Online Masterclass: Setting up a clothing alterations & repairs service, with Nanna Sandom

Description

Nanna Sandom is the Founder of Splendid Stitches, a clothing alterations and repair service trading in London. It was set up in 2010 and has repaired and altered over 5000 pieces of clothing, with a focus on vintage. She shares her journey, challenges and insights into developing her business to enable others to successfully incorporate repairs and alterations services and the benefits it brings to business. 

The Masterclass is hosted by Tze Ching Yeung from Sustainable Fashion Streets.

The Masterclass is a recording of a live zoom event, and covers:

• Nanna's own entrepreneurial journey setting up Splendid Stitches from booths at vintage fairs to central London studio and Circular Economy certifications
• Why repairs and alterations matter, for people, planet and profit
• The service in practice
  • Getting started - considerations and decisions
  • How others make it work - using case studies from Splendid Stitches' own customer base
• Pitfalls and common mistakes to look out for
• Moving forwards and contact details
• Answers to questions from the live audience

Sign up here to receive a link to this 45 minute long masterclass via email. It was recorded on 28.09.2023 for the launch of Sustainable Fashion Streets, a collaborative mission to find & promote ideas and business models for building a more sustainable clothing economy in local communities.

Want to get practical? Book a 1 hour on-line mentoring session with Nanna or a programme of 3 sessions to get your clothing repair and alteration service up and running.