There is no formal education or certification required to become a fashion designer but that doesn't make the feat any easier. To be a fashion designer, you need to have a combination of drawing, sewing, design skills, knowledge of fashion industry and unparallel perseverance.
Here are some tips you need to become a fashion designer
- 1. Develop your skills, successful fashion designers have a wide array of skills ; Those skills includes drawing, an eye for color and texture, an ability to visualize concept in different dimensions and the mechanical skills involved in sewing and cutting all types of fabrics.
- 2. Learn more; if you can, it makes good sense to get a diploma or degree in fashion design or a related program. You will learn a great deal, make excellent early contacts and have ample opportunity to show off your skills in less judgmental environment.
- 3. Decide which designing field is your principal interest: you may use start at the bottom- but you need to have a goal in mind as to the type of designing you want to undertake lifelong. Specializing will make you more focused. Don’t over extend as it’s better to perfect your designing within one area and then experiment when you’ve already got a good foothold in the industry.
- 4. Plan some key pieces. What is your absolute strength in designing? Your passion and skill are an important first part of the equation. The second part is matching it with what that market wants, which in fashion is a part of convincing the market and part noticing what the market demands.
- 5. Assess your skills and personality honesty before pursuing a career in fashion design. You may love clothes but clothing is only part of the story when undertaking a fashion design. You also need excellent communication skills, a willingness to work very hard (often 24/7) a tough hide when criticized, an ability to cope with stress, openness to having many different client, an acceptance that there will be loneliness or isolation on occasions (depending on how you set up your design business or career and an ability to be self disciplined (self-starter).
- 6. Get educated about the business side of fashion, being a successful fashion designer does not only require talent and creativity, it also requires a sound knowledge of the business and marketing aspect of the fashion world. Keep yourself updated on what is happening in the fashion industry by regularly reading trade journals.
- 7. If you are running your own design business, be prepared to be financially astute; you may be exceptionally creative but be absolute certain that if you run your own fashion label, you need to be a business adopt. You need to understand those numbers and invoices that keep piling on your table. If you really hate these stuffs, there are good options, such as asking your accountants to take care of all things financial but it still pays to stay on top of the whole thing yourself and if you really hate the side of it, look for work as a fashion designer with a fashion house instead of running your own label.
- 8. Be realistic: You may be willing to move to match your market, but that depends on how you work and sell. Being realistic is realizing that it is pointless trying to sell a lot of haute culture to people who only want career clothing in a semi-rural town. You need to focus on where your market is most likely to be and either work out whether it’s best for you to live and work in that same area or how to get the distribution from your current area to the place where it’s most likely to sell.
- 9. Assemble a portfolio of your work; your design portfolio will be vital when applying to design jobs and internships, as it is your chance to market yourself and your work. Your portfolio should display your best work, and highlight your skills and creativity. Use a high quality binder to show that you take yourself seriously as a designer.
- 10 Look for fashion job; there are various ways to find work in the fashion industry as a designer and it depends on the type of designing that you are interested in. in some cases, being versatile will help you a great deal, just so that you get the experience and then jump across to your real passion later.
TO BE CONTINUED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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