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Exploring Fashion Futures With Dr.HB
Most people think fashion is about runway shows and designers. The reality? Fashion and textiles are among the world's largest industries, employing millions of people across sourcing, manufacturing, sustainability, technology, merchandising, retail, and more.
I'm Dr. Jung Ha-Brookshire (Dr. HB), Professor and the Department Chair of Textile and Apparel Management at the University of Missouri. I grew up in Daegu, Korea. It used to be a textile and apparel manufacturing city. I came to the…
Episodes
Exploring Fashion Futures With Dr.HB4 Skills Every Future Merchandiser Needs I Fashion Futures With Dr Hb Episode 15
The best merchandisers do far more than track trends—they connect product, numbers, sourcing, and strategy to predict what sells before the market proves it…
Exploring Fashion Futures With Dr.HBShe Leads The Merchandising For A licensed Sportswear Company. NFL, NHL, NCAA And More.
Rachel Ripley’s path from Division I swimmer to fashion merchandising leader is a masterclass in turning limitations into leverage When you can’t take the…
Exploring Fashion Futures With Dr.HBMerchandiser: The Heart of the Fashion Business I Dr. HB Fashion Futures Podcast Episode 13
Fashion merchandising is not just about picking pretty products - it is the strategic engine that decides what gets designed, how much gets made, and what…
Exploring Fashion Futures With Dr.HB4 Skills To Develop If You Want To Be A Visual Merchandiser.
Most people think visual merchandising is just making a store look pretty. It is not. The real edge comes from four skills that can turn a fashion student or…
Exploring Fashion Futures With Dr.HBShe Visually Merchandises The Stores For A global Luxury Watch Company
Fashion is far bigger than buying and styling and Zoe Bednar’s career proves it. From Missouri to Manhattan, she turned curiosity, dance, and a knack for…
Exploring Fashion Futures With Dr.HB4 Skills For Fashion Entrepreneurs
Most fashion entrepreneurs fail because they build what they love, not what the market will actually buy. Lovell’s story shows why the real advantage is…
Exploring Fashion Futures With Dr.HBShe Makes Your Wedding Dresses and Accessories From Your Mom's or Grandma's Wedding Dresses
She turned heirloom wedding dresses into a viral business, and it started with one risky idea: what if your mom's dress could become something you actually…
Exploring Fashion Futures With Dr.HBFashion Designer. How To Build Your Own Fashion Company?
What does it really take to build a fashion business from scratch? Not just design talent, but the ability to forecast trends, buy the right inventory, sell to…
Exploring Fashion Futures With Dr.HB4 Things To Learn and Develop If You Want To Be In Production Or Sourcing.
If you want a career in fashion sourcing or production, the skill that matters most is not what most people expect - it is the ability to juggle chaos…
Exploring Fashion Futures With Dr.HBShe makes $50 million worth of intimate apparel that you all wear everyday from all over the world!
Fashion is not just runway, celebrity, and glossy magazines. It is a global supply chain puzzle with 26-component bras, seven countries, million dollar…
Exploring Fashion Futures With Dr.HBProduction and sourcing. How do fashion companies make a large quantity of clothing to scale up?
Most fashion brands do not fail on design - they fail on sourcing. The simple shirt, dress, or fabric idea that looks easy on paper can collapse the moment you…
Exploring Fashion Futures With Dr.HB4 things to learn and develop if you want to be an Account Executive.
The fastest way to stand out as a fashion account executive is not just knowing the numbers - it is knowing what those numbers mean, what buyers want, and how…
Exploring Fashion Futures With Dr.HBShe sells $20 million worth of luxury men'swear and footwear to retail buyers!
In this episode, Dr. HB sat down with Molly Ullom, a senior account executive at a global luxury brand, responsible for $20 million worth of men's wear and…
Exploring Fashion Futures With Dr.HBRetailers vs. Brands? How they work together?
Retail jobs are only the surface. The real career opportunity is in the hidden system that decides what gets made, bought, and sold. If you want to work in…
Exploring Fashion Futures With Dr.HBFashion beyond runway shows! Explore the global fashion and textile ecosystems!
Fashion is not just runways and retail stores - it's a massive global system hidden behind every shirt, zipper, and seam. Dr. HB pulls back the curtain on the…