Freelance fashion designer's handbook
By: Paula Keech
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Hoboken [N.J.]
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9781119950615; 9781118355107
Subjects: Fashion design; Vocational guidance
Description: Do you have the passion and the creativity for fashion? Why not earn a living from it? The Freelance Fashion Designer's Handbook is your essential guide on how to go it alone, covering what to expect, making sure you get paid, planning your time, keeping up with your accounts, compiling technical packages for garments. It is your portable mentor, equipping you to work independently. Part 1 covers all the information to becoming a freelance designer such as creating a basic freelance contract, invoicing, how to find work, tax returns and much more.
Notes: Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Freelance Fashion Designer's Handbook; Contents; About the author; Acknowledgements; About the website; Glossary; Part 1: Setting up as a Freelance Designer; Chapter 1: The Reality of Life as a Designer; 1: Will freelance work be suitable for you?; 2: Experience, qualifications, skills and abilities; 3: Working alone, self-discipline and motivation; Chapter 2: Getting Started; 1: Selecting a location; 2: Working from home or in a studio; 3: Buying equipment, IT and furniture; 4: Creating your company profile and CV; 5: Planning your portfolio; 6: Choosing a working wardrobe.