Context

A portfolio is a visually stimulating collection of work presented in a way that clearly communicates an individual's style, skills and knowledge. Aspiring fashion designers are required to produce a portfolio to show potential employers their creativity, skills, knowledge and passion for fashion. Fashion Design educators require a similar portfolio that shows a range of fundamental skills and knowledge so they can demonstrate techniques and expectations to students.

Your Task

Present a visually appealing portfolio of completed tasks that demonstrates your skills and knowledge of fundamental Fashion Design concepts.

Your portfolio will:

• use fashion fundamentals and terminology (fashion literacy)
• explore historical, environmental and cultural influences on fashion
• investigate ethical and sustainable influences on the textile and fashion industries
• illustrate the elements and principles of fashion design
• communicate concepts in a visually appealing way

A detailed task description is available in the Assessment Section in Moodle. A checklist of tasks is located in the criteria sheet. Weekly learning tasks will assist you to develop your portfolio.

• identify and interpret fashion fundamentals
• demonstrate the elements and principles of fashion design and technical skills in fashion contexts
• select and apply materials, resources and techniques for a specific purpose
• use fashion industry language and communication techniques to convey meaning to an intended audience.

My Own Ultimate Personal Fashion Collection (Part A)

Process

Before you commence addressing the design brief, you will need to do some research and apply Fashion Design fundamentals and principles presented in the weekly Moodle content to yourself by carrying out a self-investigation. This will enable you to address the design brief effectively. Your creative process will develop across the whole semester. Weekly tasks will assist you to develop your designed solution.

Your Design Brief

You will design a four (4) piece “ultimate personal collection” and detail one (1) casual fashion daywear outfit for yourself from one of your coordinated wardrobe designs. The creative portfolio is to be presented with your garment at Residential School.

What to submit

Often, it is not logistically appropriate or desirable to submit just a single fashion item for grading. Therefore, you must also submit as evidence, a comprehensive A3 creative portfolio that contains evidence of your progress and development of thoughts, skill mastery, exploration of ideas, annotations, photographs, pictures, fabric investigation, drawings, patterns, activities, teaching resources, management plans and so forth, that demonstrate your application of the Design Process and exploration of the Elements and Principles of Fashion Design.

Your Design Solution will need to demonstrate:

• use of the design process
• planning and management
• consideration for complex factors such as ethics, sustainability and efficient use of resources
• a comprehensive production journal (i.e. creative portfolio as a cohesive whole body of work)
• evaluation and critique of ideas and processes.

Required Materials

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

Assessment checkpoint due date

Submit your completed measurement chart and proposed outfit design via email to your tutor for consultation by WEEK 10, FRIDAY, 5:00PM, 19 MAY 2023.

A detailed task description with activities, checklist and criteria sheet are available in the Assessment Section in Moodle. Weekly learning tasks will assist you to develop your portfolio.

• use portfolio to communicate and document creative processes that respond to design brief
  
• demonstrate an array of theoretical knowledge to create designed solutions
• critique and justify design ideas and fashion design processes
• incorporate complex factors that impact the fashion industry and product development.

My Own Ultimate Personal Fashion Collection (Part B)

Process

Read the detailed task description for Assessments 2 and 3 available in Moodle.

Apply 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

Once you have designed your four (4) piece “ultimate personal collection”, you will construct one (1) casual fashion daywear outfit for yourself at Residential School.

The designed garment will:

• be one (1) outfit (eg top and shorts, dress, jacket(only), top and skirt etc). If you are choosing to make a coordinated outfit, one garment needs to be an easy option or a simple upcycled style
• suite your figure type
• appeal to your own unique style
• include a variety of refined skills which provides you with enough challenge to further develop your skills
• 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)
• have a garment care label.

What to Submit

Demonstrating the application of fashion fundamentals, exploration of the elements and principles of fashion design, the design process and skill mastery, you must submit:

1. one fashion item that you have constructed at Residential School; and
2. the accompanying Creative Portfolio (Part A).

A detailed task description with activities, checklist and criteria sheet are available in the Assessment Section in Moodle. Your expert tutor and learning tasks from weeks 7-12 will assist you to develop your garment.

• demonstrate an array of practical skills to complete the design brief
• generate, modify and manage plans and resources
  
• perform a range of practical skills and select appropriate techniques
• produce a product that meets the design brief.