ABOUT US

"Fashion Has No Borders"

Fashion Has No Borders™ Inc. (FHNB) was created to provide a forum offering international exposure and promotion especially for designers whom are interested in finding opportunities in the international fashion market.

The international apparel retail business has grown to $172 billion per year. The employment rate for designers is expected to outpace that of all other occupations through the year 2008.

The opportunities for designers and apparel industry workers have never been better. Imagine getting paid to dress people and make them feel good? Your designers work with the most talented and creative people in the industry. Your name is franchised internationally; you can find it on billboards all over subway stations. This level of success awaits Caribbean design and apparel professionals.

In the fashion business, natural talent will only take you so far. Being business savvy will get you ahead of the rest. Fashion is 90% business and 10% talent. You can have a book full of the most original, creative, unique designs but if you don't know how to market and sell your garments you are going nowhere fast. Truth be told, a buyer could care less about how great your designs are. Ultimately, buyers would rather know how good your design products are at selling in retail, whether you have any kind of brand awareness, what other stores you are selling in, and who wears your clothing (particularly celebrities).

Other business concerns include the globalizing nature of the world economy. As trade barriers continue to disappear around the world, global competition forces companies to explore new ways of doing business and improve the way they market themselves and their products.

An internationally-focused company can assist designers to adopt new ways of doing business and engage in a unified marketing strategy directed at international markets. FHNB is that company and we have the expertise and contacts to act as bridge to important world markets.

Fashion Has No Borders™ Inc. is currently in the process of selecting designers who are interested in the benefits of partnering with an international marketing company.

PROCEEDS BENEFIT CHILD-FOCUSED ORGANIZATIONS

SickKids Foundation: www.sickkidsfoundation.com
Every year, FHB chooses child-focused organizations to support. This year, the organizations are SickKids Foundation in Toronto and Watoto Leadership Development Projects for orphans and abandoned children in Uganda.

SickKids aims to meet the following goals:
SickKids Foundation is the largest non-governmental granting agency in child health in Canada. Established in 1972, SickKids Foundation has granted over $500 million to The Hospital for Sick Children and over $60 million to researchers across the country. Our mission is to inspire our communities to invest in health and scientific advances to improve the lives of children and their families in Canada and around the world.

We have invested our community's contributions in world-leading children's health research and care. We believe there is no one else in Canada as dedicated as we are to eliminating the gap between what is happening in child health research, education and training, and what should be happening.

Our vision: Healthier children. A better world.

Watoto: www.watoto.com
The mission of Watoto is about more than saving as many children as possible from the tragic circumstances surrounding them. It is about building a force for long lasting, meaningful change. And Watoto is about giving abandoned children the tools and skills to care for themselves, their families, their community and their country. The ultimate goal of Watoto is to help raise future leaders, to lift them up and fill them with love and hope so that they might do the same for their neighbour. By putting these gifts in the hands of the children, Watoto is creating a powerful force for positive change.