Developing a portfolio is the most important part of a designer profile as it is the signature and identity of a designer. It works as a visiting card and the resume of a designer. It is a designer’s ultimate sales tool. A folio must express the unique qualities that set a designer apart from others. It should showcase a range of skills, interests and expertise. In short, a folio promotes the most important product – the designer.
It can be a useful tool in interviews as it showcases all your skills (like sewing, draping, pattern making, and surface ornamentation), your creativity, drawing abilities and awareness of fashion trends. As a professional, you can also include your design journal, pictures of finished garments, paper cuttings and published work. While this can be an overwhelming project to handle, it will be easier if one can maintain a visual/design journal. It is similar to a regular journal except that it is in a visual format. One can make it like a scrapbook/drawing book/ ideation journal. So basically, one puts down anything and everything that inspires and keeps drawing endlessly. A creative fashion folio should have many looks and present the appropriate one to the company with that “look”.
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