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: 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. Designers gain valuable experience around this time working with production and advertising people. TEN YEARS OUT
As competent and proven “senior designers,” 10-year veterans have specialized areas of responsibility. One may be in charge of shepherding all designs through the production process. Another may be in charge of scheduling lines based on season and available fabrics. A third may be in charge of overseeing the young designers and their partial lines, scouting for talent.