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Fashion Designer
Fashion designers design and develop new styles and products for
clothing apparel and accessories. Their duties involves creating original designs,
or by adapting existing fashions to suit current/local conditions and trends.
They may also perform cutting and machining sample garments based on these designs.
Fashion designers may perform the following tasks:
- Design and illustrate concepts by producing storyboard and
specification drawings
- use computer software to manipulate and develop patterns and
modify clothing and or accessories designs
- research and develop fabrics, different shades, colors and accessories for
production of garments
- make or design patterns, or work closely with patternmakers, to
draft unique patterns from sketches or specification drawings
- pick and choose stylish fabric, colour and trim, and undertake cutting
and machining of sample garments to enhance the style
- design and fit samples and discuss them with senior management, sales and
manufacturing staff, and contribute to time and costing estimates
- finalise style specification sheets with detailed unique sketches and
trim details to conform to the latest trends
- test and approve final samples before they go into production
- supervise staff and provide quality assurance
- be involved in meetings and liaise with production staff during mass production of
garments, and participate in testing and quality control
- may have the opportunity to travel overseas to gain information and further insight
on current fashion trends and what other people are wearing overseas.
- research and understand the clothing markets and also
control merchandising and retailing of new clothing and garments.
Fashion designers may set up their own business and work individually
or as part of a large corporation.
Required Skills - Fashion Designer
- enjoy artistic and creative duties
- creative flair and drawing talent
- excellent communication skills
- excellent colour and design sense
- excellent hand-eye coordination
- be able to work under pressure and meet deadlines
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