Fashion School Survival Guide

Book excerpt: This is an essential piece of kit for the aspiring fashion designer. Bringing together a wide assortment of technical tips, aide memoirs, anecdotal advice, dos and don’ts, inspirational quotes, and best practices. The day-to-day life of any student in fashion school can be hectic; dashing to meet deadlines, sketching in the canteen, late-nights during the shows, putting together your own collection. This book contains insider tips and hints that you can dip into at your leisure rather than trying to pick up along the way from a range of sources. From gathering research material and developing design ideas to choosing fabrics and cutting patterns, 100 nuggets of fashion wisdom will allow you to make the most of your experience as a fashion student.