MY CAREER CONNECTION
Inquiry question
What are the meanings behind cultural patterns, and how does it connect communities?
Career
Fashion designer
Pathway
Arts, Design and Creativity
What this person does
A fashion designer is someone that specializes in clothing and branding, they’re someone that creates clothing for other people or could sell there pieces of clothinge. usually models get their designs from fashion designers.
Where they work
Fashion designers work in places like Design Studios or Workshops, Independent Labels, Manufacturing or Textile Plants, Entertainment or Media.
Important skills
Some key skills you will need to become an fashion designer is Sketching and Illustration, Trend Forcasting, Concept and Mood boarding, Color Theory, Textile Knowledge, Pattern making and draping, Sewing and Tailoring, Tech Pack Creation, CAD Software, Communication, Business Acumen, Sustainability.
Study or training
Garment construction, Textile Science, Fashion Illustration, Pattern-Making and Draping.
Tools and technology
Design-Sketching Software, 3D Simulation, Pattern-Making CAD, Trend Color Forecasting and AI-Production Tech.
How this work contributes
Self-Expression, Confidence, Protection, Jobs, Culture, Support, Upcycling, Safe Materials and Less waste.
How this career connects to my inquiry
Because Patterns connect to fashion designing when they make there clothing.
Something that surprised me
That lots of famous fashion designer like Giorgio Armani, Vera Wang, Christian Dior and Coco chanel did different things before they took on the role of being an fashion designer.
Sources
Some sources I used was Reddit, Youtube, Runway 7 Fashion and The fact shop.