Fashion Designers
Also called:
Designer, Fashion Designer, Design Director, Costume Designer
What they do:
Design clothing and accessories. Create original designs or adapt fashion trends.
On the job, you would:
- Direct and coordinate workers involved in drawing and cutting patterns and constructing samples or finished garments.
- Examine sample garments on and off models; then modify designs to achieve desired effects.
- Sketch rough and detailed drawings of apparel or accessories, and write specifications such as color schemes, construction, material types, and accessory requirements.
Engineering and Technology
Arts and Humanities
Manufactured or Agricultural Goods
- manufacture and distribution of products
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Basic Skills
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
- thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem
Problem Solving
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
Social
- changing what is done based on other people's actions
- understanding people's reactions
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Verbal
- communicate by speaking
- listen and understand what people say
Ideas and Logic
- create new and original ideas
- come up with lots of ideas
Attention
- pay attention to something without being distracted
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People interested in this work like activities that include creating, designing, and making your own rules.
They do well at jobs that need:
- Attention to Detail
- Innovation
- Dependability
- Initiative
- Adaptability/Flexibility
- Achievement/Effort
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Examples of the technology used in this career will be available soon.
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associate's degree or some college usually needed
Get started on your career:
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New job opportunities are less likely in the future.
$62,860
per year, on average
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