Learn from my mistakes episode 1 lmao 📸🧢 - So I thought starting my own clothing brand would be a fun little side hustle... and then pre-orders hit me like a truck 😅 Stage 1: Hats Four colorways — black 🖤 brown 🤎 gold 💛 white 🤍 (RIP white, nobody wanted you). - What I didn’t know:
⚡ Pre-orders can take 3-5 months
⚡ Manufacturers overseas don’t read minds
⚡ Wrong brims = my nightmare
⚡ Always. Get. Samples. (Even for the tiniest changes!) The crazy part? Companies bang out 150 hats in a day or two… meanwhile, I’m here praying my certified brown truckers make it before next month. Lesson learned: next time I’m ordering stock up front and skipping the pre-order headaches. If you’re thinking of starting a brand — be ready for curveballs (literally, I had to hand-curve these brims 💀) - Remember: these tips and tricks are all just things that I do, My opinions. Just because I do things this way doesn’t mean you have too as well 😉 - Share this with a photographer or videographer...