The Wonderful World of Vogue Fabrics

Two years ago, we posted an epic blog entry titled: Becoming a Fashion Designer. Tips on Starting a Fashion Design Business.   This was one of our most popular posts and generated a lot of feedback online, via email and from people calling and visiting our warehouse. Now you can have more detailed information in a comprehensive and very reader friendly book from fashion designer Angela Wolf: How to Start a Home-Based Fashion Design Business.   You have seen Angela on It’s Sew Easy and you may have purchased her sewing patterns from our site. Angela also teaches around the country in addition to having her own ready-to-wear line.   So, yes, you could say she is an expert in her field and more than qualified to bring you this fantastic information. So, what’s in the book?   Angela takes you through a checklist of sorts to make sure you have what it takes to be a fashion designer.   She covers the gamut of issues being self-employed, starting a comp...

We get hundreds of visits from Fashion designers at Vogue Fabrics Warehouse. Over the years, I’ve gotten to know a few dozen of them personally and I have come to learn a few things about what they do well and what mistakes they make. I have especially learned that fashion design and having an apparel line is not an easy business. But once you learn the tricks it can bring a lot of satisfaction, purpose, esteem, fame, and hopefully- profit. Recently, we were visited by a young designer who was just starting her business.  After working with her for many hours we were able to fill her inventory needs. At the end of her visit, we both agreed she had made the right choice in visiting us instead of making dozens of appointments with vendors in other cities' garment districts. Our access to several dozen fabric types, constructions, and styles, some with continuity and some novelty, ended up being our strongest advantage as a source for fabrics.  Undoubtedly, she could have saved...

Thank you to Maria Farhatt and Jenna Compton from SingleNeedle for their recent post interviewing Sean Sussman, one of the owners of Vogue Fabrics , as well as Vogue Fabrics' primary buyer. SingleNeedle is a new design and apparel resource service in the Chicago area providing information to fashion designers.  Vogue Fabrics is proud to be featured as a resource for wholesale fabrics, notions and trims to the Chicago fashion industry. Here is a link to their blogpost: Bootstrap Vogue Fabrics offers "wholesale to the public" on two sites: VogueFabricsStore.com    &    WholesaleFabricsStore.com The former offers wholesale and retail, while the latter is exclusively wholesale for quicker browsing and special novelty options. If you are a start-up designer, or you are opening a fabric store, and you would like to get started shopping with Vogue Fabrics, contact Sean@WholesaleFabricsStore.com for more information, or just visit our sites.

Vogue Fabrics is proud to offer two amazing websites from which you can order an incredible assortment of fabrics, trims and notions. So, why two sites instead of just one? WholesaleFabricsStore.com   features our basic, re-orderable fabrics, trims and notions, just like you see on VogueFabricsStore.com in the Wholesale Section. What will make this unique will be: - Special limited time collections at deep discounts of fabrics and novelty products. - Freight options for larger orders to business addresses. - Special order options for colors of fabrics we do not carry in our stores. - Special promotions for wholesale purchases. - Deeper discounts on larger quantities (coming soon). - Expanded payment options such as Amazon Checkout, Google checkout, and Paypal. All in a one step checkout secured format. WholesaleFabricsStore.com is open to businesses, schools, non-profit organizations, as well as the public. If you are a retail fabric store, day spa, church, sewing guild, c...

Laughing Moon #100 by Raquel So you want a fun way to look more svelte? Lace up a corset in a decorative print.  No plastic surgery needed to cinch the waist. No matter your size or age, corsets are fashionable, hitting the runways, clubs, music videos and ready-to-wear venues.  This summer at Vogue Fabrics we were honored to have the return of a fan favorite, Linda Sparks from Farthingales in Canada, who taught two classes in corsetry.  At the bottom of this blog post we've embedded her recent interview on CHCH TV in Toronto this week to promote her corset fashion show at the CreativFestival .  Rye & Ginger Kit We hope to have Linda back soon, but in the meantime Elizabeth at the Vogue Fabrics in Lansing has been hosting Corset Day where she offers product demonstrations and answers your questions for corset building (check our posts on Facebook & Twitter for Corset Day info). We also offer the Rye & Ginger kits on-line, so no matter where i...

Lara Miller The fashion scene in Chicago is exploding with excitement and with young, hot energy. Five years ago, Mayor Richard M. Daley saw the need to better showcase and hone the talents of Chicago designers and began formulating the Chicago Fashion Incubator . Located on the 11th floor of Macy's on State Street , six fashion designers per year share the resources in a well equipped workroom that puts Project Runway to shame, while learning to grow their talents and business acumen through mentoring and curriculum.  These up-and-coming designers show off their talents throughout the year at local events and fashion shows, thus solidifying their base while networking in the community. Fashion Focus Chicago , a celebration of the city's thriving fashion industry, returns for a sixth year in 2010.  From Monday, October 18 through Sunday, October 24 , Fashion Focus Chicago 2010 showcases some of the city's top designers and upcoming design talent.  Enjoy runway show...