Hola Gwapas and welcome to episode 19 of the Hola Gwapa Podcast! For those of you who are new to the show I’m your host Nisha Btesh. I’m also the Founder and Creative at Hola Gwapa, a digital community of ten thousand artists from all over the world, a blog, a website, a podcast and most recently my very own small batch slow fashion line! On this podcast we dismantle the limiting stories and stereotypes holding creative entrepreneurs back and together redefine what it truly means to be a successful artist.

In this solo episode we talk all about the ins and outs of the fashion design industry honing in on the slow fashion lifecycle and its many phases. From Research and development and design to pattern making and digitizing to sampling, cutting and production - we cover it all! So whether you’re a fashion designer, aspiring to be one, or just curious to learn more about slow fashion this episode is for you. Enjoy!