A Fashion Portfolio is a collection of designs that present the skills, experience and talent of a designer.
There are some basic things to keep in mind while creating a fashion designer portfolio.
In this blog we will be giving you a series of dos and don’ts to make your portfolio more effective and eye grabbing
Do Present Only Your Best Work.
DO: People looking in your portfolio are more interested in quality than quantity. If you will include limited projects then the viewer will be sure that what they are looking are your best work.
DON’T: Include all your work. This leads congestion in the portfolio and the impact decreases by a good margin.
Make First Introductions Count.
DO: Introduce yourself and your personality with a quick and straight forward paragraph that says who you are, where you are located and what kind of work you like to do.
DON’T: Write some generic scrap introduction, besides being overused this wont help your potential client understand what you do and your skills.
Make It Easy and Enjoyable to Look Through.
DO: Design for the viewer or end user who might be viewing hundreds of portfolios a day, make it easy for them to learn who you are and what you can do.
DON’T: Overcomplicate or make it too playful, to the point where it becomes unusable for the person who has to view it.
Have A Digital and Hand done Version of Your Portfolio.
DO: You can easily share or send your portfolio to the potential clients requesting examples of your work or to a recruiter on LinkedIn asking for your portfolio.
DON’T: Only keep your portfolio as a tangible book that you can hold in your hand.
Keep The Layout Simple.
DO: The simpler you keep the layout; the more attention is consumed by the collections provided in. We want the viewer to appreciate our work and not merely the decoration.
DON’T: Unnecessarily complicate the structure of your portfolio.
Provide Context.
DO: To let your design communicate with the viewer you have to explain what you were trying to accomplish the resources used, research done, and the timeframe in which you have completed the project.
DON’T: Include your work images in the portfolio without mentioning the context.