“I’ve had to buy the basic T-shirts from a variety of suppliers and then check them for quality and see how they washed,” explained Chloe.

The Business Mine advisers have helped her avoid copyright and other legal pitfalls and she describes her experience as an entrepreneur as a “steep learning curve”.

As well as researching the designs and marketing her brand, Chloe has also had to track down a specialist printer.

She said: “Traditional screen printing would have been too costly because there are so many colours. It would have involved 12 or more separate screens. But in the end I found a printer in Sheffield who can do direct-to-garment printing and I’m really happy with the results.”

Through the Business Mine she has also accessed the help of mentor Hardy Punglia who runs the Left Bank in the Byram Arcade.

As well as selling Chloe’s T-shirts he has given her invaluable help, based on his own struggles to establish a successful brand.

“I wanted to make the T-shirts myself but Hardy advised against it and said it would take up too much of my time,’’ said Chloe. “Buying them in is more cost effective.

“I’m now thinking about extending the range to include vests and sweatshirts and I’ve got to find outlets outside Huddersfield.”

So far Chloe says she has sold around 50 T-shirts, which retail at around £22, and has yet to make her fortune, but is enthusiastic and ambitious.

Although there are designs for men and women in her collection, she is finding that buyers are adopting a unisex approach.

Her original start-up costs were covered by her parents and she says she still has a long way to go before her brand is as famous as designer Henry Holland’s.

The fellow Lancastrian is now an established name with his own department in Debenhams stores.

“I did some work experience at 16 with Henry Holland,” explained Chloe, “ and he started off with T-shirts. Now I’ve got to make people aware of what I’m doing, to build my label up.”

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