Title: Pros and Cons of Being a Fashion Designer
Headings: Pros and Cons of Being a Fashion Designer
Pros and Cons of Being a Fashion Designer
Pro: You get to utilize your creative skills in a form you love.
Con: You aren’t guaranteed to rocket to the top of the industry.
Pro: There’s a lot of flexibility in where and how you’d like to work.
Con: Finding a job in such a competitive field can be brutal.
Pro: Your work can influence a whole industry—or even a whole culture.
Con: Working for yourself can bring inconsistent pay; working for a company can bring long hours.

Content: You get to utilize your creative skills in a form you love. Perhaps the most advertised benefit of being a fashion designer is that you get to utilize your creativity in a very singular way. Fashion designers must have either a thorough or unusual view of how colors can go together, what patterns can do for clothing, and how to come up with innovative and unusual things that trends to a broad audience. If you truly love coming up with designs for clothing and accessories, it’s hard to think of a better way to spend your days than by drawing up new ideas. Con: You aren’t guaranteed to rocket to the top of the industry. If you’re going into fashion designing to see your name on a label—or even having company named after you—you should be prepared to be disappointed. Very few people who go into the industry actually turn into fashion rock stars. This also means that you may not make millions like you might expect. You can, however, find very respectable positions working for companies that have been successful for a long time.