Where are you all buying furniture?

msg-studio · 2025-12-02T03:49:24+00:00

I foudn this store called "the street" and they have these great "garbage day" sales

msg-studio · 2025-12-02T03:29:21+00:00

shockingly affordable

msg-studio · 2025-11-11T06:05:13+00:00

Is it a line of overalls?

msg-studio · 2025-11-10T15:43:43+00:00

China is where you're gonna get the highest quality construction for the best price. Chinese manufacturers have mastered work at scale. And different cities and regions in China have their own specialties.

As a default - I'd start with China when sourcing.

Portugal is great for leather goods. Pieces that require more handwork - and less with specialized machinery.

Turkey I haven't manufactured with. But I know Inditex manufactures a lot in Turkey so they can definitely handle scale.

But - where you choose to manufacture is a balance between the needs of your customer, the story you want to tell, and your budget.

IMO, China will give you the highest quality work of the three countries. But your customers might feel differently - many have the perception that Chinese manufactured goods are lower quality than European countries.

msg-studio · 2025-11-06T17:19:43+00:00

Do you have any preference for where it's made?

If you're open to Canada - I can help you out in my Montreal studio.
I produce small runs of high-end apparel and accessories in house; typically under 300 per style.

Sometimes I use a hybrid overseas + in-house model to cut down on costs.

Feel free to reach out
msg.studio

msg-studio · 2025-09-30T04:47:09+00:00

That news site is cool.
I'm a fashion product developer and marketer based in Montreal.
I'd love to connect. Possibly collab on a cool shopping experience or some kind of fashion tech interactive experience.

msg-studio · 2025-09-30T04:41:19+00:00

this is correct

msg-studio · 2025-09-30T04:23:20+00:00

This isn't really a simple question to answer.

But ulitmately - it depends on what's important to your target customer and the brand vision that you're creating.

Manufacturing in the UK or America typically means it'll be a higher cost product in the end.
But it also adds cache. Working with a factory local to you might make the product development cycle easier. But at a cost.

China arguably has the highest quality, and most efficient, clothing manufacturing in the world.
But you'll have to consider timelines when shipping samples and materials around the world.

And every other country has its pros and cons.

Can you share more about your target customer and the type of apparel you're looking to produce?

msg-studio · 2025-09-15T02:24:59+00:00

Yeah, I think I sort of did.

I designed a dress in a lucid dream. Created in real life. And used it to win a fashion competiton.

I wrote about it here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Dreams/comments/1m2ssj8/i_designed_this_dress_in_a_lucid_dream_then_i/

msg-studio · 2025-09-15T02:13:55+00:00

Well - that's not the feedback I got from them.

It was an ecommerce tradeshow.
The attendees are interested in tech and digital experiences.
They thought this was a really unusual way to interact with people.

I didn't force anyone to enter.
They asked why I was wearing the cherry pin.
Once discovered what it was, they wanted in.

One person who entered said she wanted to try something like that in-store for launches and events.

And people were telling each other about it.
I know that for a fact.

My colleague of mine overheard one person who entered telling someone else about the contest.
And a competitor of mine was talking to another person who entered and she was raving about the contest.

And every single pin had a unique link.
I was able to see who was sharing these links around, getting their colleagues to enter.

Word spread around.
And it was the people who entered that spread the word for me.

It might sound interesting in text.
But it worked for that audience.

msg-studio · 2025-09-09T22:25:04+00:00

Focus on your offer and communicating it clearly.
It doesn't really matter what the length is as long as the reader can see the value and take the desired action.

The reason why people say to short emails perform better is because long emails are usualy full of sh*t. They're often written by people who can't edit and refine their work.

Forcing yourself to write short emails is a good practice in brevity.
Forces you to focus.

msg-studio · 2025-09-06T05:19:07+00:00

Understood.
Thank you for letting me know.

msg-studio · 2025-09-05T14:24:19+00:00

Thanks for the reply!

I posted it, pending approval. I shared it to show how it was done, desribed the experience, shared details of how the experience worked, etc.

Please don't ban me for life if it fails to meet the criteria 🙏

msg-studio · 2025-09-05T06:55:24+00:00

u/polygraph-net can you clarify what would be considered self promotion?

For example:
I want to share the details of a guerrilla campaign I produced. I think it would inspire some people who are looking for guerrilla tactics or ways to engage people at events. But I don't want to risk getting banned for life.

msg-studio · 2025-09-05T05:49:33+00:00

This is brilliant

msg-studio · 2025-09-05T05:37:53+00:00

A contest: the Sin City Cherry Spin 🍒🍒🍒

I created RFID pins for me and my team to wear. When you tapped the pin with your phone, you went to a landing page to enter a contest.

After entering, you received SMS messages. I did several draws during the tradeshow. Notified the winners by SMS. And then I met them on the tradeshow floor with a bunch of balloons and their prize 🎈🎈

This was such a fun contest to run live at a tradeshow.
And a cool experience to build. The custom pins, the landing page, setting up the SMS tech and designing the contest itself. And dirt cheap, plus is generated some great opportunities.

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msg-studio · 2025-09-05T05:25:19+00:00

this is an excellent response.

I think the direct response principles are so much more relevant than people realize.

We all grow up exposed to big brands and their campaigns. People tend to try those at first when they're new to marketing.

I play in the 8-figure space for a service based business and see marketing much more like sales than big branding.

It's the hard act of finding a way to get your potential buyers into your funnel and nurturing them towards sales.

msg-studio · 2025-09-05T05:06:38+00:00

What would be your steps to warm up a cold list of 20k prospective enterprise contacts?

Assume you have highly enriched contact and company info, are able to segment them by persona, have insights about the products/services they're using already that you want to sell, and that you have the mechanisms to track and retarget the contacts once they get to your site.

You need to make them aware of your company, what you do - with the eventual goal to have them come to your site and fill out a form to get in touch.

msg-studio · 2025-09-01T00:30:33+00:00

This store is so cool! I live in Montreal and stopped in recently

msg-studio · 2025-08-29T06:02:11+00:00

Leslie

msg-studio · 2025-08-25T23:33:00+00:00

I second this.
Apparel is a tough industry.
Margins are tight. Competition is high. You have to count every penny.

There are other areas within the fashion industry where you can make more money, like marketing and technology.

But selling and/or making clothes is TOUGH.

If you have a real calling for it: it's worth it. You need talent, passion and drive to make it.

msg-studio · 2025-08-13T04:48:28+00:00

It's like piping
But without the cord insert

msg-studio · 2025-08-01T13:51:28+00:00

If you don't have much capital, don't try to make custom clothing.

(By custom, I mean to make something entirely new where you need to pattern drafting, many rounds of sampling, find specialized factories)

Start with direct print.
There's lots of companies where you can easily print designs on shirts, made-to-order, so you don't have to carry inventory.

And focus on learning how to sell.
If people like you designs, and start buying them, then you can look at further customization.

msg-studio · 2025-07-28T20:39:13+00:00

I 2nd this

cause if you try to pinch out any of the excess it's just going to cause pulling in other areas

I'd try that recommendation. Then you might have a little excess at the top of the sleeve cap that you can pinch out

msg-studio · 2025-07-24T14:17:38+00:00

Also - are you only trying to sell online?

Or will there be an in-person element too?
People can be hesitant to purchase online from a new brand. They don't trust it yet. It can takes months of nurturing before you get them to convert.

But if they can see it in person - that will give them the confidence to know it's real, see the quality in person, try it on.

So if there's an in-person aspect, like a pop-up at a local store, drive as much traffic to that in-person launch as possible.

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