By, The Curator I actually didn't find today's brand on purpose. I was on Instagram and saw some cool graffiti and art posts so I went to look at the account that posted them. It turned out to be a New York based streetwear brand called Aye One Clothing. At the time I was grinding... Continue Reading →
Schedule Your Media Posts And Manage Your Time Well
By, The Curator In an ideal world as many aspects of your brand as possible would be automated and you would be managing your time well. This makes a lot of unnecessary busy work go away and frees up your availability to work on other priorities. One process that is fairly easy to automate is... Continue Reading →
Why You Should Start Small (The Curator Show EP12)
By, The Curator Beginning small is the safest way to start your clothing brand. The majority of people who are starting brands do not have an audience to sell to yet. Since no one is aware that you even exist, why would you spend a ton of money on getting one hundred shirts printed? That’s... Continue Reading →
Don’t Let Competition Blind You
By, The Curator When you decide to make the jump into the world of business by starting your own clothing brand there is one factor that is guaranteed: there will always be a bigger fish. The clothing industry is extremely competitive and new brands are started daily all around the world. Some will last years,... Continue Reading →
Brand Spotlight: Impera Gear (The Curator Show EP11)
By, The Curator Shortly after I started The Curator Blog's Instagram page I came across a brand that followed me pretty early on, Impera Gear. Designs aside, I liked the vibe their feed was giving off. It looked like many other skate brands, except their page was consistent and unified which is often pretty rare... Continue Reading →
Screen Printing vs. Direct to Garment Printing
By, The Curator When it comes to getting your designs printed on a shirt there are two methods that you will hear about the most: screen printing and direct to garment (DTG) printing. It can be a little bit confusing to differentiate between the two at first, but hopefully this post will help you to... Continue Reading →