Title: Fashion Designer Careers | The Princeton Review
Headings: Fashion Designer
Fashion Designer
A Day in the Life of a Fashion Designer Careers
Paying Your Dues to Become a Fashion Designer
Present and Future Outlook for Fashion Designer Careers
Quality of Life
PRESENT AND FUTURE
FIVE YEARS OUT
TEN YEARS OUT
MAJORS

Content: The ability to reach large numbers of people for little cost will determine if this future is real or merely a pipe dream dangled in front of young, aspiring fashion designers. Quality of Life
PRESENT AND FUTURE
Surprisingly few people (less than 8 percent) leave the profession in these rough early years, perhaps because they are prepared for the rigorous, unremunerative entry-level jobs. The hours are long, and the duties are ill defined; one day the duties may include tracking down magazine articles on the resurgence of 1970s style, and on another day, duties may include finding the phone numbers of five dance clubs and finding out which night is most popular with the 19–27-year-old crowd. Connections and networking are important during these early years; most designers learn as much about the business as they can. Some of them take part-time jobs in other fields to pay the rent. FIVE YEARS OUT
Frustration with the slow pace of progression, a leveling of responsibilities for people who have failed to rise, and increased competition for the few available jobs are cited as the main reasons for a massive professional exodus; nearly 50 percent leave the profession at this point. Individuals who remain are actually designing partial lines and simple pieces.