This acclaimed fashion book will guide you through the Fashion Design Process and the Design Brief, introducing you to the essential design techniques and skills required to create a fashion collection or product range. This book will inform and inspire, taking you from the initial fashion concept to realisation. It will help you develop a portfolio of fashion design skills that includes: how to analyze and forecast fashion trends; interpret a design brief; choose fabrics and color ways; develop designs; create design presentations; and, develop collections for specific markets. FASHION DESIGNER is used internationally on fashion courses and as a self-learnning program.