Little drops of hope in this ocean infested with sharks which we called life.
Fashion, interior,
graphics, photographers, industrial, painters, textile, 3d’s, architects and
artist in general, maybe this is similar to your history too…
Designer’s
choice
Starting your own
Collection…
Being a designer who
wants to start a collection from extremely low budget is not easy, especially
when you live in Italy, where everyone believes is a designer… Especially when
free-lancing is your daily bread, because you have non years of working
experience in a fashion company, why? Maybe because you were dismiss after your
hardly to find internship or maybe because you are a human being and you have
to eat and the salary they offer you would make you starve to death… In my case
I always wanted to be an entrepreneur but the way I was raced taught me to
start from a company first, learning the best you can so you can go ahead from
there; well I haven’t got the opportunity to do that, why? well, let’s say life
drove me up to others paths, so should I give up? No way….
I have many designer
friends, one of them had done three internships in three different companies in
Italy, then what happened? None of this companies had offered her any position
after her intern period. Obviously for big fashion companies is better to have
intern slaves that they can change every 6 months, just the best way to cut
expenses…
I have other friends
that just gave up in looking for fashion jobs, they all have one thing in
common: they struggle with the idea of making their own collection, and off
course the most difficult thing, to sell it!
The thing is does it
worth it? Well I think it does…and here are my reasons why to start NOW better
that ever!
· First thing of all, this is like building your background, your portfolio, your cover as a designer, I mean your best work because it would represent what you are capable to do.
· This is a great opportunity to go wild with your creativity, I mean the only person you have to like is yourself so go ahead and just blast your imagination!
· This is like your trial collection, for your friends and family to see what is wrong with what, how can I make this piece sporty or more ready to wear or an incredible haute couture piece, and take notes for everything so you can improve each piece in the future.
· Later on this is going to be your history book, so be sure you write every detail about timing, how long it took you to make patterns, cutting, sewing, how much money and fabric you spent, that way you have it there if you need it because your next collection has to be made faster and better one than this one.
· Make sure you do some photo shootings, photo editing, books and artworks, it is just another way to polish your collection for the public
· At the end, after the hard work you will feel great with yourself, at least for me it did.
