Menswear Calendar
As a menswear designer, your broad studio plan for a collection might be as follows:
| August - December |
Design, range, plan, sample, sell |
For autumn/winter |
| January - July |
Design, range, plan, sample, sell |
For spring/summer
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The below table outlines each season's processes in more detail over the course of the year:
Month
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Spring/Summer 13
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Autumn/Winter 13
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JANUARY
|
- Complete sampling
- Selling the range
- Meeting buyers
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FEBRUARY
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- Sales & exhibitions
- Production sourced
- Pre-production technical packs
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MARCH
|
- Order book closed
- Fabrics ordered
- Production confirmed
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APRIL
|
Production underway |
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MAY
|
- Production underway & monitored
- Quality control
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Collection developed |
JUNE
|
Production dispatched
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- Complete sampling
- Selling the range
- Meeting buyers
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| JULY |
Production dispatched |
- Sales & exhibitions
- Production sourced
- Pre-production technical packs
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| AUGUST |
|
- Order books closed
- Fabrics ordered
- Production confirmed
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| SEPTEMBER |
|
Production underway |
| OCTOBER |
|
Production underway
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| NOVEMBER |
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- Production underway & monitored
- Quality control
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| DECEMBER |
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Production dispatched
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