Fashion Founders Academy

Fashion Founders Studio · 8-Week Live Cohort · January 26-March 16, 2027 · $888

Build your next line with live feedback every week.

Knowing the steps isn't the hard part. Applying them to your own product, costs, and vendors is. For eight Tuesdays, you'll work through the process on your real business, with Lauren giving live feedback.

Full refund for cancellations received at least 48 hours before the scheduled program start. Within 48 hours, registration is non-refundable. See the Refund & Cancellation Policy.

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Bring your real work into the room.

Fashion Founders Studio is for founders who want structure, feedback, and accountability while they build or fix.

01 / Pre-launch

You're ready to build your first product line and want someone to check your work as you go.

02 / Launched

You want to rebuild your next collection on stronger costing and a clearer product plan.

03 / Growing

You need to put structure behind development, vendors, and production, and want live input.

What changes

From knowing to doing.

Examples of the shift live implementation is designed to create.

BeforeYou've learned the steps but stall when applying them.

AfterYou bring your real product plan each week to discuss and refine it.

BeforeYou're unsure if your costing holds up.

AfterYou review costing and margins live and adjust before committing.

BeforePlans stay in your head.

AfterYou leave with a 90-day execution roadmap built on the work you did.

What we work through

One step each week.

Each week focuses on one connected decision, applied to your own business.

  1. 01

    Brand + Customer

    Clarify the brand you’re building and who it must matter to.

  2. 02

    Assortment + Product Plan

    Turn the idea into a focused, commercially sound product plan.

  3. 03

    Design + Development

    Create a development process that moves ideas toward samples.

  4. 04

    Sourcing + Vendors

    Find and evaluate the right materials, makers, and partners.

  5. 05

    Costing + Pricing

    Understand the numbers and build margin into every decision.

  6. 06

    Sampling + Fit

    Review, refine, and approve products with a clear standard.

  7. 07

    Production Planning

    Map quantities, timelines, risks, and production readiness.

  8. 08

    90-Day Execution Plan

    Leave with priorities, milestones, and a practical next move.

What's included

Live support, with the course alongside it.

  • Eight 90-minute live weekly sessions
  • Live implementation, feedback, and accountability
  • Access to the LaunchPad course
  • A 90-day execution roadmap framework

Your live schedule

Tuesdays, January 26-March 16, 2027.

Eight weekly sessions, 5:30-7:00 PM PT.

01January 26, 2027

02February 2, 2027

03February 9, 2027

04February 16, 2027

05February 23, 2027

06March 2, 2027

07March 9, 2027

08March 16, 2027

Who it's for

Is this the right fit?

A good fit if

  • You want live feedback on your real product plan
  • You can commit to eight Tuesday evenings
  • You're pre-launch, already selling, or growing

Not the right fit if

  • You prefer to learn entirely on your own (see LaunchPad)
  • You want private one-on-one consulting
  • You want a guaranteed revenue result

Lauren’s Studio introduction
Video coming soon

A note from Lauren

Hear who Studio is for, in her own words.

A short founder video will be added here. Until then, the format, weekly work, and enrollment details are all on this page.

Portrait of Lauren Jones, fashion design and product development expert

Who's teaching

Lauren Jones

Lauren spent more than 20 years in fashion design and product development inside global brands, including adidas, Reebok, Fabletics, and Legends, then founded Elle & Reid Consulting.

In Fashion Founders Studio, she reviews your decisions the way a product lead would inside a brand: asking the questions that catch problems before they cost money.

Brand names describe Lauren's past roles and do not imply endorsement.

Questions

Before you enroll.

8-Week Live Cohort · $888

Build it with support.

Tuesdays, January 26-March 16, 2027 · 5:30-7:00 PM PT · Eight weekly sessions · Self-paced LaunchPad included. No prerequisite.

Full refund for cancellations received at least 48 hours before the scheduled program start. Within 48 hours, registration is non-refundable. See the Refund & Cancellation Policy.

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