Developing And Branding The Fashion Merchandising Portfolio

A career in fashion merchandising means working in a fast-paced, creative industry-and a highly competitive one. 'Developing and Branding the Fashion Merchandising Portfolio' is a guide to creating a portfolio and brand for yourself that will stand out.

A career in fashion merchandising means working in a fast-paced, creative industry--and a highly competitive one. Developing and Branding the Fashion Merchandising Portfolio is a guide to creating a portfolio and brand for yourself that will stand out. Portfolios provide immediate visual evidence of what you can do, and they communicate hands-on experience more explicitly than a resume can on its own. Whether you're interested in design, product development, buying, textile design, or trend forecasting, this book provides activities to help you identify and focus your skills. Step-by-step instructions demonstrate how to gather examples of your work, how to choose a design and layout, and ways to incorporate drawings, sketches, and CAD-generated material into a consistent, streamlined portfolio that reflects your personality. User-friendly and above all visual, this is the guide for creating a portfolio that will get you hired--and keep your career on track.

A career in fashion merchandising means working in a fast-paced, creative industry-and a highly competitive one. Developing and Branding the Fashion Merchandising Portfolio is a guide to creating a portfolio and brand for yourself that will stand out. Portfolios provide immediate visual evidence of what you can do, and they communicate hands-on experience more explicitly than a résumé can on its own. Whether you're interested in design, product development, buying, textile design, or trend forecasting, this book provides activities to help you identify and focus your skills. Step-by-step instructions demonstrate how to gather examples of your work, how to choose a design and layout, and ways to incorporate drawings, sketches, and CAD-generated material into a consistent, streamlined portfolio that reflects your personality. User friendly and above all visual, this is the guide for creating a portfolio that will get you hired-and keep your career on track.

A career in fashion merchandising means working in a fast-paced, creative industry-and a highly competitive one. Developing and Branding the Fashion Merchandising Portfolio is a guide to creating a portfolio and brand for yourself that will stand out. Portfolios provide immediate visual evidence of what you can do, and they communicate hands-on experience more explicitly than a résumé can on its own. Whether you're interested in design, product development, buying, textile design, or trend forecasting, this book provides activities to help you identify and focus your skills. Step-by-step instructions demonstrate how to gather examples of your work, how to choose a design and layout, and ways to incorporate drawings, sketches, and CAD-generated material into a consistent, streamlined portfolio that reflects your personality. User friendly and above all visual, this is the guide for creating a portfolio that will get you hired-and keep your career on track.

For the fashion designer seeking employment, a well-prepared portfolio is an essential marketing tool. Designing Your Fashion Portfolio: From Concept to Presentation uses the design process to guide students through conceptualization and assembly of a fashion design portfolio that will communicate their talents and vision as designers. The richly illustrated text helps students assemble their work and organize it into a compelling story of their artistic talents and market savvy. In the process, students learn to evaluate their skills and identify their interests so that they can focus on building collections for their chosen target markets. The author's fashion design portfolio system enables designers to tailor their portfolios for each client throughout their careers.

Marketing Fashion is a practical guide to the fundamental principles of marketing and branding, from catwalk to price calculation, developing brand identity to creating a customer profile. The book explains key theoreticalconcepts, and illustrates how they are applied within the global fashion and retail industry, from haute couture to the mass market. The book is designed to appeal to students at degree or foundation level as well as those contemplatinga career within the fashion industry.

Highlighting the skills and considerations needed to manage products, this book will also help readers to understand processes such as product development, the supply chain and branding. It examines traditional and newer roles within the industry, discussing the roles of buyers, retailers and merchandisers. Interviews, photographs and case studies combine to make this an exciting and current career guide.

What are Fashion Brands? - Fashion Brand Merchandising - Fashion Brands in the Marketplace - Fashion Brands and Consumers - Products, Services, and Fashion Brands Building Fashion Brands - Planning Fashion Brands - Elements of Fashion Brands - Fashion Brand Communication - Fashion Brand Experiences Developing Fashion Brands - Changing Nature of Fashion Brands - Expanding Fashion Brands - Measuring Fashion Brand Performance - Fashion Brand Portfolios Working with Fashion Brands - Organizing the Fashion Brand Team - Business and Social Issues of Fashion Brands - Future Trends of Fashion Brands - "Focus on Fashion Brands" features an article or case study relevant to the topics of the specific chapters - "BrandBlog" provides online discussion topics to help facilitate a Web-based course design - "Brandlab" offers an opportunity to create a fashion brand - End of chapter material includes key terms and review questions designed to assist development of your career - Eight-page insert consists of full-color photographs - Instructor's Guide provides suggestions for planning the course and using the text in the classroom