Fashion Designers

Design clothing and accessories. Create original garments or design garments that follow well established fashion trends. May develop the line of color and kinds of materials.

Job Task

• Designs custom garments for clients.
• Attends fashion shows and reviews garment magazines and manuals to analyze fashion trends, predictions, and consumer preferences.
• Sews together sections to form mockup or sample of garment or article, using sewing equipment.
• Directs and coordinates workers who draw and cut patterns, and construct sample or finished garment.
• Arranges for showing of sample garments at sales meetings or fashion shows.
• Confers with sales and management executives, or clients regarding design ideas.
• Examines sample garment on and off model, and modifies design to achieve desired effect.
• Integrates findings of analysis and discussion, and personal tastes and knowledge of design, to originate design ideas.
• Sketches rough and detailed drawings of apparel or accessories, and writes specifications, such as color scheme, construction, or material type.
• Draws pattern for article designed, cuts pattern, and cuts material according to pattern, using measuring and drawing instruments, and scissors.

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