Hot Fashion Design Jobs

by Fran Walker
Fashion School Review Columnist

February 3, 2006

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Want to be the next Roland Mouret, Roberto Cavalli or Stella McCartney? There are plenty of hot fashion design jobs out there at the moment, and plenty of hot fashion designers. If you pursue fashion design at fashion school, you can choose from a range of jobs in fashion design.

Go to Fashion School: Then What?

We all know about the hard work and competition when trying to get fashion design jobs. Working as an associate fashion designer can be a smart move after fashion school. Working with a fashion designer will give you some excellent experience with trimming and textiles, allow you to show off your technical knowledge and build on your networking and sourcing skills. Many campus and online degree programs offer assistance to students to help them find internships so that they can get experience and further build their portfolios.

Other Options Involving Fashion Design

While at fashion school, you may realize that you have a particular talent which could lead you down a slightly different fashion design route. If your technical skills and pattern design skills are second to none, you may wish to become a highly specialized technical fashion designer. If you love the theatrics of the runway above all else, you may also decide you want to be a costume designer. The most important thing is to keep your eyes and your mind open to the fashion design jobs on offer.

Design Director: One of the Hottest Fashion Design Jobs Around

Once you have served your time as a fashion designer, you may feel you have the creativity, drive, team working skills and vision to become a design director. This is a great way to get control over your creativity and to get your name known. Whichever fashion design jobs you go for, be prepared to work hard. Look what's on offer if you make it!

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About the Author
Fran Walker is a freelance writer, editor and researcher specializing in educational, health, safety and domestic issues. Previously, she spent five years in marketing in the self-help, health and health and safety sectors before leaving to start a family

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