How do they match: Fashion Designers

  • Fashion Consultant
  • Historic Clothing and Costume Maker
  • Image Consultant
  • Parts and Accessories Manager
  • Wardrobe Consultant
  • Wardrobe Image Consultant

  • Adapt other designers' ideas for the mass market.
  • Confer with sales and management executives or with clients to discuss design ideas.
  • Develop a group of products or accessories, and market them through venues such as boutiques or mail-order catalogs.
  • Identify target markets for designs, looking at factors such as age, gender, and socioeconomic status.
  • Provide sample garments to agents and sales representatives, and arrange for showings of sample garments at sales meetings or fashion shows.
  • Read scripts and consult directors and other production staff to develop design concepts and plan productions.

  • Conduct market research.