Portfolio submission information for fashion design and fashion marketing candidates

As well as the Higher School Certificate, your portfolio is your passport into Fashion Design at Raffles. We look at how your work demonstrates the following:

• A willingness to learn
• A keen interest in and intellectual curiosity about your chosen design discipline.
• A commitment to your vocational path
• Good communication skills: both written and visual
• A personal suitability for design and/or the design industries
• An understanding of the way design impacts upon the environment and society

Your entry portfolio

Your entry portfolio should be a creative collection and you should compile it in order to demonstrate primarily your creativity, but also your ability to communicate and conceptualise more abstract design ideas. It is designed to support your Raffles application.

Regardless of whether you are applying for fashion design or fashion marketing, it could include the following:

• Fine Arts work (eg., paintings, sculptures)
• Drawings
• Sketches
• Illustrations
• Textile design and or development
• Photography
• Graphic Design /advertising layouts

Portfolio assessment briefs

You will need to complete a short exercise to submit with your application. Please download the PDF brief for your area of interest:

• Fashion Design portfolio assessment brief
• Fashion Marketing portfolio assessment brief

Portfolio requirements

Please make sure your portfolio meets the following requirements:

• 8-10 pieces of work (no more than 16) in an artistic medium, preferably but not necessarily with a design focus
• It should have a ‘theme’ running through your work, or a concept which is clearly evident.
• Please attach a written rationale of 250 words (1 x A4 page double-spaced) explaining the inspiration behind your work
• All work in your entry portfolio should be recent (this means you should have completed it within the last 12 months) and must represent YOUR OWN ideas and work, and not infringe upon the copyright or intellectual property of other artists, authors or talent.
• Please mount and annotate (ie., label with computer-generated fonts where appropriate)
• All portfolios should be no larger than A3 format.
• All digital submissions to be in PDF format.

Portfolio workshops

Intensive Portfolio Workshops or Holiday Workshops will be running throughout the year in order to help you to develop a portfolio for entry into our Bachelor of Design degree before you make an appointment for a one-on-one interview with the Program Director.

At Raffles, our primary goal is to nurture your critical thinking skills, as well as provide a scholarly yet enjoyable environment for you to develop your creativity and other professional marketing and business skills crucial for your vocation in the design industries.

How to submit your portfolio | How to apply