I wonder how it must be for young fashion designers to make it in the industry.  I was watching some of that show Dragons Den and there was this young designer who brought in a really unusual collection of clothing.  I thought it was great and would love to wear some of it.  However the problem is that she didn’t seem to have thought through here business plan that well.

You see, business people live and breathe business.  Whereas creative people live and breathe creativity.  This is why so many artists people get screwed over by those in business.  It doesn’t matter whether you are a fashion designer, ballerina or musician, most of the time you won’t make the money you deserve.

I was told a story about a couple of designers who came up with a product and sent the design off to a certain well-known shop.  The result was that the shop thought the design was so good they put it into production and didn’t send the guys any money.  Basically they hadn’t protected it by copyright.