When you can join Marisol
Start times are local to Los Angeles, CA.
- From Sketch to Shelf: Streetwear Design & DistributionStarts 9 AM, 6 hours
- Pattern Making & Sampling in a Streetwear StudioStarts 10 AM, 5 hours
What Marisol hosts
From Sketch to Shelf: Streetwear Design & Distribution
Sample room to warehouse: design a drop, source fabric and see how it ships to stores.
- Length
- 6 hours
- Group
- 1–3 guests
- Price
- $220
Pattern Making & Sampling in a Streetwear Studio
Draft a hoodie pattern, cut and sew a first sample and learn what a sample maker checks before production.
- Length
- 5 hours
- Group
- 1–3 guests
- Price
- $190
About Marisol
Marisol Vega printed her first shirts on a borrowed press and sold them out of her car trunk at swap meets and school events. The money from those weekends paid for her first small production run, and eventually for her own streetwear label.
She now designs four drops a year and handles wholesale distribution for her label and two partner brands, shipping to about 60 boutiques. Her weeks move between the design studio, fabric and trim suppliers downtown, the sample room and the warehouse. She still signs off on every sample before it goes to production.
She hosts because the path from a sketch to a box on a store shelf is rarely explained, and because most small brands fail on cash flow rather than design. She wants people to see both halves.
What you’ll learn from Marisol
- How a garment moves from sketch to tech pack to sample
- How to read a swatch card and negotiate minimum order quantities
- How cost per unit and wholesale pricing are calculated
- Why small apparel brands often run short on cash, and how to plan around it
