Top Gift Ideas for the Fashion Entrepreneur in Your Life This Holiday Season

Gift of Knowledge

The holiday season is an incredible time to celebrate the creative visionaries in your life, especially the fashion entrepreneurs who are constantly pushing boundaries and bringing their ideas to life. Whether they’re just starting or running an established business, thoughtful gifts can make their entrepreneurial journey smoother and more inspired.

Here are some curated gift ideas to help you support their dream this Christmas.

1. A Consulting Gift Certificate for Personalised Fashion Production Advice

Fashion entrepreneurs take on many roles, most they are unaware of until they are deep in the production process, from designing to sourcing materials to sample edits, and tracking the entire process. Gift them a consulting gift certificate for expert advice tailored to their brand’s needs. Whether it's streamlining their production process, finding ethical suppliers, or strategising for their next collection, this is a practical and valuable gift they’ll appreciate.

2. Directories of Low MOQ Sustainable Suppliers

Small and emerging fashion brands often struggle to find suppliers who cater to lower order quantities. Call after call, I hear how hard this part it for smaller brands.

The low MOQ directories that I’ve compiled over the years in the industry are perfect for those looking for eco-responsible suppliers across Europe, North America, and Asia. These directories save countless hours of research and connect entrepreneurs with suppliers aligned with their values.

🌿 Ideal for entrepreneurs focusing on sustainability and mindful sourcing!

3. Planners, Journals or Calendars!

Help them stay organised in style with fashion specific planner, journal or calendar. Look for options that include space for goal-setting, project management, and tracking production timelines.

Youtuber, educator and designer Zoe Hong’s Fashion School in a Book Design Journal would be top of my wish list!

Desk calendars and physical agendas to help keep task right in front of you are so undervalued in my opinion! Writing plans by hand engages your brain and helps you stay more connected to your schedule in ways apps often can’t.

4. Educational Subscriptions

From fashion production to business strategy, there are many platforms offering courses and resources tailored to fashion entrepreneurs. Consider gifting a subscription to a platform like MasterClass, Skillshare, or a Substack tailored to their niche. Vogue Runway is the original go-to for runway views.

I highly recommend subscriptions to Tagwalk. The have taken fashion analytics to an entirely new level, creating an incredible user experience and are a powerful source of inspiration and useable data for brands.

Cyber week sales are always the best time to buy annual subscriptions!

And for the business of fashion, easily BOF (Business of Fashion!) subscription is the go to. They offer on demand masterclasses, business case studies, digital live events and more.

5. Trend Reports

Give the gift of inspiration with trend forecasting reports. These tools can help fashion entrepreneurs stay ahead of industry trends and bring fresh ideas to their designs.

Tagwalk and Première Vision have fabulous trend reports.

And Christine Sweers from Moject has beautiful trend books for the active wear fashion designer in your life.

And my go to for colour trends: Pantone Trend books

6. Books on Business and Fashion

From inspirational autobiographies of iconic designers to practical guides on running a fashion business, books are a timeless gift.

Some top picks include,

Fabric for Fashion by Clive Hallett and Amanda Johnston, co founder of The Future Fabrics Expo in London.

The Fashion History by the Kyoto Institute is an amazing (and huge!) coffee table book that will give designers inspiration for their collections.

And The Price of Fast Fashion and The Future of Clothes by Dana Thomas is a great resource to learn about the effects of fast fashion, and inspire the fashion designer in your life to create a better way within their business.

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