Connecting the dots between early concept development and long term success.

Built by founders, for founders

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[ OUR MISSION ]

Making the Process More Accessible

From concept development to sourcing, sampling, production, positioning, and launch, EMSHI helps founders move through the many parts of bringing something to market with more structure, access, and advocacy.

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We know what it feels like.

To have a clear vision, then enter the production process without the structure, language, or relationships needed to move through it confidently.

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We learned by doing.

Through that process, we saw how easily vision can get lost in translation, budgets can be misdirected, and products can move forward before they are truly ready.

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We built EMSHI to meet you there.

Our mission is to give founders the foundation, guidance, and advocacy needed to move through product, brand, and production with more confidence.

[ WHO WE ARE ]

Built by founders who have been through the process.

EMSHI was created for founders standing between a strong concept and a clear path forward.

Before building EMSHI as an apparel and brand development studio, we took our own fashion concept from an early idea to a launched and selling brand.

Along the way, we experienced the uncertainty, wrong turns, production questions, vendor challenges, and decision fatigue that often come with bringing something new to market.

That experience changed the way we saw the industry. We realized how much time, money, and energy could be saved with the right guidance earlier in the process.

EMSHI is built to be the development partner we once needed, helping founders clarify what they are building, shape their product direction, and move through the process with more structure and confidence.

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Founder-built perspective

We understand the process because we have moved through it ourselves, from concept to launch.

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Industry-backed experience

Our team brings education from FIDM, fashion industry experience, and hands-on product development knowledge.

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Rooted in DTLA access

Our Los Angeles location gives us direct access to fabric suppliers, vendors, manufacturers, and production resources.

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Emma Shiers

Emma approaches product development with a big-picture mindset, helping guide ideas from their earliest stages into more tangible and refined outcomes. Her background in design and physical product creation gives her a grounded understanding of form, construction, and development, allowing her to shape concepts with both creative instinct and real-world product insight.

Founder

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Megan Bloom

Megan brings a highly structured, detail-driven approach to the studio, helping turn ideas into clear and strategic action. Her strength lies in refining concepts, building thoughtful roadmaps, and guiding products through the layers of research, positioning, and execution that give them direction and help them move forward with focus and clarity.

COO

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Sean Shiers

Sean brings a deeply strategic and business-minded perspective to the studio, helping shape the larger vision behind how ideas are positioned, protected, and grown. With experience obtaining multiple patents and building and selling businesses from the ground up, he brings a strong understanding of innovation, commercialization, and founder strategy to ideas with long-term business potential.

CEO