In 2007 Kate Sheldon founded Fashioneering LLC; a management consultancy working internationally across classifications advising brands, retailers, investors, and service providers in the luxury goods, affordable luxury, and sustainability spaces.
Kate formally launched the Fashioneering Lab in January 2022. A new division of her management consultancy comprised of a global team of industry leaders built to future-proof the fashion industry.
The Fashioneering Lab is a comprehensive growth hub, working globally with purpose-driven luxury brands (and those who hope to be) providing advisory and tactical services, curated think tanks, collection audits, to fractional c-suites.
Leveraging three decades of success, deep industry knowledge, and an extensive network in the world of luxury fashion; Kate currently works as a Fractional Brand President and Chief Merchandising Officer and through the development platform, The Fashioneering Lab to help emerging to heritage brands develop collections, assortments, and businesses that are both profitable and responsible.
Kate got her start in Luxury Fashion as a designer with Victor Costa; notoriously known as “the knock-off king.”
Eventually, Kate found her way to Neiman Marcus. After that, she would go on to spend over a decade as a merchant in Fine Apparel, and Couture Foundations buying the likes of CHANEL, DIOR, Ungaro, Christian Lacroix, PRADA, Etro, Missoni, Roberto Cavalli, Moschino, Alberta Ferreti, Nina Ricci, Donna Karen, Pucci, La Perla, SPANX, Carine Gilson, Wolford, Vera Wang, Reem Acra, Richard Tyler Couture, Badgely Mischka, Monique Lhullier, Oscar de la Renta and many more for the then 43 store chain and online business. Equally passionate and skilled in both the creative and business sides of the industry she describes her unique approach in three words... Creative Thinking Fashioneering
In this episode, Kate talks with Holly Cole about how powerfully the word "no" influenced her career path from designer to merchant to entrepreneur.
