Ever dream of launching your own product, brand or fashion apparel line? Right now might be a good time to make that dream a reality.
The recent pandemic is forcing brands and merchants to transform themselves. The explosion of online shopping has accelerated digital convergence, and companies are making investments in innovation, technology and creativity. And this creates an opportunity for career development; and even career change for those interested in breaking out on their own and launching their own fashion business.
If that’s you, consider taking a new online course, Fashion Business Essentials, which is presented by Parsons with support from WWD, and powered by Yellowbrick. The course, which can be found here, is completely online and consists of five modules. Fashion faculty from the New School’s Parsons School of Design faculty team up with industry insiders and experts from leading brands, to help you learn the business side of fashion while exploring key trends that are shaping the future of the industry. Attendees will gain an understanding of how fashion brands are built and launched from the inside out.
In the first module, Entrepreneurship and the Fashion System, students being the session by exploring the history and ongoing evolution of the

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