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Making a Fortune From Fashion Designing - By Daniel Ochefu
Fashion, no doubt has become a big business with new craze for looking good. Most Nigerian fashion freaks now prefer locally made fabrics, which are usually made to their instructions than the imported ones.
This has expanded the fashion industry tremendously.
What then does it take to venture into this kind of business, given the present economic situation in the country?
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Experts say one can start the business in a small way right from one’s house. According to Mrs. Joy Darlington of Jodal Fashion, Port Harcourt, with N25,000 to N30, 000, one can start a profitable fashion business.
She says the average cost of a sewing machine ranges between N12,000 and N15,000.
According to her, the cost of other accessories such as scissors, measuring tapes, sewing threads, machine oil, needles, are meagre.
“Any complex design can be taken to another designer who has a designing machine.
However, the fact that one will need the services of a designing machine elsewhere at the outset should not discourage the starter since the charges on the designing machines are often small, Joy says.
Also, an Ikeja-based designer and Managing Director, Christamin Fashions, Amina Odeje, who has over 10 years of experience in the trade, says the business is a lot more briskly if one combines the sales and the design of the fabrics.
She adds that the profits from the sales can be ploughed back into the business to take care of the costs of some fixed assets in the long-run.
Amina also notes that it is always better for starters to define their lines of businesses by focusing on either male or female designs.
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