Comments on: How do I get someone to look at my fashion designing portfolio? http://fashion--talk.com/fashion/how-do-i-get-someone-to-look-at-my-fashion-designing-portfolio/ fashion topic discussion Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:52:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Jee http://fashion--talk.com/fashion/how-do-i-get-someone-to-look-at-my-fashion-designing-portfolio/#comment-559 Jee Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:10:14 +0000 http://fashion--talk.com/fashion/how-do-i-get-someone-to-look-at-my-fashion-designing-portfolio/#comment-559 First of all it's necessary for you to understand the format of organizing a fashion design portfolio. Presentation can be the difference between a thumbs up and rejection. Check out this site for help: Secondly, you need to understand that starting a career in fashion designer is near impossible without attending a reputable college and gaining a network of fellow designers. A smart student doesn't pick their college on simply reputation but also pays attention to location and internship opportunities. (Internships are most important for future designers) I'm not an expert in fashion design in particular but I would recommend going to school in New York City. FIT, Parsons, School of Visual Arts and Pratt have strong reputations and alumni networks. California/LA is also a nice place to study. I recommend Otis College or Parsons. Stay away fro the Art Institutes, most people in the industry wrinkle their nose at them. As for getting you portfolio reviewed all across america art departments and schools have an event known as "National Portfolio Review Day". They are usually held in the spring and are known for being brutal. My recommendation to you is to contact your local college's art department and scheduling a consultation. They usually review your work in an informal way and tell you how to improve rather than slapping you in the face with harsh words. Oh and a side note. When composing your portfolio I recommend investing in white bond paper and a using a roll of tracing paper. White bond is an excellent surface for marker/blending and is far more portable and cheaper than Bristol Board. Remember that illustrating your process is key and the theme to design is innovation. Which means your need to keep it simple and wearable, alot of upcoming design students think the more stuff/cooler the picture they draw the better the design. Also I recommend you work on a size no smaller than 14x17 and invest in an itoya presentation portfolio to appear serious about your pursuit. Good luck! First of all it’s necessary for you to understand the format of organizing a fashion design portfolio. Presentation can be the difference between a thumbs up and rejection.

Check out this site for help:

Secondly, you need to understand that starting a career in fashion designer is near impossible without attending a reputable college and gaining a network of fellow designers. A smart student doesn’t pick their college on simply reputation but also pays attention to location and internship opportunities. (Internships are most important for future designers) I’m not an expert in fashion design in particular but I would recommend going to school in New York City. FIT, Parsons, School of Visual Arts and Pratt have strong reputations and alumni networks. California/LA is also a nice place to study. I recommend Otis College or Parsons. Stay away fro the Art Institutes, most people in the industry wrinkle their nose at them.

As for getting you portfolio reviewed all across america art departments and schools have an event known as “National Portfolio Review Day”. They are usually held in the spring and are known for being brutal. My recommendation to you is to contact your local college’s art department and scheduling a consultation. They usually review your work in an informal way and tell you how to improve rather than slapping you in the face with harsh words.

Oh and a side note. When composing your portfolio I recommend investing in white bond paper and a using a roll of tracing paper. White bond is an excellent surface for marker/blending and is far more portable and cheaper than Bristol Board. Remember that illustrating your process is key and the theme to design is innovation. Which means your need to keep it simple and wearable, alot of upcoming design students think the more stuff/cooler the picture they draw the better the design. Also I recommend you work on a size no smaller than 14×17 and invest in an itoya presentation portfolio to appear serious about your pursuit. Good luck!

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