The complete guide to the fashion industry, featuring interviews with top designers who explain the intricacies of the world of fashion design
Anyone who has ever tried to launch a fashion design career knows how grueling it can be. The fashion industry is a highly prominent field, yielding a competitive environment that is greatly guarded, secretive, and difficult to infiltrate. Becoming a Fashion Designer 11th Edition provides all the information, resources, and tools you need to help you navigate these obstacles and successfully launch a career in fashion design.
Of the various job opportunities available in the fashion industry, the career path of a fashion designer consistently ranks as the most popular position in the field, making the competition even greater. The book pays special attention to this and demonstrates several ways in which an aspiring fashion designer can stand out from the competition. A dynamic and comprehensive career guide, this book imparts insider tips from top fashion designers and executives based around the world. Expert advice includes an introduction to a career in fashion design, educational requirements, career opportunities, the design process, portfolio creation, preparation for getting hired, steps to start and run one’s own fashion design business, as well as a forecast of the future of the fashion industry.
Features original interviews from top designers and high-profile fashion executives, including Ralph Rucci, Reem Acra, Peter Som, Anna Sui, Nanette Lepore, Kay Unger, Stuart Weitzman, Dennis Basso, Randolph Duke, Zang Toi, Pamella Roland, Robert Verdi and Daymond John
Includes cases in point and insider tips throughout
Includes illustrations, drawings, sketches, and photographs demonstrating various aspects of working in fashion design, with special contributions from renowned illustrator, Izak Zenou and legendary fashion photographer, Nigel Barker
Offers in-depth resources to assist you on your journey to becoming a fashion designer
Whether a student, recent college graduate, industry professional or career changer, you’ll learn everything you need to know to successfully develop a fashion design career.
Editorial Reviews
From the Inside Flap
Becoming a Fashion Designer 11th Edition is the definitive resource for learning how to navigate and succeed in the competitive world of fashion design and is written from an industry insiders’ perspective. Numerous interviews from legendary fashion designers such as Manolo Blahnik, Ralph Rucci, Reem Acra, Anna Sui, Peter Som, and Stuart Weitzman provide important insights and invaluable advice.
Drawing on her years of experience working for top designers and as a fashion journalist, Lisa Springsteel explains everything an aspiring fashion designer needs to know, including:
Choosing a collegiate educational program
Turning an internship into a full-time job
Creating a portfolio and résumé that command attention
Landing a job in fashion design
In her Foreword, fashion designer Nanette Lepore writes, “Becoming a Fashion Designer 11th Edition is so valuable because it chronicles how we as designers made our big mistakes and where we seized our most vital opportunities. Our stories can help you avoid the setbacks and seize your moment. This book can also reveal the most imperative lessons for success, including how to survive when things aren’t going well and how to behave when they are. In fact, I envy you. I wish I had these insider tips when I was just starting out. But now that you have all the information and resources you need from Becoming a Fashion Designer 11th Edition, the pressure is on you to step up and fulfill your dreams. Now it’s your turn. Are you ready to become a fashion designer?”
From the Back Cover
Becoming a Fashion Designer answers these key questions:
What do fashion designers do?
What are the educational requirements for a fashion designer?
What does a fashion design internship involve?
How does one become a fashion designer?
How does one launch his or her own fashion collection?
Here is the completely up-to-date guide to today’s careers in fashion design a clear and concise survey of the fashion design profession and advice for navigating a successful career. Filled with interviews and insight from leading fashion designers and industry executives, as well as current fashion design students and interns, it covers everything from educational requirements and design specialties to finding a job, building a career, and launching your own fashion collection.
About the Author
LISA J. SPRINGSTEEL is a twenty-year veteran of the fashion industry who has worked for luxury design firms such as Ralph Lauren and Marc Jacobs, and apparel powerhouses Phillips-Van Heusen and Limited Brands in a variety of capacities, from fashion design to global fabric sourcing, research, and development. Her experience extends to the media world, where she covered New York Fashion Week runway shows, interviewed top designers, and wrote numerous magazine and newspaper articles on fashion, beauty, and health. She has been featured in the Sean Combs MTV documentary, If I Were King and on America Live with Megyn Kelly on Fox News.
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