The Cotery

Currently, the path for aspiring clothing designers involves working for a major label, where their designs are owned by the company they work for and they rarely see any personal recognition or revenue for the garments they design. If they choose instead to build their own brand, they typically have to contend with pattern creation, manufacturer communication issues, high upfront costs, high minimums, and long lead times. Even if they are able to get their garments manufactured, there's no guarantee that they'll be able to sell them to recoup their costs, and frequently they face the issue of certain sizes selling out quickly while others don't sell at all. 

We're aiming to change that with The Cotery. We offer a platform for designers to create a custom cut-and-sew garment based on a wide library of silhouettes, fabrics, colors, trims, embellishments, and artwork placement options. Designers publish their designs for pre-sale, and if they can get a minimum number of purchase pledges within a 30 day period, we handle all the manufacturing and fulfillment for the garment. Because of our manufacturing partners, we're able to dramatically reduce the lead time for production, and because the design has been crowd-funded, there are no upfront costs to the designers. We enable designers to focus on creating quality designs and build their personal brand, without worrying about the headaches involved in going down the traditional manufacturing route.