Fashion Entrepreneurship : Principles and Practice

This new book is designed to provide a practical and comprehensive guide to fashion entrepreneurship, empowering readers to transform their creative ideas into a viable fashion business.

Providing a comprehensive overview of both the commercial and creative aspects to building a fashion business, this textbook also incorporates perspectives on the major sustainability and ethical issues that are salient in the fashion industry today. Chapters cover a wide range of topics, including customer discovery and validation, the Lean Startup approach and minimum viable products, research strategies, market and trend analysis, sustainable sourcing and ethical supply chains, branding and marketing, e-commerce, legal and financial considerations, leadership and organisational culture, performance measurement and strategies for global expansion. Each chapter includes pedagogical features such as learning objectives, summaries, discussion questions and suggested further reading lists, which help to reinforce these key concepts. Case studies, learning activities and real-world examples are also featured throughout this book, allowing students and practitioners to apply these concepts to their own businesses.

This textbook provides key reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students studying fashion entrepreneurship, fashion business, fashion management studies and related disciplines. It is also suitable for aspiring fashion entrepreneurs and professionals within the fashion industry seeking to learn about new business models, sustainability and innovation in the fashion and textile industry.

Online resources for this textbook include slide decks, instructor manuals and a test bank for each chapter, as well as course guides for the entire book.

Caroline Swee Lin Tan is an award-winning educator and Associate Professor at RMIT University, specialising in Fashion Entrepreneurship.

Saniyat Islam is an accomplished academic and Associate Professor at RMIT University, focusing on Fashion Enterprise and Sustainable Innovation.