Fashion designer: description, responsibilities, education and career

Today, the profession of a fashion designer is quite popular. Many girls want to become fashion designers in order to create new styles of clothing, to embody the most daring ideas into reality. In this article, we will look at the description, responsibilities, education and career of a fashion designer, and also tell you what is the difference between a fashion designer and a designer.

It is worth noting that a fashion designer is a creative work that requires not only an excellently developed imagination, but also certain knowledge and skills. The fashion designer creates a variety of clothes, hats, shoes and accessories. But like any profession, a fashion designer also has its own complexities. So, he must perfectly master the technical aspects of making various clothes, as well as develop well and follow modern trends in fashion... New trends in fashion are created by fashion designers.

Of course, a fashion designer is a creative profession, but you simply cannot do without a technical side... You can come up with amazing models, but it is possible to translate them into reality only by creating the correct patterns, choosing the necessary fabrics, while you should not forget about the sewing technology.

Of course, this profession is creative, but it is this parameter that largely depends on the place of work. It is worth noting the level of acceptable creativity here.So, some factories produce typical things, while others are working on creating new directions in the fashion industry.

The profession of a fashion designer has the following benefits:

• this is a creative work that allows you to feel in reality the results of your labor;
• creating a variety of clothes, the fashion designer allows each person to look beautiful, regardless of the peculiarities of the figure (with individual tailoring);
• good salary, while every fashion designer can develop and become an authority in the fashion industry;
• if you wish, you can create your own business.

If we talk about the cons, the following are worth noting:

• in the absence of experience and a well-known name, problems with finding a job are possible;
• an employee should adapt to the requirements put forward by his superiors, while criticism is also encountered;
• working hours may be irregular.

To clarify the issue, it is worth referring to history. Initially, in the 16th century, the term "design" appeared, and only in the middle of the 19th century it began to be used on a massive scale. If we talk about our country, then the designer as a profession appeared in the second half of the XX century during the USSR. Today this profession is quite popular. It should be noted that the concept of "fashion designer" is traditional for the inhabitants of Russia, but in European countries it is the "designer" that is used. But there are some differences between these two professions, which lie precisely in solving different problems. MThe designer is responsible for the design of the clothes, while the designer is responsible for the design.

Modeling clothes - creating a new shape using a variety of methods and techniques. Initially, it is necessary to create a concept and define the main design tasks. But the designer is engaged in capturing fashion trends, analyzing them and providing a new concept for creating a new collection of clothes, while guessing the wishes of customers. The difference is that the designer is responsible for creating new forms, while the designer works only with its modification, that is, new clothes are created based on existing options. For example, a fashion designer changes the shape of a sleeve or collar, changes the length of a product, uses a new decoration solution, or combines several styles.

Two professions are represented on the territory of Russia - fashion designer and designer. Their place of work is different, because fashion designers work in knitwear or garment factories, as well as in ateliers, but designers usually work in design bureaus, workshops and design studios... A designer can also work as a fashion designer, just as a fashion designer, if desired, can be considered as a designer in the future.

Training for the profession of a fashion designer is possible in the following specialties:

• "Design of light industry products";
• "The Art of Costume and Textile";
• "Design".

To start training, you must pass the exam, while the list of subjects may change. To apply for Design or The Art of Costume and Textile, you must first pass a creative test. At the School of Architecture and Design, the course "Costume Design" is provided, where they teach exactly the features of modeling. This course includes several stages, each of which has a duration of study from 3 to 8 months. After completing the course, each student receives a document of the established form. Training for the profession of a fashion designer is less time-consuming than the profession of a designer.

Pay attention to the following universities, which are the best in this field:

• MASI;
• SGEI;
• SPbSU;
• Moscow State University;
• Russian State University named after A. N. Kosygina ("Technology. Design. Art");
• SPbGUPTiD;
• IBiD;
• BIEPP.

A fashion designer has the following responsibilities:

• create sketches, drawings and drawings that depict wardrobe items;
• develop sketches using sketches, for example, after making edits by the client;
• create a variety of patterns, patterns and other illustrations, which allow you to perform a certain product with high quality;
• custom tailoring or careful control of the mass production process;
• quality control of each product and its verification;
• preliminary fitting and making adjustments depending on the client, if individual tailoring is performed;
• showing finished products, for example, at shows or in front of the customer, as well as participating in the creation of advertising campaigns.

The fashion designer is quite often an active participant in various conferences and competitions, he communicates with journalists, partners and suppliers.

Quite often, a young specialist is not hired for the position of a fashion designer. Initially he must work as his assistant for some time. If he shows himself, then he already becomes a fashion designer, while he can participate in various competitions. With more experience, the pay for the job will increase.