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Career Details :: Fashion Designers

Description

Design clothing and accessories. Create original garments or design garments that follow well established fashion trends. May develop the line of color and kinds of materials.

Experience

Previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is required for these occupations. For example, an electrician must have completed three or four years of apprenticeship or several years of vocational training, and often must have passed a licensing exam, in order to perform the job.

Education

Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree. Some may require a bachelor's degree.

Training

Employees in these occupations usually need one or two years of training involving both on-the-job experience and informal training with experienced workers.

Tasks

Designs custom garments for clients.
Integrates findings of analysis and discussion, and personal tastes and knowledge of design, to originate design ideas.
Draws pattern for article designed, cuts pattern, and cuts material according to pattern, using measuring and drawing instruments, and scissors.
Attends fashion shows and reviews garment magazines and manuals to analyze fashion trends, predictions, and consumer preferences.
Sews together sections to form mockup or sample of garment or article, using sewing equipment.
Directs and coordinates workers who draw and cut patterns and constructs sample or finished garment.
Arranges for showing of sample garments at sales meetings or fashion shows.
Confers with sales and management executives or clients regarding design ideas.
Examines sample garment on and off model and modifies design to achieve desired effect.
Sketches rough and detailed drawings of apparel or accessories and writes specifications, such as color scheme, construction, or material type.

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Important Abilities

General Work Activities

Important Skills

Frequent Work Context

Objective or Subjective Information
Job-Required Social Interaction
Indoors
Consequence of Error
Responsibility for Outcomes and Results

Related Majors

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Accessories Design	[ add ]
Advertising Design	[ add ]
Advertising/Graphic Design	[ add ]
Apparel Design	[ add ]
Art/Graphic Design	[ add ]
Cartooning	[ add ]
Commercial Art	[ add ]
Commercial Art/Computer Design	[ add ]
Commercial Design	[ add ]
Commercial Illustration	[ add ]
Computer Art	[ add ]
Computer Graphics	[ add ]
Costume Design	[ add ]
Design Graphics	[ add ]
Digital Media	[ add ]
Fabric Styling	[ add ]
Fashion Apparel Studies	[ add ]
Fashion Design	[ add ]
Fashion Design/Merchandising	[ add ]
Fashion Illustration	[ add ]
Fashion Studies	[ add ]
Fiber Arts	[ add ]
Fine Arts/Computer Graphics	[ add ]
Fine/Applied Arts	[ add ]
Graphic Arts	[ add ]
Graphic Communication	[ add ]
Graphic Communications	[ add ]
Graphic Design	[ add ]
Graphic Design/Commercial Art/Illustration	[ add ]
Graphic Design/Illustration/Advertising Art	[ add ]
Graphic Design/Multimedia	[ add ]
Graphic Design/Photography	[ add ]
Graphic Design/Technology	[ add ]
Graphic/Advertising Design	[ add ]
Graphics/Fine Arts	[ add ]
Illustration	[ add ]
Interactive Design	[ add ]
Jewelry Design	[ add ]
Menswear	[ add ]
Packaging Design	[ add ]
Packaging Science	[ add ]
Packaging Technology	[ add ]
Patternmaking Technology	[ add ]
Photography/Graphic Arts	[ add ]
Product Design	[ add ]
Textile Design	[ add ]
Textile/Surface Design	[ add ]

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