Kathleen Fasanella is the author of The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Sewn Product Manufacturing and founder of the web sites Fashion-Incubator.com: Lessons From The Sustainable Factory Floor and Designer-Entrepreneur.com. In this episode, Kathleen talks with the AFP team via Skype from Albuquerque, New Mexico, about how she got started helping so many designers around the world to figure out the sustainable manufacturing puzzle. She has some great stories about students learning from misunderstandings of how the who apparel making and selling process works, and solid advice on how to approach getting started with making fashion.Kathleen Fasanella’s Boot Camps

The Albuquerque Fashion Incubator holds apparel manufacturing boot camps on Memorial Day and Labor Day, and they are open to anyone from anywhere.

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<p>Kathleen Fasanella is the author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Entrepreneurs-Guide-Sewn-Product-Manufacturing/dp/0966320840" target="_blank">The Entrepreneur&#8217;s Guide to Sewn Product Manufacturing</a> and founder of the web sites <a href="http://fashion-incubator.com/" target="_blank">Fashion-Incubator.com: Lessons From The Sustainable Factory Floor</a> and <a href="http://designer-entrepreneurs.com/" target="_blank">Designer-Entrepreneur.com</a>. In this episode, Kathleen talks with the AFP team via Skype from Albuquerque, New Mexico, about how she got started helping so many designers around the world to figure out the sustainable manufacturing puzzle. She has some great stories about students learning from misunderstandings of how the who apparel making and selling process works, and solid advice on how to approach getting started with making fashion.</p>
<h2>Kathleen Fasanella&#8217;s Boot Camps</h2>
<p>The <a href="http://abqfi.com/" target="_blank">Albuquerque Fashion Incubator</a> holds apparel manufacturing boot camps on Memorial Day and Labor Day, and they are open to anyone from anywhere.</p>

Exploring fashion as an art and a business. American Fashion Podcast is the fashion show for fashion people, diving deep into the designing, making, and selling of garments and accessories through long-form interviews with people at all levels and in all corners of the business, with an emphasis on sustainability and innovation, since 2014. Hosted by Charles Beckwith and Cathy Schepis.

<p>Exploring fashion as an art and a business. American Fashion Podcast is the fashion show for fashion people, diving deep into the designing, making, and selling of garments and accessories through long-form interviews with people at all levels and in all corners of the business, with an emphasis on sustainability and innovation, since 2014. Hosted by Charles Beckwith and Cathy Schepis.</p>

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Apparel manufacturing expert Kathleen Fasanella is the author of The Entrepreneur's Guide to Sewn Product Manufacturing.

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