Fashion school - I
June 10, 2010
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Do you know you want to be a successful fashion designer?
Let me guess. You are up-to-date with the last fashion trends; you have your own style, actually you feel a fashion stylist, and you picture yourself dressing people, making them feel elegant, comfortable, glamorous and stylish, in other words, making them feel good. For sure time passes quickly for you when drawing an artistic fashionable garment.
This is an activity where the creative inspirations of an artist are combined with the sense of style of a fashion designer. The influences of art and fashion design flow both ways. Since long time ago fashion inspires art. During the Renaissance, painters sought to capture the form, texture and colours of clothing. By the other side, art and design are the soul of fashion. Today we can see models elegantly walking on the runways dressing virtual works of art. We may say that the link between art fashion is undeniably growing stronger.
Let's suppose you are an artist feeling great with your creations, but without being desperately ambitious, by no means are you fond of sustaining the bohemian and romantic idea of art being rewarded by poverty; in fact you want to get a proper payment for what you do.
Or perhaps inside yourself there is a drive and desire to turn your vocation into a profitable rewarding career. Every day, with both eyes wide opened, you dream seeing yourself working with famous stars and celebrities and in addition to this getting extraordinarily well-paid for it.
Many students are attracted to pursue a career in the fashion design industry because they know it can lead them to lucrative income opportunities. Experts say that actually about one-third of professional fashion designers are self-employed. To succeed on one's own is a very motivating idea for many aspirants.
Whatever your idea is, it is wise to understand that this is an industry where art is joined and, truly, led by commerce. In other words, fashion is mainly a business, you need to get a strong understanding of business, without it, fashion design may become just a hobby.
Keeping this in mind, if you really want to increase your level of confidence about making a living in the fashion industry the best you can do for yourself is obtaining your fashion designer's degree. Following your career at a fashion school you will discover several advantages to focus yourself in the skills you need to develop. There are a lot of areas where you will need to master them.
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