Constraints

What are constraints? 

Constraints are things that restrict you from been able to do certain things like price; if you are a small business you need to be aware of the amount of money you are spending and the price you are selling your product for example I’m making a garment for lower class community and I over spend on fabric and sell my garment for a low price I will be losing out on profit in the long run this could run my business into the ground and i might not be able to afford to make any more orders. 

Constraints are not bad things they give you limitations and deadlines so you know how fast you have to work and it will push your creativity and will help you become a better designer. Having a constraint on price allows you to find and source other things that are just as better for cheaper it also allows you to push your imagination and opens your eyes to the fact you don’t have to use expensive things to create top quality products.

Constraints are things like;

•     Your customer

•     Space
•      Price

•    Health and Safety

•   Time

Miss Deee

Aptt 1185,

Chynoweth Hse,

TRURO,

TR4 8UN

 www.missdeee.com

Company Descript.

With an office in the United Kingdom, Miss Deee provides beautiful Unique and Exclusive Designer clothing. Miss Deee's designer cocktail dresses and evening gowns can be customised for your perfect fit, to clients throughout the World. Miss Deee distributes goods internationally. Set up in the year 2000 as part of Millionaire fashion Group the company has over 10 years of experience in the Designer Clothing and Accessories sector.

Consisting of sophisticated customised designer clothing, the ball gown, cocktail dresses and evening dresses supplied by the business are perfect for that special occasion. Available online, the products are tailored to individual needs. This ensures Miss Deee's customers look and feel unique and exclusive anywhere she goes, as clothes are available in limited numbers. Unlike "High Street" stores. The company is managed by a team of like-minded individuals who has been working in the Designer Clothes market for many years. Having previously worked for a well-known high street brand, Miss Deee is experienced enough to manage the company. http://www.freeindex.co.uk/profile%28miss-deee%29_414832.htm

                              

I am writing about an online store called Miss Deee and the constraints they may face been a small company and I will also say how they can overcome them.

Been a small online company has many constraints for example location, as the business is located online many people will not know about them this means they could be losing potential customers, they have to think of ways to advertise their company for example Twitter is an online site where you can tweet and talk to people all over the world it is a brilliant way to put yourself out there, also Facebook millions of people are on online sites and things get past about and talked about.

Been an online company selling things for a wide range of people have to keep in mind that you still have a customer this is one of your constraint you have to make sure your garment fits their needs and wants when designing you have to make sure you are using suitable fabrics for your target market to keep it in their price range. When designing for just one person you have to cater for their personal needs you would not design a cheap ‘night out’ dress for someone who personality requires more expensive and elegant style, when designing you have to get to know your customer so you know what they want and what fits their personality.

Space and fabric are also constraints you need to be able to produce the garments required by your customer and the fabrics you need to supply may become expensive you need to find ways to lower the cost by supplying fabric from cheap but quality places fabric for abroad tend to be cheap but you have to make time for them to be transported and shipped this is also a constraint as this can be very time consuming. Lack of space is a big problem as your work space can become overcrowded this could be a potential fire hazard, been an online business you need to make sure you have space to store your goods and make them.

Copyright is a massive constraint in the fashion industry been a small online business you need to make sure you are not a victim people often take other peoples designs and rip them off to stop this happening to you, you must copyright your designs.

Time is a massive constraint as you need to keep to dead line to keep you customer happy, within the process of making you need to allow time for shipping fabric if it is from abroad also printing, cutting and pattern making also design to design a top quality garment you need to allow time but before you can design you need to gather your research and inspiration. Time is also important when interviewing and recruiting staff you need to allow time to be able to recruit the best staff the hard workers and skilled, this is because you will always have staff that don’t know how to do certain things and if your staff are skilled in different thing they will be able to show the other staff while they work this saves time.    

  

Constraints I have faced during my FMP;

During my final major project I have face many constraints witch have made me deal with my work in a much different way I have had to stop and think about what it is stopping me from doing and how I am going to solve it by finding  another option.

The main constraint I have face during my FMP is time, I have had to arrange my time so I can fit all my work in like digital printing I have to make sure I had all my work done that I needed doing before I could go to digital print as there is certain times I could get booked in. also with screen printing as drop in is only on certain days, I gave myself mini deadlines for when I had to have my work done. It is very important that I organize my time right and don’t waist it on unnecessary things and it is also important that I give enough time to complete things.

Money is also a big constraint as I don’t want to over spend on my budget but there are things that I would like to do and experiment with but I can’t do that within my budget so I have had to find alternative ways that have come out better for example I wanted a table for my exhibition but the one I wanted was out of my price range luckily I found one similar in a friend of the family’s pub and she allowed me to have it for free saving money that I could spend on something more practical like my digital print. 

Health and safety is something that I have had to overcome due to constraints I wanted to do a latex workshop to do samples for my FMP but did not have appropriate footwear so I put welly boots on provided by the workroom staff for safety this allowed me to take part in the workshop.

My target customer is also one of my constraints as she has her own needs and want and I have to be able to provide what she needs to keep her happy. This is hard as I need to do research on my customer witch can be very time consuming also I need to be able to produce a garment that fits her personality and tailors to her needs.

Space is a massive constraint that I have also had to overcome due to having such small studio space making paper patterns is harder so I took work home where I have my personal space and I have been able to finish the work. Also lack of space in the computer rooms I have had to go elsewhere to be able to do work needed I have traveled to other college sites to finish work off and also gone to the library to use this that are provided there, this is very time consuming but time is something that I have had to sacrifice to be able to finish work.