ISCO Specialization 2163.1.3 Fashion Designer
From Open Risk Manual
Definition
Fashion Designer: Fashion designers work on designs for the haute couture and/or ready-to-wear, high street fashion markets, and more generally on items of clothing and fashion ranges. Fashion designers can operate in a specialised area, such as sportswear, childrenswear, footwear or accessories.
Essential Skills
- Use Specialised Design Software
- Identify Target Markets For Designs
- Art History
- Produce Textile Designs
- Gather Reference Materials For Artwork
- Portfolio Management In Textile Manufacturing
- Textile Materials
- Seek Innovation In Current Practices
- Develop Design Ideas Cooperatively
- Modify Textile Designs
- History Of Fashion
- Collaborate With Designers
- Produce Textile Samples
- Textile Techniques
- Monitor Developments In Technology Used For Design
- Monitor Textile Manufacturing Developments
- Design Wearing Apparel
- Use Textile Technique For Hand-Made Products
Optional Skills
- Collaborate With A Technical Staff In Artistic Productions
- Dyeing Technology
Alternative Names
- Fashion Designers
- Sportswear Designer
- Apparel Designer
- High Fashion Designer
- Fashion Expert
- Fashion Stylist
- Childrenswear Designer
- Textile Specialist
- Footwear Designer
- Fashion Specialist
- Accessory Designer
- Fashion Design Specialist
- Textile Expert
- Apparel Stylist
- Swimwear Designer
- Fashion Design Expert
- Fashion Artist
