Freelance Fashion Designer's Handbook

Download or read book Freelance Fashion Designer's Handbook written by Paula Keech and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-05-29 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you have the passion and the creativity for fashion? Why not earn a living from 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 creating a basic freelance contract, invoicing, how to find work, tax returns and much more. 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.