The fashion industry is typically split into four main fields: design, manufacturing, marketing/promotion, and retail sales. The design field includes jobs such as designers, pattern makers, and sketching assistants who create designs, revise designs, and/or break designs down into their component parts. The manufacturing field includes positions such as apparel workers, dressmakers, seamstresses, tailors, and textile workers who produce the accessories and garments that others have designed. The marketing/promotion field includes marketers, photographers, models, and stylists who help a designer present and sell accessories and garments to a retailer. The retail sales field includes jobs such as buyers, merchandise planners, salespeople, and retail managers who buy the accessories and garments from the designer and then sell them to the general public. One, a model. A model typically earns between $25,000 and $40,000 a year, but some may make as little as $16,000 a year if just starting out in the fashion field or over $55,000 a year if he or she has a lot of experience. The amount earned is also based on the model's reputation and the amount of his or her body that is displayed.
The specific requirements necessary to become a model vary from agency to agency and client to client. However, most modeling clients and agencies require that you have a portfolio showing that you are photogenic and that you have the physical attributes that the agency or client is looking for (such as height, overall appearance, weight, and so on).
Next up, photographer. A fashion photographer, also sometimes known as a commercial photographer, takes pictures of the garments and/or accessories that an individual or company designs, as well as pictures of the models wearing those garments and accessories.Fashion photographers adjust the lighting of the room and camera settings; create portfolios that contain the best pictures of each accessory, garment, or model; explain how models should pose for pictures; store electronic or physical copies of each picture; test cameras to make sure that they are in working order prior to each photo shoot; use backdrops, digital cameras, film cameras, tripods, and other similar equipment to take pictures; and use computers to review and edit each picture so that each accessory, garment, and model looks as good as possible. The amount earned is also based on the photographer’s reputation and his or her skill with a camera. A fashion photographer may be able to make significantly more than a typical photographer if he or she is well-known and has a portfolio that shows a significant amount of skill.
Lastly, we have designer. Fashion designers create design samples with or without the aid of a sewer; discuss their ideas with clients, fashion marketers, managers, and/or other designers to determine if the idea actually makes sense or not; discuss their ideas with textile companies to determine which materials should be used; draw new designs for accessories and garments; provide advice to sketching assistants and pattern makers regarding the appropriate way to create, break down, or assemble a design; use design samples and models to look for problems in the design and make the appropriate alterations; and use models to present their designs in fashion shows and other similar locations.The amount that a fashion designer earns is also based on his or her employer and skills. A designer may be able to make significantly more than usual if he or she works for a major fashion design company and/or has a strong design portfolio. Most fashion designers will make more in a fashion design firm than they will if they are self-employed.
Now, I would go on and on talking about every job in the fashion industry, but it will take forever, and I'll end up covering my whole entire home page. So, I will list the rest off.
Marketer, Pattern Marker, Salesperson, stylist, Retail , Manager, Buyer, Seamstress/Tailor, and last Visual Merchandiser. Visual Merchandiser sounds a bit too difficult, so I'll tell you about it!
Visual merchandisers examine the accessories and garments available on the market to determine if a store might be interested in them; develop, use, and modify product placement plans known as planograms to make sure that it is easy to see each item and that each item will fit in the space allowed; discuss the products that the store typically buys and potential new products with the store's buyers, salespeople, and managers; hang signs for new products and sales; and set up mannequins, store windows, and other similar displays to show off new designs. The amount that a fashion merchandiser makes is also heavily based on the area in which he or she works. A visual merchandiser may be able to make significantly more than usual if he or she works for a large store or a major retail chain on the East or West Coast of the United States rather than for a company located in another part of the country. Some visual merchandisers may receive bonuses if their store's or district's sales meet or exceed the established target number of sales. Specific requirements for becoming a visual merchandiser vary from company to company. Most companies require that you have a high school diploma or a General Educational Development (GED) credential and some experience in a related field (typically three to five years of experience in customer service, general retail, sales, marketing, or another similar field). Some companies may also require or prefer that you have an associate's degree or a bachelor's degree in business, fashion design, fashion merchandising, marketing, or another similar field.
I hope today's blog was helpful! Talk to you peeps latter!!
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