# 1 Granary The leading global fashion education platform and creative network. Page: Feed: --- ## [1 Granary Summer School: Not every order is a good order](https://1granary.substack.com/p/1-granary-summer-school-not-every) _2026-08-18 · 1 Granary_ Pre-collections, invoice factoring, and the account that was once 30% of the business: Cecilie Bahnsen on fashion’s market realities. ## [How big tech killed artists](https://1granary.substack.com/p/how-tech-bros-killed-artists) _2026-08-14 · 1 Granary_ Leading critic William Deresiewicz on why the myth of creative freedom was the most profitable lie tech ever told ## [1 Granary Summer School with Cecilie Bahnsen: You decide what goes on sale](https://1granary.substack.com/p/1-granary-summer-school-with-cecilie-b75) _2026-08-11 · 1 Granary_ Sales agents, speciality stores, and collaborations as R&D – Cecilie Bahnsen on taking ownership of how her brand sells. ## [Our favourite features of the year so far](https://1granary.substack.com/p/our-favourite-features-of-the-year) _2026-08-09 · 1 Granary_ Don't miss 'em. ## [10 books that every designer should read](https://1granary.substack.com/p/books-for-designers) _2026-08-07 · 1 Granary_ Put down that copy of Orlando – there are so many other great books that haven’t informed fashion collections yet. ## [1 Granary Summer School with Cecilie Bahnsen: Build a brand for the long run](https://1granary.substack.com/p/1-granary-summer-school-with-cecilie) _2026-08-04 · 1 Granary_ In the first of our conversations with Cecilie Bahnsen, the designer looks back on ten years of building slowly – from betting on Copenhagen over London to treating suppliers as part of the team. ## [How to use restriction like a filmmaker](https://1granary.substack.com/p/how-to-use-restriction-like-a-filmmaker) _2026-08-02 · 1 Granary_ What fashion designers can learn from filmmakers who turned strict rules into creative freedom. ## [A digital marketing guide for emerging brands](https://1granary.substack.com/p/a-digital-marketing-guide-for-emerging) _2026-07-31 · 1 Granary_ We know about editorials, lookbooks and PR. But what on earth are CRM, GEO and your ROAS? ## [What I learned after The Face made me redundant](https://1granary.substack.com/p/what-i-learned-after-the-face-made) _2026-07-28 · 1 Granary_ Eni Subair, the magazine's former Fashion Features Editor, writes on what happens when you're made involuntarily freelance. ## [12 NY designers on what they'd do differently if starting again](https://1granary.substack.com/p/12-ny-designers-on-what-theyd-do) _2026-07-26 · 1 Granary_ Following our conversations with London and Paris brands, we hop across the pond. ## [Browse ThreatCrush Modules (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/IDdRi7dG6Cxv) _2026-07-26 · **Sponsored**_ Install community-built security modules to extend real-time threat intelligence and monitoring ## [The industry runs on who you know. Here's how to know them.](https://1granary.substack.com/p/the-industry-runs-on-who-you-know) _2026-07-24 · 1 Granary_ Together with Paul Smith’s Foundation, we ask industry mentors the practical questions young designers are often left to figure out alone. ## [The Dior haute couture team take us through their process](https://1granary.substack.com/p/dior-haute-couture-team-process) _2026-07-21 · 1 Granary_ Senior designers and the wider atelier on what it takes to build a collection by hand. ## [How to use reality in design like a documentary filmmaker](https://1granary.substack.com/p/how-to-use-reality-in-design-like) _2026-07-19 · 1 Granary_ What fashion designers can learn from films that look again at the world around them. ## [How to speak the language of factories](https://1granary.substack.com/p/how-to-speak-the-language-of-factories) _2026-07-17 · 1 Granary_ Four Italian manufacturers – technical fabrics, embroidery, knitwear, silk – on what it actually takes to work with them. ## [Your first hire matters more than your first collection](https://1granary.substack.com/p/your-first-hire-matters-more-than) _2026-07-15 · 1 Granary_ Together with Paul Smith’s Foundation, we ask industry mentors the practical questions young designers are often left to figure out alone. ## [In-house designers on sustaining creativity inside luxury brands](https://1granary.substack.com/p/in-house-designers-on-sustaining-creativity) _2026-07-14 · 1 Granary_ "I see my teams going through creative ups and downs. It’s very hard to see them low." ## [Influential Fashion Educators: Craig Green at Modeklasse Vienna](https://1granary.substack.com/p/influential-fashion-educators-craig) _2026-07-10 · 1 Granary_ The designer is betting on the freedom to not yet know, and letting his students interview him about it. ## [What has fashion lost to our data-driven new world?](https://1granary.substack.com/p/dust-magazine-interview-luigi-vitali) _2026-07-07 · 1 Granary_ We speak with Dust Editor-in-Chief Luigi Vitali about the broken promise between the industry and its magazines. ## [How to optimise your margins](https://1granary.substack.com/p/how-to-optimise-your-margins) _2026-07-03 · 1 Granary_ David Berliet, merchandising consultant, breaks down what every brand must know about collection architecture and pricing strategy. ## [Rosa Bellei: The right moment for investment is when you don't need money](https://1granary.substack.com/p/az-academy-rosa-bellei) _2026-07-01 · 1 Granary_ The investment banker and therapist knows more than most about the complex psychology behind financing a brand. ## [Earn crypto from idle GPUs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/tCGcb0fjUL1Q) _2026-07-01 · **Sponsored**_ Run one CLI command, connect your GPU, and start receiving crypto payouts. ## [A new lifeline for creatives in need of legal and financial advice](https://1granary.substack.com/p/hugh-devlin-foundation) _2026-06-30 · 1 Granary_ The Hugh Devlin Foundation will continue the good work of its namesake lawyer, who passed away in 2023.