Alison Hoenes Design

As a fashion designer and business owner, you have a clear vision for the unique clothes you want to make and the niche customer you want to make them for. However, getting those designs from sketch to production can be a challenge – especially when you care about doing things the right way. You get nervous about the lack of transparency, feel like the technical details that ensure product quality are out of your control, and are afraid the things you don’t know will lead to mistakes that will cost you your company’s cash or reputation. I’m a patternmaker who helps women’s slow fashion brands who want to create fashion that fits their customer, lifestyle, and values overcome those technical unknowns and get designs to production with confidence. And, ultimately, enjoy the smiling faces of their customers wearing their designs! I truly enjoy all the technical details that go into making flat yards of fabric fit a three-dimensional body. I have so much fun working with brands like you to make clothes that fit – developing clothing that makes your customers feel confident and developing confidence in you along the way.