Morgaine McGee

CEO & Co-Founder @The Vertical Collective

🔥 Startup FounderBusiness Owner💼 C-level Executive👍 Sales & BizDevProduct DesignerCEO🐦 DesignFashion Designer

I am a Product development and manufacturing CEO with 25 years of experience across multiple categories. I have successfully executed multi country development and manufacturing as well as operational excellence initiatives, while improving quality, reducing costs, and generating sustainable revenue. Achievements include, The Vertical Collective ranked seventh fastest growing company by The Financial Times in 2022 and ranked thirty fifth fastest growing company on the Inc 5000 in 2021. I have also be on Bloomberg as a commentator for “bags to riches, inside the luxury handbag culture” as well as Guest lecturer at London College of Fashion “Applying sustainability to the handbag supply chain”. I am a Parsons School of Design graduate

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The Vertical CollectiveCo Founder/Co-CEO

Jan. 2016Hong Kong, San DiegoThe Vertical Collective combines 20 years of fashion industry expertise with a new world approach to speed and distribution for both wholesale and B2C brands. Our one-stop solution offers strategic brand consultation, product design, accelerated development, manufacturing and distribution. With offices in San Diego, Europe, and Hong Kong, our global network allows us to be nimble and reactive to shifting markets. We work closely with our clients to merge key fashion trends with business strategy and product development - to help them quickly design and produce quality product and maximize profitability. Our clients come in all shapes and sizes, from large corporations looking to pivot their business model to small start ups with simply a great idea. The Vertical Collective is strategically positioned to manage all facets of a partner’s business needs, from analyzing and editing collections to maintaining sell-through and maximizing margins, with a focus on the following core services: • Creative Direction & Product Design – The firm’s design and development team has a proven record of developing apparel, accessories and footwear that have generated multimillion dollar sales. They can work with a concept or target audience to develop a collection for any brand, young or established. • Private Label Collections – For brands that prefer a more hand’s off approach, TVC can efficiently step in and manage the entire process: from concept refinement and design to sourcing and production, delivering a complete, quality-made, fashion-forward collection directly to warehouses. • Vertical Integration – Whether a brand is facing growing demand that’s outpacing supply or finding that vendor contracts are keeping profits at bay, TVC has the experience and trusted relationships to aid in managing overseas manufacturing, slashing production costs, and getting to market quickly, without costly mistakes or missteps. https://www.theverticalcollective.com