Manuela
Castelluzzo

Creative &
Design Consultant

As a passionate creative, I'm inspired by the magic in the DETAILS and the process of strategically bringing great ideas to life.

Manuela Castelluzzo - Creative & Design Consultant - Fashion Equipped Mentor

My purpose is to mentor and share my fashion knowledge, creativity, and diverse industry skills, to inspire the next generation of storytellers to create their own 'magical' brands, products and stories.

 

I’m Your Go-To For:

Bringing your ideas, brands and concepts to life. A successful brand provides creative solutions and products for their customers. It tells stories that engage, adds value, and creates connections to make people feel and belong.I’m here to mentor and guide you to do that, by helping you to bring your ideas to life and support you through the whole process from brand creative, product design and development, sourcing, sales strategies, styling and storytelling.

Your investment in you / $290 incl GST

Includes 1 Hour of mentorship power. Your mentors review of your goals prior to the session. Direct access to years of specialised experience & knowledge!

ABOUT

From a young age, I was always drawing, making, and creating. 

I channeled my passion for creativity into a successful career as a Fashion Designer progressing to Senior Executive Leadership roles such as Creative Director and Business and Brand Manager for various prominent companies and brands. 

During my career, I have successfully created fashion brands and products for international labels, major Australian retailers, independent brands, and national sporting codes

in categories of women's, men's, and children’s fashion, and specialized categories also such as; sports, activewear, denim, licensed apparel, and accessories.

My true passion is to create and bring brilliant ideas to life with a focus on PRODUCT, PEOPLE, and PLANET.

To utilize my extensive skills and experience ranging from creative thinking, brand creation, and product design to supply chain, manufacturing, sales strategies, and marketing concepts.

Manuela Castelluzzo - Creative & Design Consultant - Fashion Equipped Mentor

“My passion is to pass it on and EMPOWER you to bring your brilliant ideas and brand to life ... "

A true 'FIBRE TO FASHION' approach.

My fashion finger is always on the pulse and I continue to consult with leading Australian brands and small businesses and also support and champion industry organizations such as the Australian Fashion Council, Ragtrader, International Sourcing Expo, Trade Shows, Fashion Markets, and Festivals.

So now with my 25+ years of varied industry experience and sound knowledge of the entire industry ecosystem in both the Creative and Business sides of Fashion, my objective is to 'pass it on ' to EMPOWER others. I’m here to mentor you through your journey so that you are equipped with the skills to start or scale your fashion business.

So I look forward to working with you to create, grow and tell your fashion story...

  • Lanamara as seen on fashion equipped. Fashion business consulting.

    Thank you so much Manuela for such an awesome mentoring session. Your guidance and expertise has helped us get back on track. I highly recommend anyone that feels stuck, a little overwhelmed, or needs some clarity moving forward, to invest in a session

    You're amazing!

    – Marika Gazzard & Ilana Adam, Lanamara

  • Thirty-Four Dukes as seen on Fashion Equipped. Fashion, business consulting.

    Thank you so much for the mentoring session yesterday! I feel like I’m heading somewhere now! I love how you can see all the details that are so relevant to my brand.

    Thank you for suggesting different ideas and helping me create a range plan.

    Can’t wait to lock you in for my next session Super happy and so much wealthier.

    Mani you are the best!

    – Alex, Thirty-Four Dukes

  • Pug Parties as seen on Fashion Equipped. Fashion, business consulting.

    Mani gave me so many insights into my thoughts and concerns that I had about my plans in our Mentoring Session. I did the pre-work as Mani asked and I found that it really helped me better articulate the areas I wanted to explore in the session. I also really appreciate the prep work and investment that Mani also put into prior to our mentoring session to understand my business, where I am now and where I am looking to go. The session really gave me hope regarding my plans for 2023…

    – Donna, Pug Parties

  • The mentorship program was great, to get both guidance and support throughout the start up phase of my business. It was great to know I was working with someone that had experience, was honest and had my best interest at heart.

    I loved that the mentoring program was flexible and was able to be moulded to the business needs and what were the desired outcomes. I loved that Mani (yourself) was able to meet me in person to help assist with the sampling and fitting. I really felt that this was helpful and important to the overall growth and development of Nakeko. I really appriecated the follow ups and the check in, as this was also a good reminder that I needed to keep on working.

    – Adele, Nakeko

THE ELSEWHERE CO

JOURNEY

So happy I invested in mentorship

This 3 month mentorship was just what I needed to help me take my business to the next level and start scaling. I had a large brand refresh project to complete in a short time frame and the Fashion Equipped mentorship helped me achieve my goals. As always, Manuela brought so much value to the project through her experience and extensive knowledge of the fashion industry. I love working with Manuela as she’s able to push me out of my comfort zone to achieve ambitious goals whilst offering me support and encouragement to confidently work through the project. Throughout the process she kept me accountable, on track and focused. Her contacts, connections and knowledge of the fashion industry has been an asset to my business.  So happy with the results - the brand refresh looks amazing! Thank you xx

Liz Archer, The Elsewhere Co

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