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CO U R S E S & C A REERS ARTS AND DESIGN Fashion Design Creating Styles Every Day What is Fashion Design and What do Fashion Designers do? Working as a fashion designer can be as simple as monitoring a layout team at a sportswear business or producing a brand under your own name. Designers examine styles, design layouts of clothing and accessories, select matching colours and textiles, and oversee the last manufacturing of their styles. To create your very own brand will take a whole lot of time, dedication and challenging work. But the rewards are certainly worth the effort. From the very start of your profession, you’ll most likely find yourself in supporting duties while you learn the ropes and establish your vision. These experiences are not to be taken lightly. To be a good designer, these basics are key. Take some time to learn about yourself, find your preferred niches and gain experience that’ll smoothen the path towards your future fashion career. You might be destined to be a fashion designer if you (1) spent the majority of your youth making clothes for your Barbie dolls rather than playing with your buddies, (2) read fashion magazines rather than your school books, (3) ran a store from your basement at age ten selling clothes. In short, if you want to be the next Calvin Klein or Ralph Lauren, you need to be completely obsessed with fashion design. easyuni Guide 2014 Issue 2 21