Friday, June 8, 2012

Top Reasons F.I.T. can (and will) REJECT your portfolio

1. Poorly Constructed Garment Test

I define poorly constructed in a couple of ways. The first comes down to bad sewing, jagged seams, an outfit that just doesn't make sense etc. It can also be something extremely generic.

I posted this at number 1 because I believe F.I.T. values sewing skills more than sketching if you are applying for to their Fashion Design Apparel Concentration course. My sketching has always been pretty good, and I got rejected TWICE for having a shitty garment test.

You also have to be careful that you don't try to sew something that's clearly beyond your skill.

2. Novice sketches.
F.I.T. does allow computerized sketching, if you are not an artist and your strength is more in sewing, I'd suggest you take advantage of this just to have clean looking drawings.

Stuff that doesn't really matter after the jump

Derek Lam and Jenna Lyons at Parsons



Watch this - it's excellent.

Thursday, June 7, 2012

Tom Ford Documentary


The first designer I ever truly admired was Gianni Versace.
I have a treasure trove of old Fashion File/Fashion Television/Video Fashion and even some CNN Style w/ Elsa Klensch, but it's all on VHS. I will post it on Youtube one day.
Anyway, the second designer that really made me flip out was Tom Ford. Those Gucci girls were fierce!!!