Purpose of Portfolio

To work with confidence in Fashion Design contexts you are required to know, understand and apply the fundamental principles, skills and knowledge that underpin the discipline. This Portfolio is a valuable opportunity for you to create and collect useful resources to use in various textiles, fashion and educational environments. Despite the ever-changing nature of the Fashion Industry, you will be able to refer to this Portfolio for many years to come, as the fundamentals of Fashion Design remain relevant and useful.

What is required?

Create and collate activities into an A3 hard-copy portfolio (with removable pages). This portfolio will demonstrate your understanding and application of Fashion Design content knowledge and foundational principles presented in this unit. Illustrations, activities and folio pages need to include annotations that justify the decisions made. Your completed portfolio will need to demonstrate:

• Organisation of resources when completing each activity
• Effective and efficient management of all available resources; and
• Performing techniques to a satisfactory standard of workmanship.

A complete list of activities to include in your Portfolio is provided in Moodle. Example portfolio pages are also provided for each activity and explained in the weekly study guides and via Zoom tutorials.

Required Materials

A3 Art Folio with Removable Pages (Display Folder or Alternative)

Submitting your Portfolio

1. If you have ICT skills, in addition to your hard-copy A3 Folio, you may choose to construct an online e-portfolio which includes photographs of your A3 folio original work with commentary for each activity. Web-based platform (of your choice, not visible to the public) must be easy to navigate and each activity clearly identified and presented. To submit an e-portfolio you need to upload a Word document via Moodle with an active hyperlink to your e-portfolio and provide password (if required); OR
2. The alternative is to upload a .pdf with each A3 folio page activity clearly photographed and identified. Important - compress all photographs appropriately but ensure that each photograph is clear for the marker to see. Upload the whole and complete portfolio to Moodle. Do not submit activities individually to Moodle - it must be only one or two document/s; AND 
3. A hard copy of your Portfolio delivered to your tutor at Residential School for feedback and reference.

• Explore fashion literacy and terminology within a variety of historical, economics, political, social, cultural and environmental contexts
• Analyse and apply the elements and principles of fashion design
• Discern appropriate materials and fibre selection for designed solutions
• Create a designed fashion product demonstrating technical, procedural and safety skills.

Process

Before you commence addressing the design brief, you will need to research and applying the principles presented in each week's Moodle content to yourself by carrying out a self-investigation. This will enable you to address the design brief effectively.

Your Design Brief

You will design a four (4) piece “ultimate personal collection” and then construct one (1) casual fashion daywear outfit for yourself from one of your coordinated wardrobe designs.

The design solution will:

1. be one (1) outfit (eg top and shorts, dress, jacket (only), top and skirt etc)
2. If you are choosing to make a coordinated outfit, one garment needs to be an easy option or a simple upcycled style.
3. suite your figure type
4. appeal to your own unique style
5. include a variety of refined skills which provides you with enough challenge to further develop your skills
6. have at least two complex sewing skills (e.g. zip or other closure, lining, insert sleeves, waistband, pleats, embellishment eg. insert piping, pocket) and a range of basic sewing skills (e.g. darts, seams, hems, neatening)
7. have a garment care label.

Your Design Solution will need to demonstrate:

• Use of the design process
• Planning and management
• Consideration for sustainability and efficient use of all resources
• Production journal
• Evaluation

Required Materials

A3 Art Folio with removable pages + full list of materials required for Residential School available in Moodle.

What to Submit:

Demonstrating the application of the Design Process and exploration of the Elements and Principles of Fashion Design, you must submit:

1. one fashion item that you have constructed at Residential School; and
2. a comprehensive A3 creative portfolio (process journal) as evidence of your progress and development of thoughts, skill mastery, exploration of ideas, annotations, photographs, pictures, drawings, patterns, activities, teaching resources, management plans and so forth.

• Effective use of process journal to document creative processes used to respond to design brief.
• Demonstrates an array of practical skills when completing the design brief.
• Justifies decisions with annotated illustrations and/or notes, where drawings, photographic, documentation are labelled, steps identified and complex factors are contemplated.
• Explores the design process and selects materials and techniques in relation to complex factors.
• Effective use of time management skills.
• Effectively plans and organises resources for task completion, managing resources effectively, and efficiently.
• Performs a range of practical skills and selects appropriate techniques.
• Produces a product that meets the design brief.