How to Build a Standout Portfolio: 7 Essential Tips for Aspiring Fashion Designers
Are you ready to take your fashion portfolio to the next level? Whether you’re preparing for design school applications, building your brand, or just starting your creative journey, your portfolio is your personal showcase. It tells the story of your skills, creativity, and potential.
Studio Essentials
The countdown is over…ER is officially home in our new studio space!
It’s been such a fun process planning out the space, looking for the perfect pieces so that the space can be functional and cute - on a budget. I love how its coming together, so I wanted to share some of the details and links with you here!
Patternmaking Essentials
If you’ve sewn from commercial patterns, want to understand how to alter them to fit you better, add a detail, or change a silhouette, it’s time to learn pattern drafting!
I got my start on social media with my viral Mini Patternmaking series - in each video, I take inspiration from popular styles, your favorite celebrity looks, and photos you all have sent me and show you how to create a pattern for it. All of them start from the basic pattern block (or sloper), a set of simple patterns that can be manipulated in different ways to create your unique designs.
If you’re looking to get started with patternmaking, here’s a comprehensive list of the tools you need to get started.
The Beginner’s Guide to Tambour Embroidery - Materials List
Since sharing my viral beaded cake process on social media, so many of you have asked for more in-depth info on how I created it - this technique is called Tambour (or Luneville, and similar to Aari) embroidery, and here’s everything you need to know to get started.
Tambour embroidery has a rich history - tracing back to the 16th century. If you’d like to learn a bit more about the history of the tambour technique, this blog post from the London Embroidery School is a great place to start.