Principles, Practice, and Techniques: The Practical Guide for Aspiring Fashion Designers (2nd Edition)

Becoming a successful fashion designer involves understanding a wide variety of core principles. This foundation course is an ideal introduction for students, dressmakers and anyone interested in the creative side of fashion.

Just as people change, so too does fashion. That’s why it’s so important to recognize newer teaching methods that will help you keep up with fashion trends and the ever-changing world of style.

This latest edition of Fashion Design Course helps aspiring fashion designers learn about:

– How the digital age impacts education and the design process from research right through to the finished product,

– Customer Profiles: demographics, psychographics, the role of advertising,

– Creating a unique vision with help from ethnographic research, design considerations, iconic films and their impact on fashion design, and developing a fabric story,

– Cultivating your design collection through process and investigation while using Mood Boards, Garment Construction,

– Producing your own collections with individual exercises based on frequently used concepts for building collections including Shipping Reports, Ethnic Backgrounds, 3D/2D, Concept to Runway, Shifts in Fashion, Accessories,

– Strategies and tips that will help you transition from coursework to a career in fashion including tips on resumes, interviewing, portfolio presentation, and more.

Step-by-step tutorials, practical exercises and inspirational interviews with industry professionals teach you how to create your own unique fashion design collections.

Learn how to:
– Manipulate motif, texture, mood and detail with confidence; challenge your conceptual abilities; discover your design vision; and develop your ideas through process and investigation.

– Create dynamic portfolio that showcases your design skills and gives you the edge when you’re looking for work in this competitive but exciting industry.

This updated book reflects the latest information in fashion design and development and is an ideal introduction for students, dressmakers, and anyone interested in the creative side of the fashion industry. Discover the new talent, new avenues of inspiration, and new outcomes that are now possible with a degree in fashion design.

About The Author

Steven Faerm, Associate Professor of Fashion, Parsons School of Design

Harvard University, M.Ed.
Bank Street College of Education, M.S.Ed.
Parsons School of Design, B.F.A. Fashion Design

Steven Faerm is an Associate Professor of Fashion at Parsons School of Design (Program Director, BFA Fashion Design, 2007-2011). A Parsons alumnus (94′) and Designer of the Year Nominee, he began teaching in 1998 while working for esteemed designers such as Marc Jacobs and Donna Karan. He has been recognized for his teaching by winning “The University Distinguished Teaching Award” and The BFA Fashion Design Program’s “Teaching Excellence Award.”
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Steven Faerm has created college and pre-college programs and courses for Parsons and other international institutions, and has served as a consultant for Rhode Island School of Design, Pratt Institute, and Otis College of Art and Design. He has taught and lectured for many institutions including Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Brown University, Donghua University in Shanghai, The University of Palermo (UP) in Buenos Aires, and The Spero Villioti School in South Africa. Since 2012, he has co-produced an academic journal dedicated to design education with Parsons and UP.

​www.stevenfaerm.com

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Editor-in-Chief’s Note: Special thanks to Steven Faerm and Barron’s Educational Series for sending us a copy of “Fashion Design Course: Principles, Practice, and Techniques: The Practical Guide for Aspiring Fashion Designers”, as we found it as a great and practical source of information about fashion business. The book title tells all! This book is a must have item for every fashion lover’s library.