Fashion Designer – Creative Careers Studio | Find Your Career in the Arts

A fashion designer’s daily life revolves around sketching new designs, selecting fabrics, and overseeing the creation of garments or accessories. They often collaborate with teams, attend fittings, and keep up with trends to create stylish and innovative collections for upcoming seasons or events.

Quiz Matches

What kind of personality tends to excel in this career?

Ideas

Creations

How much this role requires you to be outspoken and in the spotlight.

Independent

Collaborative

How often you’ll have to work with others

Introvert

Extrovert

How often you’ll be coming up with big ideas versus making ideas reality.

Routine

Variety

How much your tasks change day by day

Screen Time

How much of your day is spent working at a desk on a computer.

Average Salary in SC

$39,920

Education Level

Training, on-the-job experience, or an associate’s degree

Alternate Titles

Apparel Fashion Designer
Clothing Designer
Costume Designer
Dance Costume Designer
Designer
Fashion Designer
Historic Clothing and Costume Maker
Latex Fashions Designer
Product Developer

More Details

Skills

Active Listening
Critical Thinking
Active Learning
Coordination
Judgment and Decision Making.

Activities

Thinking Creatively
Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships
Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work
Getting Information
Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People

Work Styles

Attention to Detail
Innovation
Dependability
Initiative
Adaptability/Flexibility.

Professional Associations

Council of Fashion Designers of America
Fashion Group International
National Association of Schools of Art and Design
The Underfashion Club

Related High School Courses

Art and Design Courses
Drawing
Painting
Illustration
Graphic Design

Textiles and Sewing Courses
Sewing and Fashion Constructing

Mathematics and Science Courses
Algebra
Geometry

Business and Marketing Courses
Marketing
Entrepreneurship
Retail Management

Computer Courses
Digital Design Tools
Fashion Design Software

College Majors to Consider

Costume Design
Fashion Design
Fashion Merchandising
Graphic Design
Studio Art
Textile Design

Jobs, Internships, Apprenticeships

Jobs
Retail Associate at a Clothing Store
Alterations Assistant
Freelance Fashion Illustrator
Social Media Content Creator

Internships
Fashion Design Internship
Textile Company Internship
Magazine or Fashion Blog Internship
Fashion Show Internship

Apprenticeships
Fashion Designer Apprenticeship
Pattern Maker Apprenticeship
Tailoring or Sewing Apprenticeship
Jewelry or Accessories Design Apprenticeship

Profile of the SC Graduate

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