Do you have the passion and the creativity for fashion? Why not earn a livingfrom 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 creatinga basic freelance contract, invoicing, how to find work, tax returns and muchmore. All supported with case studies.Part 2 contains the technical aspects of being a designer - including how to compile full technical packages for garments to be manufactured abroad. INDICE: About the author xiAcknowledgements xiiiAbout the website xivGlossary xvPart 1 Setting up as a Freelance DesignerChapter 1 The Reality of Life as a Designer 31 Will freelance work be suitable for you? 42 Experience, qualifications, skills and abilities 93 Working alone, self-discipline and motivation 13Chapter 2 Getting Started 171 Selecting a location 182 Working from home or in a studio 203 Buying equipment, IT and furniture 234 Creating your companyprofile and CV 255 Planning your portfolio 276 Choosing a working wardrobe 287 Identifying pitfalls and customer issues 30Chapter 3 Getting Work and Getting Paid 331 Where to look for work and how to get it 342 Professional organisations 363 Sales techniques 384 Calculating your rates and expenses 395 Interview tips 43Chapter 4 Estimates and Invoices 471 Calculating an estimate or quote482 Invoicing clients 513 Travelling abroad with and for a client 534 What your client expects from you 54Chapter 5 Financial Matters 571 Choosing an accountant 582 Finance and bank accounts 593 Income tax 604 Bookkeeping and accountancy 615 National Insurance contributions 696 VAT - do I need to register? 697Pension provision 708 Employing staff 709 Health and safety 7110 Insurance 71Chapter 6 Legal Aspects 731 The importance of contracts 742 Writing a contract743 Intellectual property rights, copyright and design rights 764 Keeping yourself safe from prosecution for breach of copyright 775 Confidentiality 786 Keeping up to date with UK and EU law 797 How to find an expert on law in the fashion industry 79Chapter 7 Getting Paid 811 Chasing outstanding invoices 822 What to do when a client fails to pay 823 The small claims court 83Chapter 8 Planning Your Time 871 The working day 882 Your freelance diary 893 Holidays andyour year plan 894 Interruptions and distractions 905 How to stand your ground when unreasonable demands are made 926 Computer timesheets 947 Backing up 100Chapter 9 Training and Education 1011 Extra training 1022 Seminars and training courses for the self-employed 1023 Part-time teaching 103Part 2 Preparing Work for ProductionChapter 10 Design and Development 1071 Research and trends 1082 Working to a design brief 1093 Concept and design, style or shape 1104 ThePANTONE colour system 1115 Colour palettes 1136 Branding 1147 Tickets and labels 1148 Preparing roughs 1159 Presenting your ideas to your client 115Chapter 11 Presentation and Finished Designs 1171 Using drawing software for presentation CADs 1182 Phases of a project 1183 Phase 1: Preparing presentation roughs 1194 Preparing a CAD template for a client 1225 Preparing a colour palette 1236 Phase 2: Preparing presentation-standard A4 CADs 1257 Phase 3: Preparing detailed garment specifications 1338 Compiling the full technical package 1419 References 142Chapter 12 Sizing 1431 Sizing issues 1442 Access to current information 1453 Why sizing is different for different companies 1464 Charts for specific sizing issues 1475 Creating Excel size charts 1486 Flat measurements 1507 Grade increments 1518 Pre-production sampling and size sets 1529 Tolerance15310 Creating a ‘to fit’ body measurement size chart 15311 Creating a garment size chart 15512 References 164Organisations and Useful Information 165Index 169
- ISBN: 978-1-4443-3506-4
- Editorial: Wiley-Blackwell
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 192
- Fecha Publicación: 30/04/2012
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés