Fashion Designer — Career Preview

Sketch, source, and stitch the next collection

Fashion designers create clothing and accessory collections from concept to runway. They build mood boards, sketch ideas, develop tech packs, source fabrics, fit samples with pattern makers, and partner with manufacturers to bring garments to market.

A day in the life

You build a mood board for next season, sketch silhouettes in Illustrator, hand off a tech pack to your sample maker, fit a toile on a model, source deadstock fabric for a capsule, and prep lookbook shots for buyers.

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