Fashion Designers
Apparel Designer, Costume Designer, Designer, Fashion Designer
What they do:
Design clothing and accessories. Create original designs or adapt fashion trends.
On the job, you would:
- Sketch rough and detailed drawings of apparel or accessories, and write specifications such as color schemes, construction, material types, and accessory requirements.
- Examine sample garments on and off models, modifying designs to achieve desired effects.
- Confer with sales and management executives or with clients to discuss design ideas.
Knowledge
Engineering and Technology
- design
- computers and electronics
Manufactured or Agricultural Goods
- manufacture and distribution of products
Business
- sales and marketing
Arts and Humanities
- English language
Skills
Basic Skills
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
- talking to others
Problem Solving
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
Social
- changing what is done based on other people's actions
- understanding people's reactions
Abilities
Verbal
- communicate by speaking
- read and understand what is written
Ideas and Logic
- create new and original ideas
- come up with lots of ideas
Personality
People interested in this work like activities that include creating, designing, and making your own rules.
They do well at jobs that need:
- Attention to Detail
- Initiative
- Achievement/Effort
- Cooperation
- Adaptability/Flexibility
- Innovation
Technology
You might use software like this on the job:
Computer aided design CAD software
- Autodesk Revit
- Trimble SketchUp Pro
Presentation software
- Microsoft PowerPoint
Graphics or photo imaging software
- Adobe Creative Cloud software
- Adobe Illustrator
Education
Education: (rated 3 of 5)
bachelor's degree or
associate's degree
usually needed
associate's degree
usually needed
Job Outlook
Average
New job opportunities are likely in the future.
Explore More
- Commercial & Industrial Designers
- Costume Attendants
- Fabric & Apparel Patternmakers
- Sewers, Hand
- Tailors, Dressmakers, & Custom Sewers
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