Hello Aspirant,

There are two types of portfolios and it’s important the two don’t get mixed up. There’s your Personal Portfolio which showcases your full experience as a fashion designer and includes all the collections you’re proud of. Then there’s a Specific Portfolio which is what you prepare when you’re applying for a role. This portfolio is tailored to the role you want and is shared with the recruiter to see if you’re the right candidate to be referred for an interview.

Here are some more details about the two types of portfolio:

Designer Portfolio type 1: Personal Portfolio

Your personal portfolio is what you take to an interview. It includes collections you have created during your time as a designer and demonstrates the skills you have perfected. You may specialise in one category, for example knitwear, which means your personal portfolio will express this. Or if you have experience in a variety of design and trend areas this should be exhibited throughout.

Designer Portfolio type 2: Specific Portfolio

A specific portfolio is one that a recruiter or company may ask you to share after an initial discussion about a role. This portfolio is what you create to help you secure an interview. It’s not what you take to the interview. You need to showcase your best collections that reflect the type of role you’re going for. For example, if the position is for jersey, your specific portfolio will show your very best jersey design work.

Every type of portfolio needs to follow the same format:

• a brief introduction
• concept mood boards
• and your designs

If you’re applying for a fast-fashion role you should also include a technical drawing of a complicated item (such as a coat or trousers) to showcase your skill.

If you’re after a Head Designer Role then your portfolio will of course be different. As Head Designers manage a team of designers (and don’t design), your portfolio will need to show how your team’s final collections were created, and include catwalk and photoshoot images.

1. Start with a brief introduction

Don't make your introduction too long, work to a maximum of seven lines. It should explain the reason, purpose and inspiration behind your collections and what the reader of your portfolio can expect to find inside. If you’re writing an introduction for your Personal Portfolio then it can include a bit more about you as a designer – but don’t go overboard with lots of text. Keep it short.

2. Include concept mood boards

Mood boards are important to explain the inspiration behind your collections. This will help recruiters and companies see how you work and how creative you are. Include pictures, fabric swatches, drawings, and colour and textile palettes. One or two pages dedicated to your concepts will be suffice, anymore and your portfolio is at risk of being too long.

3. Showcase your fashion designs

Showcase your designs through high-quality drawings and photos of your final collections. Use hand-drawn silhouettes, demonstrate how your designs look when they’re styled with other garments, and include inspirational images to bring the entire look and feel of your collection together.

For high-end luxury brands, employers will expect to see sketched silhouettes of your final designs. However, fast-fashion companies will also want to see your designs created with Illustrator or InDesign, alongside your drawings.

It’s essential you include your very best work when revealing your designs. This is what employers will be looking at to gauge whether your style and skills are right for their company or not.

4. Share technical drawings

Technical drawings do not have to be included in your portfolio, however if you’re applying for a fast fashion role it’s highly advised you do to stand out above other candidates. Technical drawings can be drawn by hand, however it would be better to provide drawings created in Illustrator or InDesign. This is because fast fashion businesses require designers to provide extremely accurate designs to suppliers so they can prepare prototype samples. There’s no point providing a simple technical design; show off your best skills by demonstrating you can draw more difficult specifications like coats, trousers, bags or shoes.

5. Keep your fashion portfolio to 10 pages long

The length of a fashion designer’s portfolio for a job is a question asked a lot. There’s no set rule, however it’s essential to not include too much. Your Personal Portfolio can be whatever length you like, but make sure you only include your most recent and very best work. A recruiter or potential employer will not be interested in work you did over 10 years ago. Your Specific Portfolio should only be around 10-13 pages long. It should be extremely tailored to the role you’re going for and you should cherry pick your top work.

6. Change your portfolio for fast-fashion and luxury design jobs

Creating a portfolio for a fast-fashion brand

Your portfolio must shout ‘commercial’. It’s important to express your creativity, however commerciality is what fast-fashion companies will be looking for. You need to show that you understand your target customer, the industry, and that your designs can be produced on mass.

Technical drawing skills are also a must. You, the designer, will be providing technical drawings to suppliers to enable them to produce prototype samples, which then go onto mass production.

7. Have an eye-catching front cover and use colour

There’s nothing worse than a portfolio with a blank front cover. Be creative and make your portfolio stand out with a striking front page.You want a recruiter and employer to feel impelled to open it. It’s essential your portfolios are full of colour too. Don’t try and be creative with black and white tones, colour is what recruiters and businesses want to see.

8. Create a digital or online version of your portfolio

9. Don’t include photos of mannequins wearing your designs

10. Always include your recent work

10. Always include your recent work

Hello aspirant,

The salary of a fashion illustrator in Dubai, after completion of diploma programme is around 95865 AE Dirhams. In Indian rupees, it ranges around 19 lakhs per annum. This an average salary, as per the statistics. Whereas, in India you can get around 3.85 lakh rupees per annum.

Hope this helps you,

Good luck, Thank you :)

Hello there

Diploma in Fashion Designing is a skill-based industry-oriented course where everything from the specifics of design and development to starting and sustaining a brand is discussed extensively. Fashion ideas, culture study, patterns, garment design and related topics form the core part of the course.

Here is the list of Job Opportunities After Completing Diploma in Fashion Designing

• Fashion Designer    Rs. 4,00,000
• Fashion Stylist    Rs. 5,00,000
• Quality Controller    Rs. 4, 50,000
• Pattern Maker    Rs. 5,45,000
• Visual Merchandiser    Rs. 4,50,000
• Retail Merchandiser    INR 3.88 LPA-INR 5.90 LPA
• Textile Designer    INR 4.07 LPA-INR 6.50 LPA

Job Sectors:

• Export Houses
• Fashion Show
• Organizers
• Fashion Photography
• Fashion Choreography
• Textile Mills
• Fashion Designer Houses
• Garment Store Chains
• Jewelry Design Houses
• Leather Companies
• Accessory Stores
• Leather Companies
• Textile and Fabric Manufacturing Units

Thanks

it depends on the quality of your work, the basic salary ranges from 10k to 420 k. moreover there are bonuses which total up the salary by an increases of another 10k. it all depends on how well you work there and the quality of your submissions. it also depends on the company that has recruited you.

Hi there,

Yes you can become a fashion photographer but it is not sure that it is possible after fashion designing course. See, you need to pass class 12th from any stream and after that you must kept yourself updated in fashion photography world as imagination matters, Creative mind and appropriate skills.

Check this out: https://school.careers360.com/articles/career-as-fashion-photographer

I would suggest you try to keep several colleges in your mind and try to contact them for the eligibitly process as every college has their own preferences.

Hope you understand.  Check out this link as well: https://www.careers360.com/courses/photography-course

Thank you and good luck:)

I am mentioned below the name of top 10 colleges which offer fashion designing course in London. There are some other eligibility criteria as well besides 12th board which we need to satisfy for taking admission in these colleges.:

1. Containers college of fashion and design London United Kingdom
2. London College of fashion
3. London College of fashion curtain road
4. British Academy of fashion design
5. London College of fashion UAL
6. School of fashion and design London
7. Chelsea college of art and design
8. Fashion retail Academy
9. Shillington college of graphic design
10. London Academy of dressmaking and design.

If we talk about universities then they are top 2 universities which offer fashion designing course to the students in London:

1. Westminster University
2. University of East London

Read more about fashion designing by clicking on mentioned below link:

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.careers360.com/courses/fashion-design-course&ved=2ahUKEwiu7smf_oz1AhU2sVYBHcYLAOwQFnoECAMQAQ&usg=AOvVaw1UNOSlUgeabKqCTnaeq_1y

Hello. After doing diploma in fashion designing,  there are so many professions that you can go for. Some of them are given below:

Fashion designer

Fashion stylist

Retail buyer

Fashion columnist

Textile designer and so on. The average salary can be different for each of the profession. The starting salary package can range from 3LPA to 5LPA but can go as above as 7LPA to 10LPA. For more details you can check the below given link.

https://www.careers360.com/courses/fashion-design-course

Dear Sneha ,

Fashion Designing course fee may vary institute to institute . Still, you can expect a range from 90,000-2,50000 Rs, average total fees for this course .

Here is the list of some top colleges in India for fashion designing and accepting NIFT entrance exam with fees details [as total]:

• National Institute of Fashion Technology, Mumbai- Fees :1,109,000 Rs.
• National Institute of Fashion Technology, Bangalore-Fees :1,109,000 Rs.
• National Institute of Fashion Technology, Chennai-Fees :1,109,000 Rs.
• World University of Design, Sonipat-Fees :945,000 Rs.
• NIFT Delhi - National Institute of Fashion Technology-Fees :1,109,000 Rs.
• National Institute of Fashion Technology, Bhopal-Fees :1,135,000 Rs. and some more

You can get the full list as well as the college details from this link :

https://design.careers360.com/colleges/list-of-design-colleges-in-india?branch=Fashion%20Design&exam=NIFT%20Entrance%20Exam

To know more about fashion designing course , refer this:

https://www.careers360.com/courses/fashion-design-course

Hope this helps !!

Hello,

It seems you are too confused about your career choice.see there is always possibility of pass or fail so we have second choice always in mind which is good but dont loose hope and confidence be firm on your decision.there is no such option to pursue pg course with different streams exception are there but they dont worth.

Since fashion designing and mbbs are two different streams you cant merge them.choose the career which is best and interest based if you are unable to choose just go with the flow and explore what is meant for you.

Hope this answer is helpful for you!!!

fashion designing is a very diverse job and you can get into various types of jobs with a diploma in fashion designing such as:

Costume Designer

Fashion Consultant

Fashion Coordinator

Graphic Designer

Fashion Concept Manager

Quality Controller

Fabric Buyer

Footwear Designer

for an estimate a graphic designer with 5 years of experience can expect a salary of AED 20,000 per month.