fashion designer
Fashion designers work on designs for the haute couture and/or ready-to-wear, high street fashion markets, and more generally on items of clothing and fashion ranges. Fashion designers can operate in a specialised area, such as sportswear, childrenswear, footwear or accessories.
Also called: fashion designers, sportswear designer, apparel designer, high fashion designer, fashion expert, fashion stylist, childrenswear designer, textile specialist
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- essential skills
- 2
- optional skills
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- related roles
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Where you can go from here
8 rolesOccupations sharing the most essential skills with this one. The number is a count, not an opinion.
- costume designer6 skills in common
- textile designer6 skills in common
- clothing fashion designer5 skills in common
- digital artist4 skills in common
- interior designer4 skills in common
- set designer4 skills in common
- textile pattern making machine operator4 skills in common
- textile colourist3 skills in common
Essential skills
19- art history
- collaborate with designers
- design wearing apparel
- develop design ideas cooperatively
- gather reference materials for artwork
- history of fashion
- identify target markets for designs
- keep up to date on costume design
- modify textile designs
- monitor developments in technology used for design
- monitor textile manufacturing developments
- portfolio management in textile manufacturing
- produce textile designs
- produce textile samples
- properties of textile materials
- seek innovation in current practices
- textile techniques
- use specialised design software
- use textile technique for hand-made products
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