How to Become a Fashion Designer

Video Transcript

"Hi, my name is Rebecca and I'm going to talk about how to become a fashion designer. There are two routes to doing it. The first one, quite obviously, is to study fashion design in a school that has that as a discipline. The other way works for a lot of people too. It's to just start. One way is to just get any job in the fashion industry. You could be managing the sample room for a fashion house, or even a smaller brand. Or you could be an assistant to a designer, so while you might not be doing fashion stuff, you will be learning all about the fashion industry. The other way is to just start your own company. Yes, it's very difficult but if you focus on very, very limited items in the beginning, maybe five or less, and just make that work, you can grow a company from there. Another thing to do to get experience whether you're entering the field just out of studying or whether you want to advance from something like a design assistant into a more responsible and creative position is to do projects companies. You don't have to be on full time. You don't have to be paid. You just have to find companies that are willing to work with you and projects you like to do in order to raise your experience level. Another important thing in becoming a fashion designer is to always be developing and improving your skill level. That means knowing all the latest programs on the computer as well as having the knowledge and skill to do the sewing and the pattern making, even if you're not going to be doing that in the work force. So those are a few things to think about when choosing a career in fashion design."