By: Cassie Bedard

Fashion Designer

These are some of the things I have sown.

This is my

sewing machine.

This is some of the material that I have.

(without cover) (with cover)

Salary

An average fashion designer gets 64,530 dollars per year. They would get 31.02 dollars per hour.

I could probably afford a house about

the size of this house.

How much you workI want to have a career in actually

designing and producing the

product. I want to be able to design the product and then make it.

Depending on where you work, what company you

work for, and your type of job, the

amount of hours you work will vary.

A fashion designer working 7 days a week works 70-112 hours a week. If there is a new fashion design coming out they might need to work longer hours.

The amount of hours vary every week. They can work anywhere from 5-7 days a week. Most work 7 days a

week.

EducationTo be a fashion designer you need to have a high

school diploma. It is recommended to go to

college and get a associates degree

and/or a bachelors degree. If you get a

degree you are more likely to get a job.

These are two fashion designers working on designing and creating a

piece of clothing.

(http://www.bls.gov/ooh/arts-and-design/fashion-designers.htm#tab-1)

Special Training

To get experience as a fashion designer you

become an intern or work as an assistant designer. This allows you see the

design process, and gain knowledge about how the process of making clothing

works.

You can choose whether or not you

get training. Training WILL HELP you get a job though! You will

be able to understand how

you should do your job.

SkillsThe skills needed to be a fashion designer are…

Organization skillsCreative skillsArtistic skillsComputer skillsCommunication skillsDecision making skillsThe ability to be detailedAble to work in groupsPatienceImaginative

Location

New York, USA Paris, France Milan, Italy London, United Kingdom

These are the capitols of fashion. Most clothes and other fashion items

are made in these four places.

You can get a job as a fashion designer in places other than these. There will probably not be as big of a company though. Fashion designers in

those four cities might get paid a higher amount working the same job as someone in another city.

Level Of Difficulty

Things that are easyWhen you have a job interview it is sometimes easy to show your skills. You don’t have to go through a lot of college

Things that are hard. Getting a jobFinding a big company that pays wellGoing to college to get a degreeGoing through special trainingThere are more things that are

difficult about getting a job as a fashion designer than things

that are easy. A fashion designer can be a hard job to get. It is also a hard job to do.

Fashion Design Companies

Some of the Fashion Design companies are…ArizonaRalph LaurenL.L. BeanLands End

These are some of the companies that would offer a

fashion design career.

Fashion Designing in the future

Fashion designing will not change in the future. If it changes it will increase by a very small

percent.

It is a good thing that this career isn’t decreasing. It is also a bad thing that it isn’t going to increase. It is a good thing that this career is still going to be here in the future. If this ends up

being my career I will be able to maintain it for a long time!

What Does A Fashion Designer Do?

Fashion designers create clothing that others will want to wear. They sketch their new design. Then they start to lay out the colors and fabric that they want to use. They then make their design come to life by sewing it together.

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Part of a fashion designers job is to always know what the next fashion trend is. They have to know the past trends and the current trends to figure this out.

A fashion designer creates anything from baby clothes to adult clothes to accessories.

My careerI think that this is a good career for me

because I have most of the skills needed for this career. I just have to work on a few. I also love to create clothing.

This career might not also be good for me because I am not good at drawing. Sketching is a big part of fashion design. Also I don’t want to work long hours. I would want to have some time to be home with my family.

Works Cited

• Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2012-13 Edition, Fashion Designers, on the Internet at http://www.bls.gov/ooh/arts-and-design/fashion-designers.htm (visited December 10, 2012).

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• Fashion. New York, NY: Ferguson's, an Infobase Learning, 2012. Print.

• Yates, Julia, and Donna Gustavsen. The Fashion Careers Guidebook. ; A Guide to Every Career in the Fashion Industry and How to Get It. Hauppauge, New York: Barron's Educational Series, Incorporated, 2011. Print.