The hair industry is an innovative and creative industry. Hairdressers are ultimately trend setters – not followers... and clothing, much like hair - is such a massive part of self-expression and personal style. So, uniforms and the concept of uniformity was never going to mesh well in an industry built on creativity, vision, and individuality. But it’s also an industry that requires professionalism, functionality and ease in the clothing they wear.
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The Workwear Dilemma!
The hair industry is an innovative and creative industry. Hairdressers are ultimately trend setters – not followers... and clothing, much like hair - is such a massive part of self-expression and personal style. So, uniforms and the concept of uniformity was never going to mesh well in an industry built on creativity, vision, and individuality. But it’s also an industry that requires professionalism, functionality and ease in the clothing they wear.
What is a cire finish?
ci•ré adj.
(textiles) (of fabric) treated with a heat or wax process to make it smooth and glazed in appearance
In case you couldn’t tell, most of the designers here at Blackpants come from a fashion background, and sometimes they bring a little bit of the fashion industry into your Workwear!! Cire is a...
Style verse Fashion: The truth behind the clothing you wear.
What is Style? What is Fashion?
Fashion is everywhere. From the runways, to the boutiques, to the department stores, and out onto the streets. Its ever-changing, its short-lived, and while often exciting, it can also lack substance. Style on the other hand, is a little more discrete; you have to look for it in someone. Sense it. Style is a constant. And it’s all about substance.
Cost per Wear (CPW)
What determines Great Value?
How to increase the value of garments by reducing the Cost Per Wear.
Sustainable Fashion. Fast Fashion. Slow Fashion. Sustainability. Ethical Fashion.
What is Slow Fashion?
What is Slow Fashion?
Slow fashion sits under the umbrella of sustainable fashion, they are in the same realm and are a part of same movement. Slow fashion focuses mainly on manufacturer and consumer actions – and more specifically, reducing production and consumption.
Basically, slow fashion asks consumers to stop treating clothes as disposable. Slow fashion encourages purchasing fewer garments, less often
Consumer Spending Trends
History shows us - when financial insecurity hits, people become much more conscious of how they spend their money. People look for value, investment purchases.
Company Transparency: What does this mean?
TRANSPARENT - CONSCIOUS - SUSTAINABLE
At Blackpants, we believe in our product. Fro...
California Dreamin'
How to see Los Angeles in one and a half days....What a whirlwind trip that was, exhibiting at ISSE in Long Beach! With time differences and flights, we were actually only there around 7 days in total, and boy did we cram a lot into those days! Given the trade show took up 5, there wasn't much time for much else.
Winner Winner Chicken Dinner
So we just flew back from LA after an incredibly successful show, exhibiting at the PBA International Salon & Spa Expo in Long Beach. The Blackpants Stand actually won the Best Booth Award! We even got a certificate! Its official!!
Chanel Mademoiselle Privé Exhibition - London
The Intelligent Legging - International Launch
Launching a new product is always an exciting time. It can also be challenging, stressful and exhausting! But when that product is well received by your target market, there is no better feeling!
London Adventures
I’m not going to lie, Jet setting around the world with a company you love is definitely a job perk. And while trade shows are a lot of work, A LOT (see 2 tradeshows in 10 days) we do get some downtime, and what better place to have some adventures than Europe?!
Two Trade Shows in 10 Days
Ever seen the movie ‘How to lose a guy in 10 days’? yeah, well this how to lose your mind in 10 days…
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