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How to Create a Glamorous Fashion Portfolio

You will struggle to find a fashion designer who has not produced at least one of their very-own customised fashion portfolios, which documents and showcases samples of their creative fashion designs and work.

Such portfolios have been used for multiple years within the fashion industry, with many having landed their dream jobs thanks to the impressive fashion portfolio that they created, and you too can create a portfolio website by following a few simple steps. However, although putting together a collection of one’s fashion work in the format of a portfolio sounds like a simple task, this is very much not the case.

In order to impress prospective employers, it is important that your portfolio will not only fit the criteria and showcase your work in a way that suits your potential employers’ needs and requirements, but that it also will have that ‘something special’ that makes it stand out amongst the rest.

Which type of portfolio should you produce?

The first thing to decide upon is what type of portfolio you should produce, and whether this should be a more general portfolio, or tailored to a specific advertised job role within a fashion company.

A general (or personal) portfolio is one that displays a variety of your work, and that is not specific to a particular fashion genre. Whereas, a tailored (or more specific) fashion portfolio is one that should be produced to meet a certain criteria – for example, when applying for a particular role within a fashion company.

How long should a fashion portfolio be? How many samples of your work should you include in it?

Once you have decided upon the type of fashion portfolio that you are going to create, you should put some thought into how long it should be. Think about the length of its content as well as how much of your work (samples) you should include.

Although there is no specific limit when it comes to the number of pages that your fashion portfolio should be, you should aim to include at least ten pages, which should be sufficient to cover your ideas, designs and work samples.

It is important that you include samples of your work that relate to the purpose of your portfolio, and also that you use your most recent work – as this shows potential employers of your current level of ability and skill as a fashion designer.

Consider the format of your fashion portfolio

Although your fashion portfolio needs to stand out and have that ‘touch of magic’ to separate it from the rest, there is a basic format that you should adhere to.

– Introduction

The first section of your portfolio should be the introduction, which is where you want to ‘set the scene’ by providing a brief overview – including an explanation of how and why you decided to design your work in a particular way, as well as describing what inspired you to do this. Whether this is the latest fashion trends, a celebrity, a genre of music, and so on.

– Mood boards

A necessity of all fashion portfolios. The mood boards that you include should provide potential employers, or clients, with a clear understanding on what exactly it was that gave you the inspiration to design your fashion items in the way that you did.

However, it is important that you do not go ‘overboard’ with creating too much content on your mood boards, but instead ensuring that they are concise and to the point, whilst clearly demonstrating your creative ability.

– Your fashion designs

Having introduced your work and your mood boards outlining the reasons behind your work, it is now time to present the fashion design themselves. It is extremely important that you present your designs in the best way possible, which is usually done through the use of photographs, as well as drawings and high-quality sketches.

You should consider ways to showcase your designs that really bring them to ‘life’, and that demonstrate your best work.

What else should you include in your fashion portfolio?

As well as including the above three sections in your fashion portfolio, there are also other things to consider which can help to make your fashion portfolio ‘rise’ above the rest.

  • Technical drawings – these are usually produced by hand or through the use of digital programs, such as Adobe software applications – InDesign and Illustrator. Technical drawings are a great way to showcase your design skills to the ‘next level’.
  • A ‘stand out’ front title page – it is very important to grab the attention of those that have your fashion portfolio, which are likely to be sat alongside the portfolios of other designers. Make sure you produce a front title page that is vibrant, colourful and that makes it stand out from the rest.

 In conclusion

As you can see there are a number of things to consider when producing your very-own fashion portfolio. By taking the time to consider each of the above points when creating a portfolio of your work you will be putting yourself on the road to landing that dream job of yours.

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