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Apparel Designer

Apparel Designer. Apparel Designer. Apparel Designer-The art of the application of design and aesthetics or natural beauty to clothing and accessories, and you can specialize in one area.

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Apparel Designer

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  1. Apparel Designer

  2. Apparel Designer Apparel Designer-The art of the application of design and aesthetics or natural beauty to clothing and accessories, and you can specialize in one area. This fits in the Fashion Design Industry because this job is designing the clothes and accessories for the Industry. Education required for this job is usually a 2-year or 4-year degree and have knowledge about textiles, fabrics, and Fashion trends. Some schools that are very popular and are considered the top schools are Parsons-The New School for Design (New York), PRATT (Brooklyn, NY), and Kent State University (Kent, OH)

  3. Tasks and responsibilities • The main goal and task is to develop and create various pieces of apparel • Guiding all steps of the design process from, initial conception to final manufacture and marketing. • Monitoring current fashion trends and movements, and predict future ones • They have to work with Creative directors, models, tailors, patternmakers, and clients • Create sketches and samples • Put together a theme collection

  4. Jobs and constraints • You can find jobs like fashion designers at big fashion companies like H&M, Guess, Tiffany & Co., Lacoste, Bloomingdale’s, and other well known places. • These jobs are mainly found in states like New York, California, Tennessee, and Ohio. Mainly states that are have very popular cities and are the main fashion states.

  5. Salary and benefits • The average pay is $35.47 per hour and $73,570 • The table below is some of the states with the highest pay

  6. Ralph Lauren- The Fashion Designer • Ralph Lauren was born in New York on October 14, 1939 • The brand he established, Polo, is now one part of an empire that includes fragrances, home furnishings and luxury clothing. Lauren has used his personal fortune to amass a collection of rare and classic cars. • In 1967, Lauren began designing men’s neckties, branding them under the name “Polo” and selling them at large department stores, including Bloomingdale’s. • Lauren then expanded his work to full menswear • In 1972 he released a short-sleeve cotton in 24 colors that is now the brands signature look

  7. Miscellaneous facts • Famous Apparel designers: Donatella Versace, Ralph Lauren, Marc Jacobs, Calvin Klein, Coco Chanel, Michael Kors • Michael Kors became a fashion designer at age 5, he designed a wedding dress for his mother • Louis Vuitton burns there unsold bags every year to keep there products updated • The Guinness World Records named the Gucci’s ‘Genius Jeans’ as the most expensive jeans in the world, at a price around $3000-$4000

  8. Ralph Lauren sketches Coco Chanel Louis Vuitton Voltaire bag (1,810)

  9. Michael Kors designs/products

  10. http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes271022.htm http://everydaylife.globalpost.com/fringe-benefits-fashion-designing-32822.html http://www.allartschools.com/art-careers/fashion-design/fashion-design-job http://www.biography.com/people/ralph-lauren-9374814#early-life https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl http://www.fashionlady.in/fun-facts-about-your-favorite-fashion-designers/4148

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