Fashion For Profit – Consulting - Frances Harder Founder/CEO
Short Bio.
Frances Harder authored and published a series of books dealing with starting a fashion business. Fashion for Profit (11h edition), Costing for Profit (3rd edition), Brand Building for Profit (3rd edition), and downloadable all the Forms for Profit are industry focused texts used both by new companies and for further education programs. www.fashionforprofit.com.
Consultant to the United Nations assisting small businesses: Peru- Alpaca products, (women owned businesses), Nepal - Cashmere products and assisting Egyptian apparel manufacturer enter the U.S. market. She recently assisted a U.S. sponsored group of Ukrainian designers marketing their brands into the U.S. market.
She consults and speaks internationally on product development, branding, merchandising, sustainability, costing, production and entering the US market.
Serves as an industry expert witness in industry related legal disputes.
Organizes and presents seminars at Sourcing at Magic trade shows-(22 years)
In 1999 she founded the FBI (Fashion Business Incorporated), an educational 501c3 organization, which provided vital business development, resources, and certified job training programs to both the US. Closed in 2017 to relaunch under Fashion for Profit Consulting platform as a for profit entity in 2018.
Some of her professional accomplishments include having her name under license in Japan, designing sportwear for the Royal House of Brunei and designed two lines for Priscilla Presley sold on Home Shopping Club. Some of her teaching positions include 9 years as a full time Associate Professor at Otis College of Art and Design (9 years), Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising (FIDM 8 years), Woodbury University, LA Trade Tech, Pasadena City College, Seattle Central College, Munich International School, Germany. High Wickham London School of Fashion, Salford University of Art & Design, UK.
Who’s Who recipient 2024.
She studied Art and Fashion in the UK.
www.fashionforprofit.com
frances@fashionforprofit.com
