Collectiv3 describes the ideal post-pandemic fashion portfolio

NYC-based portfolio lab Collectiv3 partnered with Kent State University’s New York Studio to deliver to a group of alumni the skinny on what currently constitutes a successful fashion portfolio. Societal unrest; the economic downturn, consumer shifts, globalization versus localization, and adapting to a digital world, will all inevitably affect the portfolios entering the job market. But based on the work the three co-founders have been seeing, the pandemic has only resulted in a rebirth of creativity. Competition is building even as the workforce has been diminishing. So FashionUnited decided to summarize their professional tips to serve as a sort of check list for those designers furloughed or laid off, contemplating an update of their books but unsure where to start, or the graduates back living with their parents, hungry to kickstart their careers when the industry opens up again.