Fashion Designer *
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As a fashion designer, your job is to create new styles and designs and to produce new labels for clothing and accessories. You may start new trends, influencing the aspirations of thousands of image-conscious people across the globe; or you may simply adapt pre-existing designs and fabrics to local or specialised conditions. The primary markets for fashion design are haute couture, designer ready-to-wear and high street fashion but you may specialize in a paricular market (such as sportswear or children’s wear), or a particular product type (clothing, footwear, or accessories).
Salary p/a
38k - 93k
Qualifications
Degree
Intensity
Sitting
Demand
Growing
Travel
Medium
Conditions
Indoor
Weekly Hours
50-60
Pros
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Freedom to work creatively
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Opportunity to start a new trend
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Continuous variety of projects
Cons
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Creative blockages under stress
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Uncertainty of industry direction
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Highly competitive industry
The Bottom Line
Fashion designers are artistic and creative. It’s a fantastic occupation and the challenge to make it ‘really big’ very exciting. Those that make it are in serious demand. But the industry is highly fluid and you need to add vision, determination, persuasion and resilience to your creativity to gain experience. Then recognition, and finally longevity within the industry, may follow.
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