today is the next step.
Male 1: What do you do after you have the big idea that you want to become a fashion designer. We went around and spoke to a couple people and got some advice.
Male 2: The advice, I will give to designers is make sure you got back story till nine. Have a sales story. Have a reason to, you know, be a clothing line. I mean, anyone can print a graphic on a Teammate-shirt.
The second thing, I would say is make sure you have got a good Sales Rep, somebody is prepared to go out and knock on doors.
Thirdly, I would say, you need to select good trade show. To show one of the days events. Pay yourself on the radar. You got taken idea and that is what we had and really had to put a 100% of your effort. A 110% of your time into it because it is not going to happen, always going to give it to you. You had to get your own.
Female 1: So, do you have any words of inspiration for all the youngster out there that want to start there own business.
Female 2: Just try it. pick something up, sew it, staple it, do whatever you are going to got to do to make it happen. It is really fun.
Male 3: Success is not final. Failure is not fatal. It is the courage to continue that counts.
Female 1: That was so deep.
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Female 3: I really do not like history. It is way to baggy. Look, that is why I am going to make it, try it.
Now, I just put it on inside out. Now, you have to pin it. Okay, now you just have to sew around it.
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I have finished. Yeah!
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Male 4: Woo! Did you see her sewing machine. For more in the skinny check out under pressure skinny jeans tutorial. Post it in the tutorial section of the forums.
Speaking of the forums, this week was all about inspiration.
Male 5: Mamo’s, Hernando, use elements from a crochet jewelry episode. Featuring Alicia from Uni Bell Creations.
Mamo’s asks made a beautiful necklace for her mom.
Hernando used the yo-yo stitch to create an awesome purse handle for her sister’s birthday present.
Zombie got inspired by in the neck of time, a blond goes down treating her main site and made this awesome booty scarf.
An April pie, use the Teammate-shirt ventilation episode to create this sweet sleeve apple case.
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Male 1: Next week on Thread Heads. We explore some of San Francisco’s coolest DIY shops, plus get a tutorial from a local designer.
Female 1: And be sure to check back next Wednesday, October 1st, for the first ever episode of Halloweenie Wednesdays. Berry wings anyone? Until then, see you!
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