The document discusses various career options in the fashion industry after studying fashion design. It describes careers such as fashion designers, who create original clothing and accessories; stylists, who select outfits for celebrities and events; textile designers, who design fabric patterns; retail managers who oversee fashion boutiques and stores; fashion merchandisers who predict trends and buy inventory; fashion journalists/bloggers who write about fashion; and jewelry/footwear designers who design accessories.
The document discusses various career options in the fashion industry after studying fashion design. It describes careers such as fashion designers, who create original clothing and accessories; stylists, who select outfits for celebrities and events; textile designers, who design fabric patterns; retail managers who oversee fashion boutiques and stores; fashion merchandisers who predict trends and buy inventory; fashion journalists/bloggers who write about fashion; and jewelry/footwear designers who design accessories.
The document discusses various career options in the fashion industry after studying fashion design. It describes careers such as fashion designers, who create original clothing and accessories; stylists, who select outfits for celebrities and events; textile designers, who design fabric patterns; retail managers who oversee fashion boutiques and stores; fashion merchandisers who predict trends and buy inventory; fashion journalists/bloggers who write about fashion; and jewelry/footwear designers who design accessories.
people, and so they can put their minds to any venture and it is going to be successful! Let us take a look at some of the career options and job prospects after pursuing fashion design!
FASHION DESIGNERS
Fashion designers need no introduction!
We are all familiar with their work and idolize fashion designers like Sabyasachi, Manish Malhotra, Masaba etc. Fashion designers create original clothing, footwear, jewellery, accessories etc. They sketch the designs, select fabrics, patterns and textures and style outfits and looks.
STYLISTS
A stylist picks the right pieces from
anyone’s wardrobe or from a designer’s collection, which would suit the client’s character, body type, the kind of occasion the dress is getting selected for. Big time bollywood celebrities hire stylists on a regular basis for red carpet events and parties. Stylists are also in demand for creating and organizing wedding trousseau, for models, photographers, influencers, magazines etc. TEXTILE DESIGNERS
As the name suggests, they are
responsible for designing 2D patterns, both repetitive and unique for knit patterns, weave and printed fabrics etc. These fabrics maybe used in interiors as soft furnishing or to make clothes. Textile designers work both independently or as part of a design team in both industrial and non industrial settings. They use CAD to develop patterns and textures and must be abreast with all the technological advancements and new innovations in fabrics and materials.
TEXTILE DESIGNERS
As the name suggests, they are
responsible for designing 2D patterns, both repetitive and unique for knit patterns, weave and printed fabrics etc. These fabrics maybe used in interiors as soft furnishing or to make clothes. Textile designers work both independently or as part of a design team in both industrial and non industrial settings. They use CAD to develop patterns and textures and must be abreast with all the technological advancements and new innovations in fabrics and materials.
RETAIL MANAGERS
A job as a retail manager in a
departmental store, fashion boutique or big brands such as ZARA or Lifestyle etc. can be highly satisfactory. A retail manager is responsible for setting daily targets for the staff, ensuring that promotions and marketing gimmicks work smoothly, customer satisfaction etc. He or she also heads the human resources and finance department in smaller enterprises. FASHION MERCHANDISER/BUYER
Just as the title sounds, you would have
to be a fashion shopping expert and also have the skills of a medium. That is predicting fashion trends before they actually hit the streets. In addition to having an eye for details, the fashion merchandiser job also implies a business sense and a knack for numbers. That’s right! You’ll have to do a little math, respect a set budget for what you’ll have to buy and take into consideration how much a customer is willing to spend on a certain fashion item.
FASHION JOURNALIST OR BLOGGER
Well, if you enjoy writing as much as
you love dresses, shoes and handbags, you can combine the two and write about these every day. You can become the editor in chief of a well-known magazine. When it comes to fashion blogs, they are such a trend these days! Creating a blog is picnic and then, you just have to keep on posting interesting news and stuff to attract thousands of readers. Remember to take pictures, lots of pictures to anything you see and can be related to fashion and post them on your blog with comments.
JEWELLERY / FOOTWEAR DESIGNER
Recent trends have shown the jewelry
and footwear market as independent of clothes. They are a whole new market in their own right, and thus a very lucrative design field to go into! We all know that one can never have enough shoes, and thus being a footwear designer is a never ending job scope, with the plusses of being surrounded by beautiful shoes and heels.