<prompt> Human: I want to start designing clothes and make a career out of it. A group of friends 3 and I are thinking about making a business from selling clothes. I currently make a few bucks more than minimum wage. Are there any tips for publicity and gaining funds?  <response>: This is easily one of the most difficult fields to break into. Fact is that you do not have the marketing budget to put your products in front of others. You want to design clothes... What clothes? Where are you going to start? What is your demographic? What are your core items going to be? High Design? Casual? Work out Apparel? Evening wear? How will you manufacture these clothes? Start by hand? Find a factory to produce? Hire a team of people to work in your home? What are your distribution channels? Online? Retail stores? Sell them directly, or work with current retailers to try and get them to carry your line? 3 Friends in the business... Who has what experience? Who is the designer? Who is the business person? Who understands logisticsfinancemarketing? Businesses like this are unfortunately very hard to gain funds for. You will typically need to take on personal debt that you put into the business, or gain investors via friendsfamily. 