How do they match: Fashion Designers

  • Parts and Accessories Manager

  • Adapt other designers' ideas for the mass market.
  • Attend fashion shows and review garment magazines and manuals to gather information about fashion trends and consumer preferences.
  • 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.

  • Conduct market research.