https://www.portlandapparellab.com/design-review-booking daily 0.75 2021-09-23 https://www.portlandapparellab.com/home daily 1.0 2021-11-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e07f5352c05606b8eca84eb/1595715393300-IW1RDE0MDU4ZLKBYGLDR/Student Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e07f5352c05606b8eca84eb/1597360228189-COE87IPQPB33GY8M1FUM/New+Entrepreneur Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e07f5352c05606b8eca84eb/1595726156395-4MW5I3IY9JGZS95I4JK2/IMG_2135.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e07f5352c05606b8eca84eb/1577936025878-N30W8M98IGI3EL0WNJQG/Crash+Course+Class.JPG Home - More Classes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e07f5352c05606b8eca84eb/1577935645785-M1QBC5SGLIHK6MSBETY6/Square+One+Class.jpg Home - Square One https://www.portlandapparellab.com/contact daily 0.75 2020-08-14 https://www.portlandapparellab.com/events2 daily 0.75 2020-07-06 https://www.portlandapparellab.com/howitworks daily 0.75 2021-09-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e07f5352c05606b8eca84eb/1595719573863-QH2QOTNV13CD967Z0R5H/Preproduction How It Works - Pre-production Factories need a neat package for cut & sew to go smoothly. Grading patterns into sizes, adding specs and BOM to tech packs, and well thought out tags and packaging complete the picture. Wholesale materials make sure your product stays affordable. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e07f5352c05606b8eca84eb/1597210343424-7N3CNC0Q71B21V9GE2M7/Production How It Works - Production Photo by Antonio_Diaz/iStock / Getty Images https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e07f5352c05606b8eca84eb/1595720760224-14VD73USPE8O5KTSLRE1/Sample+making How It Works - Prototyping Products come to life with pattern and sample making. 3D virtual prototyping lets you see your product before ever cutting in to materials. Perfect your fit on the right fit model for your line. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e07f5352c05606b8eca84eb/1593142124318-SVLL447X5JN8D3NTS4P0/Design How It Works - Design No matter how simple, every product needs good design. Research, experience, construction knowledge, aesthetics and innovation come together with a good idea for a great product. https://www.portlandapparellab.com/about-pal daily 0.75 2020-02-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e07f5352c05606b8eca84eb/1577930542675-27M55UMG1T7TMNQD7IKX/IMG_2163.jpg Who we are - Portland Apparel Lab (PAL) PAL is a design support team here to get you production-ready. PAL is committed to supporting Portland’s growing community of fashion and sewn product designers and entrepreneurs. Our industrial prototyping studio pairs design services with apparel business mentoring. We leverage our combined experience and industry contacts to help motivated entrepreneurs successfully navigate the path from idea to market. Our approach connects designers to one another and local apparel-related businesses, resulting in a stronger, more vibrant fashion and sewn goods economy in the region. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e07f5352c05606b8eca84eb/1577927441226-31A5U0TDV2JBRU8RRGV1/Dawn+Headshot+19.jpeg Who we are - Founded out of necessity Five years ago, despite a talent-rich and diverse apparel design community, Portland lacked the services and industry relationships necessary to grow successful brands. Something needed to change. Dawn Moothart is the founder of Portland Apparel Lab and guru of sewn-goods product development. An engineer at heart, she works with designers and innovators to get their prototypes built and ready for manufacturing. From her first franken-pattern 25 years ago, to honing her skills in the digital age, Dawn brings her love of math, art and user-experience to the PAL shop. Through PAL she can offer mentorship, services and industry relationships to the apparel design community in Portland. https://www.portlandapparellab.com/class-catalogue daily 0.75 2022-03-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e07f5352c05606b8eca84eb/1593799013259-1A0SCTKY25TKS5E4J8D8/Square+One+Class.jpg Class Catalogue - Square One: Idea to Manufacturing and Everything In Between Level: Beginning Entrepreneur So, you want to launch an apparel or sewn-goods business, but you're not sure where to start? Well, this would be a good place. Gain an overview of how to get from idea to market. What it takes, all the pieces and parts, pitfalls, missteps, but most of all, how to do it right. The hard truths about what it takes to succeed, how long it might take to get to market and what it might cost. We'll talk you through it all. This class is packed with information about navigating the apparel business, so come prepared to take lots of notes, answer some hard questions and get to work. If you'd like to work with the Lab to get ready for manufacturing, and you're new to the apparel biz, this class is required. Instructor: Dawn Moothart Meets: 1 time, 3 hours Cost: $79 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e07f5352c05606b8eca84eb/1595635084513-SK640LLUEQHDULRWBVBD/Brand+Story+Class Class Catalogue - Brand Story: What does your business have to say? Level: Beginning Entrepreneur Once you have someone to talk to, you need to have something to say to them. People don’t just buy stuff anymore. They buy experiences. They buy feelings. How do you want your customer to feel when they land on your website? Scroll your Instagram? Buy your product? Hone your narrative so you can get those first 5000 loyal followers to fall in love with your brand, even before you have product to give them. Erin will walk you through putting down on paper what your brand is really about. You’ll explore your core values, brand DNA and origin story. Come prepared to talk about your brand and walk away ready to wrap some words around your new business. Instructor: Erin Frank Meets: 1 time, 3 hours Cost: $79 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e07f5352c05606b8eca84eb/1593803351529-KX00CJBZIAUX1BWX828S/image-asset.jpeg Class Catalogue - Talking to Factories Building a good relationship Level: Intermediate Entrepreneur Prerequisite: Square One As a maker of sewn-goods, a a relationship with a factory is a partnership you’ll need to build, nurture and maintain. Like any relationship, it may not go perfectly from the start, but it does get better as everyone learns to work together. There are few local and regional cut & sew facilities, and you cannot afford to throw out your factory for one mistake. They don't want to find new customers after each production run, either. It's a journey. What's the best way to develop a relationship with a factory? Why would they want to work with you, and vice versa? Shannon Hampton of Care Instructions will walk you through the manufacturing process, including how to approach them, what you need to discuss and red flags. Learn what your factory expects from you, what to ask for and where to put your foot down while producing your product. Instructor: Shannon Hampton Meets: 1 time, 3 hours Cost: $79 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e07f5352c05606b8eca84eb/1593800132130-GA9PI6C99MZDY2AJLZ5R/image-asset.jpeg Class Catalogue - Intro to Sustainability for Apparel and Footwear Level: Beginning Entrepreneur Prerequisite: Square One and Target Market An overview on how to build sustainability into your business from the ground up. Sustainable design is top of mind for most brands these days, and if it’s not, it should be. Sustainability is in our DNA at PAL and plays a part in everything we do. It’s not just in the materials you use, but also in your packaging, your manufacturing decisions, your business model and your fulfillment strategy. By making good decisions from the very beginning, you can build a more sustainable business for the long term, with more efficiency and less backtracking. Taught by Zac Elder and Jennifer Thomas Elder, both experts in the field of sustainability, Zac is a footwear designer and Jennifer is an apparel designer. They approach the topic from a designer's point of view. Instructors: Zac Elder, Jennifer Thomas Elder Meets: 1 time, 3 hours Cost: $79 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e07f5352c05606b8eca84eb/1597202682093-CKM4FM4IMW0KP1EYJKIR/Target%2BMarket Class Catalogue - Target Market: Find your value proposition Photo by Faiani/iStock / Getty Images https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e07f5352c05606b8eca84eb/f2dc9e8a-7498-43f9-a637-b5a4cfff9dc0/Portland+Apparel+Lab+Web+Menu+Image.jpg Class Catalogue - 3D Prototyping: VStitcher virtual garment construction by Browzwear Level: Intermediate Designer Prerequisites: Garment construction knowledge, patternmaking familiarity Learn to use Vstitcher software from Browzwear to create and share virtual (3D) prototypes. Create posable avatars, import digital patterns, add realistic fabric and trims and render out your original designs, all without cutting into materials or sewing a stitch. Practice fitting techniques and perfect your designs at your desk, saving valuable time and resources. Learn not only software techniques, but also best practices and proper workflow for adding 3D to your product creation process. Best for professionals with experience in the apparel business or students in year 2 or higher of design school. Includes: 6 sessions of instruction + a final project presentation, educational software license for 3 months, 1:1 meetings with instructor. Instructor: Dawn Moothart Meets: 7 times, 3 hours each Cost: $599 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e07f5352c05606b8eca84eb/1593805697222-CLSQG095KI7KI3WTTV5D/Tech+pack+sketch Class Catalogue - Tech Packs: Your recipe for a great product Level: Intermediate Entrepreneur Prerequisite: Square One A tech pack is to garment manufacturing as a recipe is to a baker. A list of ingredients, their amounts and where/how they are used, as well as picture of how it should look when it's done. It is a living document that you’ll build throughout the apparel creation process, and will be one of the best tools you’ll have to insure your finished goods come out just right. Learn how to interpret and understand this critical communication document as you develop and produce your designs. Understand what designers and developers think about when they are creating a tech pack, and what you need to know and show to get the best prototype and final garment. Understand the skills you’ll need to learn if you want to start making your own, and how to make sure you get your money’s worth should you hire someone to make one for you. Learn the best way to document changes and preserve history as you go through the garment creation process. The better your tech pack the smoother your communication is going to be! 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