Possible Careers

Kailen Howard
Personality survey
Write up
After taking these personality test I found out what I somewhat already knew. I
found out that I am the type of person who heavily care for others, dont follow
mainstream trends, and tends to keep up with fashion. My greatest strengths
come when it involves helping others and staying more low key and my
weaknesses come when I am the center of attention.
My Hobbies
- Making ideas or sketches for clothes

- Looking at other styles of clothes for inspiration

- Going to the gym

- Going out with my friends to various places

- Talking to my cousins who are artists and musicians

- Learning more about how to do certain things for my future and i am always
thinking about ideas about what I can do.
Possible careers
Investigate-n/a

Artistic- fashion designer

Social- tour guide or escorts

Enterprising- wholesale or retail buyers

Hobbies for a Artist

-Photography, sewing, traveling, painting, designing sets for plays, visiting art
museums, and playing instruments.
Hours
- Average hours per person a week is 63, 9am-5pm, Monday-Sunday

- In 50 weeks you will work 3,150 hours if you work everyday of every week

- In 46 years you will work 144,900 hours

- 63x50=3,150...3,150x46=144,900...

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Job description
- Producing concepts

- Making sketches by hand or on the computer

- Developing patterns

- Overseeing production

- Analysing trends in fabrics, colors, and shapes

- Be prepared to work regular hours and longer when preparing samples for
buyers, or collections for fashion shows
- Quality control

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Special skills or abilities
- Have creativity

- Have an eye for textures, color, and patterns

- Have the ability to visualize ideas in 3 dimensions

- Have the ability for pattern cutting, grading, and garment construction

- Have the ability to sew

- Be able to draw by hand or computer

- Negotiation when it comes to selling your product

Working conditions
- Fashion designers usually work in a studio or a small workshop

- The studio will often have a cutting table, and sewing machine for making
samples
- Working in groups at time or consultants

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Challenges and Rewards
Challenges
- Predicting trends for two seasons ahead

- Selling your products to customers or companies

- Coming up with ideas that look unique and new

- Getting a chance against similar competitors

Rewards
- Seeing your own ideas come to life

- The feel of success after the struggle to get to where you are
Salary
- Average salary is around $33,159 - $98,141

- Entry salary for a 1st year designer is $14000-$16000

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Education needed
- Degree in fashion or take and HNC/HND

- Courses in graphic design

- normally two A levels/three H grades and three GCSEs/two S grades (A-C/1-

3), although other qualifications may be accepted. A portfolio of work has to
be submitted with the application.

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Schools producing workers in this industry
1. Central Saint Martins (London, UK)
2. London College of Fashion (London, UK)
3. Parsons, the New School for Design (New York, USA)
4. Istituto Marangoni (Milan, Italy)
5. Kingston University (London, UK)
6. Antwerp Royal Academy of Fine Arts (Antwerp, Belgium)
7. Fashion Institute of Technology (New York, USA)
8. Bunka Fashion College (Tokyo, Japan)
9. Shenkar College of Engineering and Design (Ramat Gan, Israel)
10. Royal College of Art (London, UK)
11. ESMOD (Paris, France)
12. Savannah College of Art and Design (Savannah and Atlanta, Georgia, USA)
Future employment trends
The employment rate for fashion designers is set to go up 3 percent from 2014-
2024 which is slower than other industries. This will only add about 700 jobs in the
field.

https://www.bls.gov/ooh/arts-and-design/fashion-designers.htm#tab-6
Most famous in this industry
The most notable designer known in recent history is Coco Chanel, the only
designer to be named on Time 100 which is the most important people of the
century.

http://www.themost10.com/famous-fashion-designers-all-time/