Portfolio Presentation for Fashion Designers

Linda Tain

Bloomsbury Publishing USA, Feb 22, 2018 - Design - 304 pages

Portfolio Presentation for Fashion Designers, Fourth Edition, is still your best guide to showing your designs, skill sets, and creativity, to get you that job. In new images throughout, the book shows examples of croquis books, spec and flat drawings, and visual research presentations from both fashion professionals and students. From concept through finished product, Portfolio Presentation for Fashion Designers is an indispensable tool to help you prepare your career for the next chapter.

New to this edition
Helpful Hints at the end of each chapter help you to make critical decisions
Expanded Glossary now features knitwear terms
Introduces how to develop a successful fashion portfolio
Expanded discussion and examples of visual research presentation layouts

Contents

• Chapter: 1
• Helpful Hints: 7
• The Flapper: 13
• Length: 21
• Defining the Customer: 29
• Trunk Shows: 31
• Chapter Four: 43
• The EntryLevel: 44
• Jenna: 58
• Leave: 66
• Chapter Five: 71
• Technique: 80
• Helpful Hints: 87
• Presentation Concepts: 89
• Interview 6: 98
• Helpful Hints: 109
• Flats and Specs: 111
• Creating Flats: 115
• Presentation: 131
• Courtesy of Renaldo Barnette: 147
• Types of Boards: 148
• How do Designers: 165
• Chapter Nine: 169
• Helpful Hints: 181
• Defining Age: 188
• Specialty Areas: 197
• Helpful Hints: 205
• Category Specifics: 213
• Helpful Hints: 219
• Résumé Preparation: 225
• Finessing Your: 231
• Chapter Thirteen: 237
• The Interview: 243
• Making It Work: 252
• Chapter Fourteen: 255
• Interview 14: 260
• Trend Style and Color: 269
• PrintingSwatching Sources: 272

About the author

Linda Tain is a Professor at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), USA, where she has taught fashion art, design, and history of clothing for over 30 years.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Portfolio Presentation for Fashion Designers
• Author: Linda Tain
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA, 2018
• ISBN: 1501322982, 9781501322983
• Length: 304 pages
• Subjects: Design / Fashion & Accessories