Description
Fashion designers work on designs for the haute couture and/or ready-to-wear, high street fashion markets, and more generally on items of clothing and fashion ranges. Fashion designers can operate in a specialised area, such as sportswear, childrenswear, footwear or accessories.
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Theoretical Knowledge
Practical Skills
develop design ideas cooperativelymonitor developments in technology used for designuse textile technique for hand-made productskeep up to date on costume designgather reference materials for artworkuse specialised design softwareproduce textile designsdesign wearing apparelmodify textile designsidentify target markets for designsseek innovation in current practicescollaborate with designersmonitor textile manufacturing developmentsproduce textile samplescollaborate with a technical staff in artistic productions