TAPASYA COLLEGE OF DESIGN & VISUAL ARTS

CAREERS IN FASHION

A Parent's Guide

CAREER OPTIONS AFTER FASHION DESIGN

Designers are inherently creative

people, and so they can put their minds
to any venture and it is going to be
successful! Let us take a look at some of
the career options and job prospects
after pursuing fashion design!

FASHION DESIGNERS

Fashion designers need no introduction!

We are all familiar with their work and
idolize fashion designers like
Sabyasachi, Manish Malhotra, Masaba
etc. Fashion designers create original
clothing, footwear, jewellery,
accessories etc. They sketch the
designs, select fabrics, patterns and
textures and style outfits and looks.

STYLISTS

A stylist picks the right pieces from

anyone’s wardrobe or from a designer’s
collection, which would suit the client’s
character, body type, the kind of
occasion the dress is getting selected
for. Big time bollywood celebrities hire
stylists on a regular basis for red carpet
events and parties. Stylists are also in
demand for creating and organizing
wedding trousseau, for models,
photographers, influencers, magazines
etc.
 TEXTILE DESIGNERS

As the name suggests, they are

responsible for designing 2D patterns,
both repetitive and unique for knit
patterns, weave and printed fabrics etc.
These fabrics maybe used in interiors as
soft furnishing or to make clothes.
Textile designers work both
independently or as part of a design
team in both industrial and non
industrial settings. They use CAD to
develop patterns and textures and must
be abreast with all the technological
advancements and new innovations in
fabrics and materials.

TEXTILE DESIGNERS

As the name suggests, they are

responsible for designing 2D patterns,
both repetitive and unique for knit
patterns, weave and printed fabrics etc.
These fabrics maybe used in interiors as
soft furnishing or to make clothes.
Textile designers work both
independently or as part of a design
team in both industrial and non
industrial settings. They use CAD to
develop patterns and textures and must
be abreast with all the technological
advancements and new innovations in
fabrics and materials.

RETAIL MANAGERS

A job as a retail manager in a

departmental store, fashion boutique or
big brands such as ZARA or Lifestyle
etc. can be highly satisfactory. A retail
manager is responsible for setting daily
targets for the staff, ensuring that
promotions and marketing gimmicks
work smoothly, customer satisfaction
etc. He or she also heads the human
resources and finance department in
smaller enterprises.
 FASHION MERCHANDISER/BUYER

Just as the title sounds, you would have

to be a fashion shopping expert and
also have the skills of a medium. That is
predicting fashion trends before they
actually hit the streets. In addition to
having an eye for details, the fashion
merchandiser job also implies a
business sense and a knack for
numbers. That’s right! You’ll have to do
a little math, respect a set budget for
what you’ll have to buy and take into
consideration how much a customer is
willing to spend on a certain fashion
item.

FASHION JOURNALIST OR BLOGGER

Well, if you enjoy writing as much as

you love dresses, shoes and handbags,
you can combine the two and write
about these every day. You can become
the editor in chief of a well-known
magazine. When it comes to fashion
blogs, they are such a trend these days!
Creating a blog is picnic and then, you
just have to keep on posting interesting
news and stuff to attract thousands of
readers. Remember to take pictures,
lots of pictures to anything you see and
can be related to fashion and post them
on your blog with comments.

JEWELLERY / FOOTWEAR DESIGNER

Recent trends have shown the jewelry

and footwear market as independent of
clothes. They are a whole new market in
their own right, and thus a very
lucrative design field to go into! We all
know that one can never have enough
shoes, and thus being a footwear
designer is a never ending job scope,
with the plusses of being surrounded by
beautiful shoes and heels.