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Fashion Portfolio

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Fashion Portfolio: Create, Curate, Innovate is a practical guide for fashion designers aiming to present themselves effectively in the industry. It emphasises personal strategy and storytelling to achieve visual and conceptual clarity in portfolios, enhancing them as powerful sales tools. The book also covers research, personal branding, online presentation, interview techniques, and follow-up, alongside career advice for various fashion professions. Case studies from successful graduates provide valuable real-world insights.
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Ideal for aspiring fashion designers, students, and professionals seeking to develop or refine their portfolios and personal branding within the fashion industry.

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A stand-out portfolio is essential for advanced students, emerging fashion professionals and career builders.

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Personal strategy and clear identity are key to successfully presenting yourself as a designer within the fashion industry. Fashion Portfolio: Create, Curate, Innovate is a practical guide to a forward-reaching portfolio, emphasising the value of personalised storytelling. Its focus is on helping designers reach visual and conceptual clarity in representing their potential.

As part of a personal brand strategy, the portfolio becomes a stronger sales tool. This is why the book also explores research, personal branding, presentation materials, online presentation, interview technique, and follow-up.

The book also includes a section on different fashion professional paths, providing invaluable career advice for aspiring designers and all those looking to evolve in the fashion industry. Case studies from successful recent graduates working across the world offer further insight on how to make your mark.

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Reviewed positively by educators and industry professionals, it is praised for its current images, helpful layouts, and inclusion of both digital and hand rendering techniques. Theoretical guidance on portfolio layout combined with visually appealing content aids student understanding. Appreciation is also given to its coverage of self-promotion and online presence. Described as an excellent resource for designers at all levels.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781913947927

Publisher: Laurence King Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 14 March 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Laurence King Publishing

Illustration: 300

Audience: General / adult, Primary and secondary education, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 16.0mm

Width: 216.0mm

Height: 278.0mm

Weight: 935g

Pages: 208

About the Author

Tamara Albu (Author)

Tamara Albu is an artist, designer and professor, formerly the director of the AAS Fashion Design program at Parsons School of Design. With over thirty years of experience, she developed and taught a variety of courses including Fashion Portfolio and Fashion Illustration. Her courses, workshops and seminars have been conducted in many countries, including France, China and India.

Michelle Nahum-Albright (Author)

Michelle Nahum-Albright is design director, writer and professor at Parsons School of Design. She shares her communication skills across a range of courses including visual communication, packaging, and fashion. A former in-house design director for both Elizabeth Arden and Estee Lauder, she holds an MFA in Design and Technology and has taught at New York's FIT and Pratt Institute.

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