Blog

Stay In The Know

Here you will find our latest articles, fashion industry insights, interviews and top tips.
Subscribe to our mailing list to get these sent straight to your inbox!

Lagos Fashion Week, Is It Worth The Hype?

Lagos Fashion Week can be described as Africa's leading fashion event - known to attract big names in the industry and for promoting both...

Is Digital Fashion Really The Future?

The world is moving fast and there is so much to keep up with! There's been a lot of talk about the future of fashion and what's next in...

How to make your brand stand out

This year is all about levelling up ✈️ We often get asked for marketing tips and how you can make your brand stand out when there are so...

The State of Fashion: 10 Business Tips To Win Big In 2022

We at THE FASHION BLEUPRINT always encourage you to stay ahead of the curve and be in the know of what's happening in the economy in...

5 Life Lessons From Virgil Abloh

The sudden passing of Virgil Abloh on 28 November 2021 shocked millions of people around the world. Social media platforms were flooded...

What fashion designers can do to avoid sample production errors

One of the most common issues faced by fashion designers is oversampling due to technical errors. This is when you end up having to go...

How to write a business plan

Fingers crossed should not be your launch strategy in 2021. Your motivation for starting a fashion brand may be to express your...

Is Fashion Rental The Future of Fashion?

It seems like a no brainer, who wouldn't want to wear their favourite luxury brand for a fraction of the price? We most definitely will...

The Impact Of Brexit On The Fashion Industry

On the 23rd of June 2016, Brits voted to leave the EU, five years later, on the 1st of January 2021 this decision became official. This...

Cultural appropriation or appreciation: the difference.

Cultural symbols shouldn’t be used as a fashion trend or fun prop to be utilised and then discarded once it’s not cool anymore.

Who did it first? Fashion and Copyright

It's every fashion designer's worst nightmare to have their designs copied. Just imagine, after spending days on end creating an original...

How to be a sustainable fashion brand: 5 Ways

For this article, we tried to break down sustainability in a practical, actionable way for every brand, regardless of their size.

A Spotlight On: Telfar, the black-owned luxury bags that sell out in 15min

It's not for you…it's for everyone.TELFAR is a unisex line established in 2005, New York City by Liberian-American designer Telfar Clemens.

Which E-commerce Platform Should You Use To Start Your Brand? Spotify vs Wix

Starting an online brand can be quite a daunting experience and knowing what platform to use can be equally challenging. You want to get...

Meet The Speakers: Sustainable Womenswear Designer Joshua James Small

This interview features Joshua James Small - a 23 year old womenswear designer who avidly advocates for sustainability.

Why doesn’t Primark have an online store?

One of the most asked questions during this pandemic, apart from, when will lockdown be over, has to be, why doesn’t Primark have an...

A Spotlight On: Anifa Mvuemba of Hanifa, the fashion designer dominating the TL with 3D models

Hanifa is a contemporary ready-to-wear brand for Women Without Limits. This article discusses the designer's use of 3D models and AI.

Meet The Speakers: The woman of her dreams ft Rebecca Tembo

This interview features Rebecca Tembo – a 23 year old fashion designer, proudly born and bred in South London.

Meet The Speakers: Styling and Sustainability with Mariam Abass

Mariam Abass is a London based celebrity stylist, having worked with headline artists for shows such as Coachella. She is also the...

Meet The Speakers: Fashion and positivity with Stephanie Irwin

This blog post features Stephanie Irwin – a UX designer, writer and host of Fashion Originators podcast.

Fashion Revolution Week: #WhoMadeMyClothes?

No one should die for fashion. We believe in a fashion industry that values people, the environment, creativity and profit in equal measure.

Fashion’s sustainability problem: How has Covid-19 affected garment workers?

Sustainability is very important to The Fashion Bleuprint so we decided to look into the ways in which Covid-19 affects garment workers.

Blog

Stay In The Know

Here you will find our latest articles, fashion industry insights, interviews and top tips. Subscribe to our mailing list to get these sent straight to your inbox!

Here you will find our latest articles, fashion industry insights, interviews and top tips.
Subscribe to our mailing list to get these sent straight to your inbox!