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More magazine an over 40 women’s lifestyle publication has an open internship opportunity for a fashion journalist, but your job will consist of much more than writing and research. Preferably they’re looking for students/undergraduates interested in working within the fashion industry.

Tasks include but are not limited to checking in and returning samples, assisting with photo shoots and administrative tasks. This is an immediate internship available for Spring 2008. You must be available for 3-4 days a week and able to receive school credit.

If this internship interest you please forward a resume and availability to rachel.wilk@meredith.com or apply online at Vault.

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I was looking through some of my notes for articles and just wanted to come up with something new that I haven’t seen on any other blog…at least in the manner that I am going to provide the information. What better way to learn than by knowing and listening to mistakes that other clothing companies in your field make. This list is going to go on indefinitely and I will re-post it to the top of the blog either weekly or daily depending on how popular it becomes. I know most of our readers either have or are in the process of starting a clothing line have made a mistake, wit their own stories to tell of were they ordered too many products or set prices too high while trying to start their clothing line or in their day to day business activities. So I am going to begin the post by listing as many mistakes that I have made and know other companies have made that can limit your chance of success as a clothing company.

Unique Trade Show Opportunity

Don Mahmood of Eklectik Genes has approached me with the idea of getting many of the startup clothing companies that visit Dobizo everyday involved in trade shows which is one of the first steps to getting your brand noticed and an important part of networking within the apparel industry.

Basically the idea is to offer discounted booth prices to trade shows that most startup clothing companies just cannot afford. Since we have so many startup companies from footwear to clothing that are a part of our Fashion Network we will be negotiating deals with trade shows to offer discounts for shared booth spaces for our members using his relationship with many of the fashion industry trade shows.

If your not an active member of the Fashion Network then you should join today. This opportunity will only be made available to Fashion Network members.

Please leave your thoughts/questions about this opportunity and other ideas for what you would like available to you from the Dobizo Network.

Maybe the whole Dobizo Answers idea was bad from the jump? When I decided to give it some thought it was a way for newbies to find solutions to questions they need answered quickly or maybe that I forgot and also to give me new article ideas…like this one.It really wasn’t a bad idea by a long shot considering it is the most popular page on this website, but for some reason instead of using the nifty search tool in the top right corner or showing a real interest in starting a clothing line and doing some real research on this site with over 950 articles…it has become more of an excuse to be lazy!

I mean we get some really good questions on the Dobizo Answers page that even make me think or hit the books for some research, because I don’t know everything, but I can learn or find what I need within a matter of hours/days depending on the complexity of the question and my desire to actually want to be in this business and understand that most things do not come to you on a silver platter people!

The eco-conscious trend took the fashion industry by storm in 2007. From clothing companies adopting the “green” mentality to full blown lines dedicated toward the cause (Social Awearness) whether or not the consumers are taking notice is still undecided or if it even matters to them at all.

Looks like the denim industry has taken notice and you will see many lines mainly in the womens wear industry adopting styles and moving to 100% organic cotton and other all natural processes. According to WWD sustainable, organic, and natural are the new “buzz” words in the fashion industry and for good reason organic cotton sales are looking to reach $2.6 billion by years end according to Organic Exchange.

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Former Ceo of Conde Nast Publications Inc Steve Florio died last week of heart complications which has plagued him throughout his lifetime.

Steve Florio played an important role in the fashion industry as the head of Conde Naste which is a division of two of the leading news, trends, and informational magazines DNR and WWD for the apparel industry. If you’re not familiar with those two publications you should subscribe and pick up a copy of both as soon as possible.

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Happy New Year….its been a long one but we’ve made it and grown a little bit here and there.

Many things are going to change in 2008 for the Dobizo Network from the authors to the updates to the overall look and feel of the daily activity on the site. I’m very excited myself to see Dobizo grow and take on new readers. Also to actually see many searches for the term Dobizo…so people are definitely spreading the word and paying attention.

I’m not really into the whole New Year Resolutions so the only thing I wanna see happen is to see many new readers and that the website grows at break neck speed and once the new features and functions arrive many adapt and grasp what I’m presenting with the new idea of Dobizo. Hopefully it will grow into an online community for the fashion industry to learn, communicate, network and grow mentally.

How was your New Years? Let me know some of your New Years Resolutions for your clothing company’s and personal goals.