Developing a Fashion Collection_Elinor Renfrew_9781350132559_Phaidon Press Ltd

Author: Elinor Renfrew

Format: Paperback | 192 pages

Dimensions: 160 x 230 x 12.7mm | 430g

Publication date: 09 Dec 2021

How do fashion designers conceive of, develop and ultimately launch commercially and creatively successful collections? Developing a Fashion Collection walks you through the process, exploring research techniques, sources of inspiration, forecasting trends and designing for different markets.

From couture to high street, knitwear to accessories and covering the implications of online shopping - there's advice on every aspect of creating your collection through 27 insightful interviews with international practitioners. Interviewees include John Mooney, Brand Creative Director at ASOS and Jane Palmer Williams, Head of Executive Development at LVMH.

This 3rd edition also covers silhouette, fittings and final samples, sustainable practice, developing high street collections, fabric selection and finding inspiration through vintage designs.