February 8th, 2016
The Maker’s Row team had the pleasure of starting our month with a visit to New York Binding Co., a Long Island City factory offering…
February 7th, 2016
This season, we’ve teamed up with SOURCING at MAGIC to give designers, small business owners, and creative entrepreneurs…
January 25th, 2016
Last year we launched our online Academy. This month, we expanded our educational series to in-person events. The first course was led…
January 19th, 2016
Last week, the Maker’s Row team got a peek into MCM Enterprise, a production house in Sunset Park that makes everything apparel…
January 8th, 2016
At a glance » Products: hot tubs, bath tubs, wooden gazebos, garden furniture, anything made from cedar » Services: assistance acquiring…
January 6th, 2016
Created due to popular demand, here’s a list of some of our favorite furniture manufacturers on Maker’s Row! Once we started…
December 17th, 2015
You might not know that Nashville has one of the largest concentrations of apparel designers outside of New York City and Los Angeles…
December 13th, 2015
Shoemakers in the United States are hard to find. Brooklyn Shoe Space is a co-working and prototyping space for shoemakers in…
December 12th, 2015
We had the pleasure of speaking with Geoff and Valerie Franklin, a husband and wife team that designs and manufacturers leather and wood…
December 4th, 2015
Last week, we stressed the importance of building a partnership-style relationship between factory and brand. This week, we have a…
December 3rd, 2015
The athleisure craze doesn’t seem to quit. Increasingly, brands are seeking to incorporate activewear garments like yoga pants and…
November 27th, 2015
At a glance » Service: Mattress manufacturing » Location: Portland, Maine » Ideal customer: Seeking small batch production » Minimum order quantity: no minimum » Maker’s Row…
November 23rd, 2015
Scott Killian is the Chief Brand Officer at Playboy, the famous men’s lifestyle and entertainment company. He manages the company’s…
November 9th, 2015
Taking a garment to a point where it can be factory-produced requires the completion of several critical tasks. This pre-production…
November 6th, 2015
Designing a collection from the ground up is an exciting and challenging endeavor. Not meant for the faint of heart, it takes time,…
November 4th, 2015
In a perfect world, all new business owners would have some sort of design degree, MBA, and JD to demonstrate immense expertise about every…
November 3rd, 2015
Fall’s in full swing, and it’s always an exciting time for the apparel industry. So, to celebrate the changing of the leaves,…
October 31st, 2015
Happy Halloween! Spooked yet? Don’t worry, you will be. We’ve rounded up some of the scariest startup horror stories from…
October 30th, 2015
Lauren Cecchi began her adventure as a designer and entrepreneur at a young age. Cecchi’s namesake brand, Lauren Cecchi New York, launched in 2014 to remind women that every day deserves a…
October 28th, 2015
As any entrepreneur will tell you, holding your first prototype is one of the most exciting moments in your business journey. Many people…
October 25th, 2015
Designing a cohesive, affordable, on-trend line of clothing is a huge challenge. But…
October 22nd, 2015
Finding a factory is the first big step to your sourcing process. Before you begin this search, make sure you have an idea of your budget and the kind of capabilities you need your manufacturer…
October 18th, 2015
When you’re manufacturing your product, whether it’s furniture or clothing or anything else, it pays to sweat the details. The…
October 16th, 2015
We sat down with Professor Sonja Chapman from the Fashion Institute of Technology to get her take on the logistics side of supply chain…
October 15th, 2015
Building a clothing business and brand is challenging even for the savviest of industry…
October 12th, 2015
Kristen Haskin-Sims heads up Krys Design + Manufacturing (KD+M), a factory in Pennsylvania. She’s also got her own line, Krysi, that…
October 11th, 2015
I’m a designer by nature. I love to admire clean lines and functional excellence delivered in products found in market today….
October 3rd, 2015
Since 2006, the Pattern Makers have been passionately involved in the apparel industry. They specialize in every step of the design process…
October 2nd, 2015
Over 75% of entrepreneurs don’t reach the prototype stage. Let’s change that statistic. We know how difficult it can be to get…
September 29th, 2015
At Maker’s Row, we’re constantly asking: what does American Made mean to us? To the design and manufacturing communities? To the country as a whole? Understanding how and where our efforts can…
September 28th, 2015
As New York’s historic Garment District continues to be a hub of innovation for the domestic manufacturing movement, we decided to…