Portfolio Presentation for Fashion Designers

by Linda Tain

Overview

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

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781501323003
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	02/22/2022
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	304
File size:	123 MB
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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.
Linda Tain is a professor of fashion art, design, and history of clothing and has been teaching at the Fashion Institute of Technology for over 30 years. In 1999, she received the Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching. She has conducted numerous seminars on historical costume as well as design and product development and has worked in the fashion industry as an illustrator, designer, and consultant, specializing in the designer sportswear, knitwear, and intimate apparel markets.

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
1 The Portfolio: A Statement of Style
2 The Design Sketch: A History of Style
3 Defining the Customer
4 Organization and Contents
5 The Design Journal: Exploration and Process
6 Presentation Concepts
7 Flats and Specs
8 Presentations and Beyond
9 Menswear Presentations
10 Children's Wear Presentations
11 Fashion Accessories Presentations
12 Résumé and Cover Letter
13 Internship or First Job: Building Your Career
14 Transition: Student to Professional Designer
Glossary
Appendix A
Appendix B
Index