I can answer this in any depth you like. Not only do I design for
Simplicity, last summer Andrea Schewe and I gave a slide talk at Costume
College on the inner workings at Simplicity.
Have you ever thought of writing an article on this for _Sew News_ or
_Threads_? Or maybe you already have, I don't subscribe to either any
more (got tired of these magazines publishing mostly beginner articles).
The craft, home dec, and costume designs are done
by freelancers (read No Benefits.) We get royalties only. Some of us are in
New York and schlep sketches and muslin mocks-ups over to the design office
to pitch an idea. Some people are elsewhere in the country and mail things
in.
Are they fairly open to acquiring new freelance designers?
They choose designs (and decide whether to keep them in the catalogue) based
on sales.
I've heard that, yeah.
Thanks,
Fran
Lavolta Press
http://www.lavoltapress.com
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