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The world of fashion has developed tremendously and Fashion Designing is increasingly being preferred as a career option. The great thing about designing is that there are many branches to it and once you have done a course in Fashion designing there are many career options to choose from.

Here are a few career options you can look at while pursuing a fashion designing course.

Fashion Designer

A fashion designing course will firstly make you a Fashion Designer. A Designer’s job is to create styles and designs according to the season. For that he/ she will have to keep watch on the trends of every season and incorporate those trends to create moving styles. A trends calendar will give you information about the prints, colours and silhouettes that are in, during a particular season.

A Fashion Designer will create customised designs for the clients according to their specification and come up with patterns and drafts of the same after approval. Once the design is approved, a sample will be created for trial.

Pattern Maker

Pattern Making and Drafting are important ingredients in a design career. As Fashion Designers cannot undertake all the tasks associated with designing, Pattern Makers are employed by companies to follow their directions. Pattern making involves making patterns in paper for cutting the fabric. Pattern Making and Drafting is all about being precise in the sizes and shapes given by the Designer. Pattern Makers are also people who can advise the designers on changes on their designs if a given design is not feasible or difficult to do.

Fashion Merchandiser

Fashion Merchandising is all about getting the product hit the right market through wise decisions. A Fashion Merchandiser will decide the processes through which the new fashion item has to go through in order to be available to the public. A Fashion Merchandiser has a marketing role where he/ she will decide on the best methods that can be employed in each stage of Fashion Marketing like production, buying, marketing and selling. A Fashion Merchandiser has to keep in mind the price of the product and has to aim at the target market while choosing fabric, accessories and fittings that go in the making of the product.

Fashion Stylist

A Fashion Stylist has a very demanding job and can cater to a variety of media and people like celebrities, models, films, TV, music videos, advertisement and print media. A stylist’s job is to identify the positive attributes of a person and enhance them through styles that highlight their good features. A good stylist can make an ordinary person look like a million dollars. Stylists need abundant knowledge about fashion, fabric and accessories and also have good interpersonal and communication skills in order to excel in the job. They must also have good business acumen and a streak of boldness to try any style which they feel would be successful on their clients.

Fashion Choreographer

Fashion Choreographers and Catwalk Choreographers are people who take charge of fashion shows and play a crucial role in making a show successful. Fashion Choreographers work in close coordination with Fashion Designers and Stylists. They have an important part in deciding the sequence of the show and training the models to walk the ramp. They play a great part in making a designer’s collection successful by placing the right styles in the forefront and creating the right mood which is in tune with the design collection. Choreographer’s also play a part in selecting accessories for the clothes on display in order to make sure that the design stands out and not the accessories and hair.

Fashion Buyer

A Buyer’s role is to oversee the development of product ranges in the market. In a retail showroom buyers have to analyse the buying patterns of customers and select the merchandise accordingly. Depending on the size of the company, a buyer has various roles and will be responsible for the product turnover of a company. Big companies will have many buyers, placed in various levels and work as a team to achieve the yearly profit mark. A buyer’s job will also involve travelling to many countries to select products and also to visit stores and trade fairs to analyse the buying trends every year. A buyer has to have certain skills in managing time and people effectively. Establishing good working relationships with manufacturers, designers and marketing teams is important to do a buyer’s job effectively.

Fashion Illustrator

An illustrator draws illustration of the design visualised by the Fashion Designer. An illustrator should have good sense of colours and design sketching. She can enhance a designer’s vision by using her aesthetic sense. Fashion illustrators represent a designer’s visualisation and put them on paper before the actual garment is made. A design illustration gives a fair idea about how a garment would look when it is constructed. Fashion illustrators can work under designers, buying houses, print media like fashion magazines and newspapers and also as faculty in reputed fashion institutions. Illustration requires good sketching capabilities.

An illustrator must be able to sketch a human figure in any form and in different poses in order to make the garment look good on these figures. An illustrator need not necessarily sketch a human figure in its original form. Many illustrators of great repute have their own stylised representation of human figures which give an enhanced appeal to the whole sketch. Fashion illustration is all about making the design look as appealing as possible.

Fashion Faculty

Fashion Design institutes require faculty to teach the various subjects and streams of fashion studies. A student who has good knowledge and has good teaching abilities can become faculty members in various institutes. To be a good teacher of fashion subjects, one needs to have good knowledge and a sense of design and style to guide the students. Faculty members are also responsible for guiding the students to conduct fashion shows and other related exhibitions during their course term. One can choose different areas of teaching like illustration, fashion history, pattern making, textile studies, fashion marketing, draping, drafting, colour theory etc.

Fashion Consultant

Fashion consultant offers guidance on fashion styles and improvement. A Fashion consultant must have some experience in the industry and styling of clothes before they can branch out to become consultants. They offer advice on fashion, styles, colours, accessories and other things that suit various occasions. Their job involves overall makeover of the clients including choice of hairstyles, jewellery, makeup etc. Consultants also help clients with wardrobe choices for interviews and workplaces, parties etc.

Fashion Forecasting

Fashion Forecasting is the basis of all fashion design jobs. A forecasting team has a lot of analysis and market research to do before they can come up with the palettes, themes, styles, accessories and trends for every season. For this, a forecasting team studies the previous buying patterns, colour preferences, textiles, silhouettes, themes etc.  Fashion Forecasting involves a lot of research work before they can come up with trends for each season. As the whole fashion world depends on this trend forecasting, precise analysis of each area is very important.

Fashion Photographer

A challenging job, a Fashion Photographer has many roles. Be it fashion shows, magazines, newspapers, advertisements, everyone needs Fashion Photographers who can capture the moment and product aesthetically. Fashion Photographer’s have a challenging job. They have to ensure that the best aspect of the product is highlighted in their photos by making sure that the best angles and shots are given. Fashion Photographers can make or break a product depending on their talent level.

Fashion Journalist

Fashion Journalism is not just about an interest in fashion, but also a talent in writing. Fashion Journalists are employed by top fashion magazines and newspapers where there will review the new and happening products in the market and will report about fashion events, shows and important happenings related to the fashion world. Fashion journalists must be well connected and informed about all fashion related news in order to reach there on time to report the latest news to the media.

Fashion Event Planner

Event planners have a strenuous schedule. Fashion Event Planning is about travelling to various parts or the world and organizing fashion shows. Event planners have to take care of many aspects like advertising, venue, stage settings, lighting, ramp and also the product ranges and themes in coordination with the designers who are going to showcase their talent. Event planner will have to coordinate with many people involved in the fashion show right from the designer, media persons to the photographer and videographer who capture the whole event on camera.

Fashion Management and Marketing

This is a management job that requires one to push fashion to the clients. Fashion management involves creating marketing and advertisement strategies, studying trends, projecting numbers to making sure that the all round coverage of the new products are well taken care of.

With so many fields to choose from, Fashion Designing is a very good career option for the young and the talented.