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It's one thing to wholesale bikinis dream of becoming a fashion designer — to design and sew your own pieces at home. But actually figuring out how to start your own clothing line, turning a hobby you love to a profession, seems totally daunting, especially since the market looks like it's saturated with amazing independent designers. But if starting your own clothing line is something you've always dreamed of, you sometimes just have to take the plunge. That's what Colette Chrétien learned when she started own clothing line La Fille Colette last fall, and from what she explained in an phone interview with Bustle, designing was one of the easier parts of the whole process because she went in with a clear vision. 

"I really clothes online stores want to occupy the space of day-to-night dressing and be the go-to for that," Chrétien said. "I was thinking about the balance between these two things: exciting clothes that women really want to wear but also that are easy to wear." 

Her line is versatile, comfortable, and colorful, body shapewear as well as ethically produced in the United States. Chrétien has learned a along the way, from the nitty-gritty details of manufacturing to the importance of networking, and as La Fille Colette prepares to launch its first collection this summer, Chrétien took some time to to tell us about the challenges of starting her own line and the importance of building a sustainable brand, as well as give some advice to other designers who have also dreamed of starting their own line. 

1. Know what you want to plus size slip shapewear doOnce you decide to pursue this passion, there are two ways to get there. Whether you start your own line or become a full-time designer for another fashion house, "you'll get there whichever way you want to." For Chrétien, the former was going to be the more fulfilling. 

"I wanted to be working for myself," Chrétien explained. "I wanted to start a line and work in fashion and do exactly what I wanted to be doing." 

2. Do your research about the industryCreating your own clothing line, "starts out being this overwhelming, very cloudy, mysterious process," said Chrétien. But after doing some research, "you start to realize there's one process to go through." Chrétien asked for advice from a handful of people who have started their own lines, but has learned a lot just by reading what's already out there. "The one book I liked the best and gave a really good overview is by Mary Gehlhar." She also liked by Kathleen Fasanella for a no-nonsense, technical look into manufacturing.