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How to create your final collection [electronic resource] : a fashion student's handbook / Mark Atkinson.

By: Atkinson, Mark.
Material type: TextTextSeries: Portfolio skillsFashion & textiles: Publisher: London : Laurence King Pub., 2012Description: 1 online resource (192 p.) : ill. (chiefly col.).ISBN: 9781780671864 (electronic bk.); 1780671865 (electronic bk.); 9787515319186.Uniform titles: ProQuest Ebook Central. Subject(s): Fashion design -- Study and teaching | Design | Fashion design -- Study and teachingGenre/Form: Electronic booksAdditional physical formats: Print version: How to create your final collection.DDC classification: 746.9207 ATK Online resources: Electronic version | Connect to e-book on ProQuest Ebook Central
Contents:
How to Create your Final Collection; Contents; Introduction; How to Use This Book; Your Final Collection; Chapter 1: The Different Markets for Womenswear; Five Fashion Markets; Niche Markets; Chapter 2: Fashion in Time; Fashion Seasons; The Design-to-Retail Cycle; Trends in Fashion; Trend Forecasting; Finalizing your Personal Brief; Chapter 3: Creative Research; Finding Inspiration; Your Sketchbook; Potential Sources of Inspiration and Influence; Finding Material ; Manipulating Material; Choosing your Influences and Putting Together your Theme Board; Chapter 4: Development and Sampling.
Your Strategy for Development and SamplingElements of Garment Design and Construction Techniques; Development Techniques; Creative Practices; Explaining How your Collection will Work: Concept and Mood Boards; Chapter 5: Garment Design and Line Planning; Good Fashion Design; Garments: The Building Blocks of a Fashion Collection; Line Planning in the Industry; Line Planning a Final Collection; Garment Design; Cut, Make and Trim (CMT); Chapter 6: Styling and Presentation; Presentation of Fashion; Presentation of the Final Collection; Fashion Styling; Styling your Final Collection.
Presentation for SubmissionMaking the Most of the End-of-Year Show; Exercises in Professional Styling; Chapter 7: Diffusing your Final Collection; Why do Commercial Designers have Secondary Lines?; Extending your Final Collection; Practical Advice; Case Studies; Glossary; Further Reading; Index; Picture Credits; About the Participating Schools; Acknowledgments.
Summary: Designing a final thesis collection is a fashion student's first chance to approach the reality of the industry. This handbook provides a step-by-step guide to creating this collection, with each chapter exploring a different stage of the project: from understanding the brief and identifying the market to research, development, and sampling, through to garment design, range planning, and styling and presentation.Richly illustrated with 350 color photographs, the book builds on the skills learnt by students during their degree course and throughout the creation of their capsule collection. The.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

How to Create your Final Collection; Contents; Introduction; How to Use This Book; Your Final Collection; Chapter 1: The Different Markets for Womenswear; Five Fashion Markets; Niche Markets; Chapter 2: Fashion in Time; Fashion Seasons; The Design-to-Retail Cycle; Trends in Fashion; Trend Forecasting; Finalizing your Personal Brief; Chapter 3: Creative Research; Finding Inspiration; Your Sketchbook; Potential Sources of Inspiration and Influence; Finding Material ; Manipulating Material; Choosing your Influences and Putting Together your Theme Board; Chapter 4: Development and Sampling.

Your Strategy for Development and SamplingElements of Garment Design and Construction Techniques; Development Techniques; Creative Practices; Explaining How your Collection will Work: Concept and Mood Boards; Chapter 5: Garment Design and Line Planning; Good Fashion Design; Garments: The Building Blocks of a Fashion Collection; Line Planning in the Industry; Line Planning a Final Collection; Garment Design; Cut, Make and Trim (CMT); Chapter 6: Styling and Presentation; Presentation of Fashion; Presentation of the Final Collection; Fashion Styling; Styling your Final Collection.

Presentation for SubmissionMaking the Most of the End-of-Year Show; Exercises in Professional Styling; Chapter 7: Diffusing your Final Collection; Why do Commercial Designers have Secondary Lines?; Extending your Final Collection; Practical Advice; Case Studies; Glossary; Further Reading; Index; Picture Credits; About the Participating Schools; Acknowledgments.

Designing a final thesis collection is a fashion student's first chance to approach the reality of the industry. This handbook provides a step-by-step guide to creating this collection, with each chapter exploring a different stage of the project: from understanding the brief and identifying the market to research, development, and sampling, through to garment design, range planning, and styling and presentation.Richly illustrated with 350 color photographs, the book builds on the skills learnt by students during their degree course and throughout the creation of their capsule collection. The.