Breaking Into and Succeeding as Fashion Designer, Fashion Business
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Fashion Designer
Breaking Into and Succeeding as a Fashion Designer
Starting a Fashion Business
Starting a Fashion Line
Getting Paid to Dress People and Make Them Feel Good
Envision getting paid to dress people and make them feel good. You work with the most talented and creative people in the industry. Your name is franchised internationally; you can find it on billboards all over subway stations.
You hang out with the world’s most stylish people; some are celebrities, some are ordinary people with discriminating tastes. More importantly, you earn a six, or even, seven-figure income annually.
While there are only 18 haute couturiers worldwide acknowledged by the Syndical Chamber of Haute Couture in Paris and only a few designers have the privilege to operate showrooms or boutiques on Manhanttan’s Seventh Avenue, you can be successful as a fashion designer regardless of where you live and whether or not you graduated from fashion school.
What if you have never worn “designer” clothing before? Of course, you are stylish but you cannot afford to wear an evening dress designed by Yves St. Laurent nor a pair of jeans by Donna Karan.
You may even ask, “Can a person whose apparel collection comes from neighborhood department stores, who doesn’t live in New York City and didn’t go to fashion school become a fashion designer?” The answer is a definite yes.
Despite the misconception that designer clothes are very highly priced, every piece of apparel is, in fact, designed by a designer. More than 95% of fashion designers work outside the small circle of haute couturiers and international fashion houses.
A fashion designer is a creative and technical professional who designs clothing within a specific theme for a specific purpose and a specific market.
Here are some examples of what a fashion designer creates, which range from everyday clothes to precious metal jewelry in various prices, shapes and sizes:
T-shirts
Evening dresses
Jackets
Socks
Career suits
Baby outfits
Denims
Maternity clothes
Hats
Jogging clothes
Bandanas and scarves
Umbrellas
Glass bead jewelry
Shorts
Swimsuits
Beach wears
Uniforms
Shoes
There are several career paths in this field that you can choose based on your strengths and interests. Youre not restricted to become an haute couturier or to work with one.
Some of the career paths to choose from:
Creative Designer
Technical Designer
Sketcher
Cutter
Pattern Maker
Textile Designer
Types of employers you can work with include:
Textile Manufacturer
Apparel Manufacturer
Fashion Studio Owner
Haute Couturier
Men’s Tailor
Retailer
Trend Consultant
Fashion designers interviewed in this ebook are:
A five-time Coty Award winner (the “Oscar” of the fashion industry)
A designer who has her own TV show
A dean of an internationally-recognized fashion school
A New York’s Fashion Institute of Technology cum laude graduate
A home-based women’s apparel designer and manufacturer whose products are sold in 110 retailers nationwide
A designer and manufacturer of upscale men’s hosiery who did not have any formal fashion training or business contacts prior to entering the business. His products are now sold in exclusive retail stores throughout the United States, Europe and Asia.
Jennie S. Bev, StyleCareer.com CEO, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief has been featured and cited worldwide for her unique take on fashion, image, beauty, entertainment, art, and fun careers and start-ups and for her humanitarian works and activisms. She is known as an authority in these fields of business. Since 2003, StyleCareer.com has literally helped thousands of new entrepreneurs starting their businesses with confidence.
We have been cited and profiled in Entrepreneur, Teen People, San Francisco Chronicle, Radio Singapore International, Home Business, Canadian Business, The Independent, The Arizona Republic, The Daily Southtown, The Record, Tracy Press, Audrey, FabSugar.com, About.com, Choice Explorer, Dong, Fit, Femina, Dewi, Intisari, Tempo, Fit, Chic, Kartini, Nyata, Bisnis Kita, and many other US and international publications since 2003. We were also nominated for EPPIE Award for excellence in electronic publishing for non-fiction how-to category.
Among StyleCareer.com readers and our consulting clients include A-list celebrities and professionals.
In a meeting at The W Hotel in Manhattan, NYC
during The Fashion Week in Fall 2005,
John Casablancas said, “Jennie is the queen of research.”In a phone call, Laila Ali McClain praised our ebook,
“Your ebook is well-researched, very useful.”
Interview with Entrepreneur in an article “Putting on the Glitz: Dreaming of Starting a Glamorous Business?”
Interview with Canadian Business in an article “Mad Money: Five Ways to Have Some Real Fun with Your Disposable Income”
Review by FabSugar.com in “Fab Site: StyleCareer.com”
This 91-page instantly downloadable StyleCareer.com eGuide Breaking Into and Succeeding as a Fashion Designer brings you valuable insider tips, advice and suggestions not available elsewhere to help you embark on this highly lucrative career path.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
The Myths, the Realities and the Basics
·I Have Never Worn “Designer” Clothes
·I Cannot Draw nor Sew
·I Cannot Afford to Attend Fashion School
·I Live Far Away from New York City
·Who Creates Fashion Trends?
·Is There a Place for “Down-to-Earth” People in this Glamorous Industry?
·What are the Benefits of Being a Fashion Designer?
Getting Ready for the Big Break
·Industry Size (details of market size and employment)
·Fashion Cycle (how the trends are determined and the steps involved in turning fabric into wearable apparel)
·Terminologies (what is a “line”? “collection”?)
·Classifications (U.S. industry classifications of apparel products)
·Personality Traits (needed to break into, survive and succeed)
·Skills of the Trade (resources from which you can actually learn how to sketch and create your first design)
·Design Templates (access to templates to use with your own design sketches)
·Self-study Resources (access to Web sites where you can actually learn how to measure and sew your first design)
·To Go to School or Not (the advantages and disadvantages)
·Top Fashion Schools (worldwide list of top schools)
·Fashion Schools in the United States, Canada, Europe and Asia
·Alternative and Distance Learning Schools (for a small fraction of top fashion school’s tuition)
Career Game Plan
·Earning Potentials (working for others and yourself)
·Locating Employers
·Career Paths
·Portfolio (what to include, what not to include, and how to organize them attractively)
·Interviewing and Presentation Tips
·Internship Search
·Assessing Your Entrepreneurship
·Small Business Resources
·Choosing Your Specialty
·Market Research
·Business Legal Structure
·Partnership Advice
·Pricing Your Services
·Roads Less Traveled (other ways to market your services)
Being Successful
·Personality Traits to Succeed
·Promoting Your Business on a Shoestring Budget
·Trade Shows (where they are and how they benefit your career)
·Fashion Weeks (what they are and why you need to join)
·Get Listed in Merchandiser Marts
·Buyer’s Open Calls
·Manufacturing Representatives
·Outsourcing the Manufacturing
·Professional and Trade Organizations
·Industry News and Trends
·Profiles of 9 Successful Fashion Designers (including an internationally recognized Coty Award winner, niche, and home-based designers)
This eGuide literally saves you hundreds or even thousands of dollars spent on professional workshops and training and hundreds of hours of research. It will help you break into the career of your dream faster without having to repeat the same mistakes that most newcomers do.
We have also included online resources from which you can learn to sketch, design and create your first designs conveniently at home (for free). This alone will cost you hundreds of dollars elsewhere.
Act Now!
You can have this exclusive ebook for just $10.99, which you will earn many times over with your first sale.
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