FASHION BRAND CONSULTING & ECOMMERCE STRATEGIST

Guiding fashion Startups to build, launch and grow brands that stand out and sell.

Ready to launch your fashion brand?

At the Digital Artisan, we provide bespoke ecommerce strategies and fashion brand consulting to help Australian startups turn creative concepts into thriving online businesses. Whether it’s your first collection or a growing label, we’ll guide you with digital marketing, product development, and branding expertise - keeping it fun and impactful every step of the way. 

12 years experience | 150+ collections launched | **Loves a spicy marg

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    Fashion Design Services

    We offer 1:1 services in product development, supplier sourcing, textile design, tech packs, fashion branding, digital marketing and more for your fashion brand. 

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    Consulting & Advisory

    Get personalised, expert guidance for your fashion journey and to help grow your fashion business. 

  • How to Start a Fashion Brand Courses and resources

    Courses & Memberships

    Our Fashion Starter Pack offers a booster to get started in product development whilst our Fashion Foundations course provides essential guidance for startups to build strong brand foundations.

  • Digital template and resources shop for fashion startups

    Template Shop

    The template store offers a range of digital tools for fashion brands, including digital tools a resources designed to help streamline the process of building and scaling a fashion business. 

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Ready to build your brand?

Hey, I’m Vanessa!

A fashion brand consultant, from the Gold Coast, QLD and I’m here to guide you through building, launching, and growing a standout fashion label.

With a blend of fashion and marketing expertise, I’ll work with you from the early stages of product development, through crafting a successful launch plan, and beyond.

READY TO GET CRACKING ON YOUR FASHION BRAND?

FREE fashion Startup Bundle

Here's a bunch of awesome resources to give you a head start on this wild (but totally epic) adventure!

  • Start to Launch Checklist

  • Startup Planner

  • Fashion Brand Roadmap

  • Brand Strategy Questionnaire

  • Wholesale/Product Development Calendar

FREE WORKSHOP ON STARTING A FASHION BRAND

Still figuring it all out?

Watch my Starting a Fashion Brand Workshop below before taking a dive into building your new fashion label from scratch.

**This 20 minute workshop will cover super practical advice and will give you at least 5 time (and money) saving tips

OUR FASHION BRAND COURSES

Which level of Support is right for me?


I’m just starting a fashion brand and really need to grasp the overall business and marketing side…

Not just a design course, this program covers wholesale, marketing, Shopify, launch plan, budgeting, product development, tech packs & more.

12 modules | 15-30 mins each

I’m at the very beginning and looking for suppliers & wanting to learn the process…

This mini course contains email templates, a list of suppliers and a few short videos to explain exactly how to get started with your fashion brand.

1 hour | 99 suppliers | email templates

"Vanessa’s practical, value-adding approach and years of experience immediately enabled me to decipher the intimidating world of fashion manufacturing and sampling”

- KEELY, KENI SLEEPWEAR

 
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“We couldn’t be happier with the prints Vanessa designed for us. She interpreted our brief perfectly and created our best selling print of last season. So much so that we are bringing it back this season in a new colourway. We look forward to working together in the future!”

Hannah, Bam Loves Boo