Fashion Designer
Fashion Designers create women's, men's, and children's apparel. This might include sportswear, maternity wear, outerwear, underwear, formalwear, eyewear, and footwear. There are also Accessory Designers who design belts, scarves, hats, handbags, and hosiery.
RUDDERLY MENTORSHIP PROGRAM
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KEY SKILLS
Creative
Good visualisation skills
Great sense of colour
An eye for detail
Interpersonal skills
Communicating with a huge team to get your ideas executed
Good with business if you would want to create your own label
Keen in creating and observing trends
Creating designs by CAD and by hand
Making sure your designs can be mass produced if needed
Problem solving Ability to design within the price point
Good with styling and piecing things together
Multitasking and time management
Awareness of different fabrics
PROS
Flexibility
A good outlet for your creativity
You can work from your own studio
Creative liberty
You can build your own brand/label
Your work can be viewed all across the world at events
You can create new trends
Decent income which can increase overtime
You get to meet and work with new people
You get to travel for shows/events
CONS
You need to gain a significant amount of experience to make it to the top
Finding a job can be difficult in the start
Very competitive field
Takes time to build a brand
Income can be unpredictable if you start your own business
Tight schedules and late working hours
OPPORTUNITY TYPES
GOT WHAT IT TAKES?
Retail Buyer
Retail Manager
Stylist
Textile Designer
Acessory Designer
Personal Shopper
Good drawing skills
Creative
Interest in the fashion industry
You enjoy working with materials
Hardworking as the competition is immense
Resourceful
Interest in trends
KEY OPPORTUNITIES
Books
Podcasts
Networking Groups
Interesting Facts about the career
Most of French fashion traditions were lost in the Revolution. Napoleon eventually brought the glamour of fashion back in 1804
The T-shirt is one of the most popular items of clothing in the world, and around two billion of them are sold every single year.
Up until the beginning of the 19th century, models were not used to showcase clothes. Fashion companies would use dolls instead.