Steps To Build A Fashion Mood Board
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Last week, we saw that mood boards in fashion are not only used by designers, stylists, and photographers but also by merchandisers, marketing and PR managers, event organizers, trend forecasters, and other business-oriented roles. If you aspire to a career in one of these fields, you should know how to build a fashion mood board. So today, we want to show you the steps.
Step 1. Define what the mood board will be used for
Before building your mood board, it’s important to clarify your intentions.
What’s the scope of your mood board?
Who are you going to share it with?
Do you need to build it to show it to a client as a stylist?
Are you building it to develop your collection as a designer?
Are you a student needing to create it for a specific project or your fashion portfolio?
Does it need to represent a trend, the mood of a fashion show, or a marketing campaign?
Defining the purpose and scope of your mood board is essential as it serves as the foundational starting point for its creation. Clarifying the purpose and audience