What does a fashion design portfolio entail?I am going on an interview for a fashion designer position. They are asking for me to bring a few articles of clothing that best showcase your work as a designer as well as a portfolio. I graduated last year from fashion design school and made gowns, jackets, etc. for school projects that I'm very proud of, but I don't make them for work now (I started my own Tshirt line since school so there's not as much creativity there). And my only portfolio is of my school sketches which are terrible since I was just learning to draw. I'm a much better as sketching and illustration now but I don't have anything I've drawn recently. What should I bring to show them? Should I whip up a portfolio of hand drawn illustrations of ideas of garments I would design? Would these illustrations be enough for the portfolio?

Pearl Academy of Fashion Graduates Showcase Their Final Collections at PORTFOLIO ‘09

This summer, gear up for some super-cool trends by Pearl Academy of Fashion graduates. Portfolio, which in the past has launched quite a few of the best known names in fashion industry, again saw talented debutants showcasing their forward-looking brilliant collections.

Gopal K. Pillai, Commerce Secretary, Govt. of India and Ms. Ritu Kumar, the well-known Fashion Designer presented the graduating students with awards in various categories.

Portfolio ‘09 was a huge success with the ramp sizzling with designer outfits worn by some of the better known models like Sonalika Sahay, Amanpreet Wahi, Krishna Somani, and Tina Chatwal of Wills Lifestyle India fashion week fame, Barkha Kaul, Jayashree Tahiliani, Sahiba Singh- Femina Miss India personality, among many others. The fantastic collections were based on themes like Anger (Krodh), Re-orienting Fashion, Hypnosis, Awadh-city of Nawabs, Life’s Corona to mention a few.

Overall 54 collections were displayed on the ramp, with women’s wear having a slight edge in numbers over men’s wear. Every collection had a unique inspirational background varying from nomadic banjaran of kutch, Delhi’s multi ethnicity, modern architecture, green leaves, geometric abstractions to magic of meditations. The students experimented with technology, non-conventional material, color palettes, silhouettes, surface texturing and fabrics in their collections. AWARD WINNERS

FASHION DESIGN- (05-09)

The Best Design Collection: Ms. Snigdha Kejriwal – Theme-“PRANA, born from experience” & Ms. Astha Sethi – Theme-Edifice The Most Practical Collection: Ms. Nikita Jain – Theme-In-me: Cultivated Beauty The Most Innovative Collection: Ms. Timsy Kamboj – Theme- Frugal-chic & Ms. Pooja Bedi – Theme-In My Dad’s Shoes The Avant Garde collection award: Ankur Schroff – Theme-The Gryphons Special Jury award: Ms. Teresa Laisom – Theme-Inside Out

FASHION DESIGN- Indian Wear (07-09) The Best Design Collection: Ms Aanchal Jain and Ms. Ritika Dua – Theme-Rockistan & Leon Vaz and Ms. Sandhya Rayappa – Theme-Jadoo The Most Practical Collection: Ms. Sophia M. Sangma – Theme-Cossroads

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AWARD WINNERS

FASHION DESIGN- (05-09)

The Best Design Collection: Ms. Snigdha Kejriwal – Theme-“PRANA, born from experience” & Ms. Astha Sethi – Theme-Edifice The Most Practical Collection: Ms. Nikita Jain – Theme-In-me: Cultivated Beauty The Most Innovative Collection: Ms. Timsy Kamboj – Theme- Frugal-chic & Ms. Pooja Bedi – Theme-In My Dad’s Shoes The Avant Garde collection award: Ankur Schroff – Theme-The Gryphons Special Jury award: Ms. Teresa Laisom – Theme-Inside Out

FASHION DESIGN- Indian Wear (07-09) The Best Design Collection: Ms Aanchal Jain and Ms. Ritika Dua – Theme-Rockistan & Leon Vaz and Ms. Sandhya Rayappa – Theme-Jadoo The Most Practical Collection: Ms. Sophia M. Sangma – Theme-Cossroads

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