Fashion Designer Salary

People spent their entire lives working on something, that they really don't like, but are bound with the family responsibilities and are wholly dependent on it for their living. I think each and every person in this world, has the right to choose his or her interest area and pursue a career in whatever he/she likes. I'm sure you are amongst the latter ones and therefore have chosen to become a fashion designer! I congratulate you, for your brave decision! Certainly, ignoring the dominance of traditional occupation streams and opting for something unique like fashion designing, which requires a lot of guts. And I'm sure you have everything of that sort in you!

Fashion designing is all about creativity, common sense and dedication. Of course... you'll need these pre-requisites wherever you go, however with fashion designing, the case is something different. Creativity reflects in whatever design you make, common sense reflects in your thought behind creating the design and dedication reflects in how determined you are in creating good and unique designs and develop your reputation in the market! Speaking of fashion designing as a career, let me tell you, career development in it is not an easy go! Although the career opportunities are ample, there are even more competitors (in fact, some of them are 'Big Daddies'!) Therefore you need to apply your entire creativity in the work.

Fashion Designer Job Description

• The core job of a fashion designer is to design the clothes, accessories, shoes, etc. or whatever your company is dealing with.
• You may have to design all the above or else you can even specialize in something and then exclusively work on it.
• Fashion designing forecasting is another important task. This involves forecasting the future trends in the fashion world and then accordingly work on to the creation of designs.
• Coordinate with textile manufacturers for selecting the fabrics and then work on the designs.
• Preparing prototypes and then testing on any of the models. Making adjustments if necessary and then work on the final piece.
• Coordinating with the marketing team to know about the market demands, needs and expectations, and then accordingly think about the designs.
• Promoting the designs through the sales team, by displaying them at the fashion and trade shows, thereby making trade show promotions.
• Working in liaison with the higher management, for future productions plans and design creations.
• Being in touch with the latest fashion trends in the industry and also keeping self updated on the strategies of the competitors.

Fashion Designer Education Requirements

Fashion designing does not require you to be a master or doctorate in fashion! Becoming a master of your art is in your hands, when you enter the industry and prove your talent. However, to gain an entry you need to complete an associate degree spanning two years or a bachelor's degree of four years, either in fine arts or fashion designing itself. With this, you can secure a job in any of the garment manufacturing companies. Your course on fashion designing would include, fashion designing, fashion marketing, drawing, technical fashion drawing, fashion forecasting, etc. Apart from formal education, you need to be creative, have a good color sense and must be well versed with textiles and fabrics.

Fashion Designer Salary Range

Remember, while entering the industry, you are just in the dormant stage of fashion designing! Therefore, do not expect your employer to pay your large bucks! It is only through good performance and reputation, that you'll be able to demand more. The average salary range of a freshman fashion designer is somewhere around USD 30,000-43,000 and those with 3-4 experience can earn up to USD 40,000-55,000. People with an experience of more than 10 years (10-20 years) get paid around USD 60,000-97,000. However, average salary of a fashion designer is somewhere around USD 55,000.

The salary is also influenced by factors such as size of the organization, location and the type of clientèle. Do not just get attracted by the glittering glamor, understand the hard work and determination behind it. Only then you could excel in your work and create your own unique position in this mighty fashion industry. All the Best!