Book excerpt: Design your fashion collection and create a work-in-progress portfolio with the artistic direction in this design journal!

Author, designer, and instructor Zoë Hong’s Fashion School in a Book outlines the workflow for creating a fashion line with lessons on how to develop a cohesive (environmentally sustainable!) collection based on shapes, silhouettes, colors, patterns, and fabrics. As you make your way through the exercises in the book, this Fashion School in a Book Design Journal becomes a record of your design process.

This workbook is a dedicated space to record your brainstorms and ideas, work through useful checklists, and illustrate garments using the provided templates. Full of practical exercises and artistic direction, use this companion journal to get the most out of Fashion School in a Book.

Whether you’re a fashion student; a hobbyist designer looking to learn about the fashion industry; or an aspiring designer or fashion illustrator, Fashion School in a Book lays out the path to New York, Paris, or Milan—and the Fashion School in a Book Design Journal is your ticket there!

TABLE OF CONTENTS
00: Introduction
01: Fashion Design Process Overview
02: Brand Direction
03: Collection Direction
04: Color
05: Print Development and Surface Design
06: Fabric
07: Shapes and Silhouettes
08: 3D Development
09: Merchandising
10: Where do we go from here? Brands
11: Where do we go from here? Portfolio Makers