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Overview
Designers research references, choose materials, sketch or model garments, develop samples and adapt designs for collections such as sportswear, childrenswear, footwear or accessories.
In job descriptions, look for apparel design, textile materials, design software, sample development, target markets, collection planning, garment modification and collaboration with production or creative teams.
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Search jobsWhat the work can involve
Fashion design work often starts with a clothing brief, target customer or collection idea. The role can include research, sketches, material choices, sample reviews and adjustments before a garment range is ready for production or presentation.
Skills and specializations
Useful depth comes from textile materials, garment construction, fashion history, design software and sample development. Some roles focus on sportswear, children’s clothing, footwear, accessories, couture or ready-to-wear collections.
Salary context
Pay context depends on design responsibility, collection ownership, market segment, technical handover duties and whether the role includes supplier or production coordination. A designer who owns full ranges is usually assessed differently from a sample-support role.
Career paths
Experience can lead toward senior designer, collection lead, product developer, creative direction, textile design, accessories design or technical design roles that connect sketches with manufacturing details.
Good to know
Check whether the advert names the product category, target market, software, sample process, materials and handover to production. A clear fashion design role should be more specific than general styling or retail presentation.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context, not official labour-market statistics or role-specific pay data.
Where might this occupation occur?
This occupation may occur in several kinds of economic activity. Here are some examples and other occupations that may be found in the same areas.
Industrial product and fashion design activities
This is one example. Other occupations in this activity include clothing fashion designer, textile designer and furniture designer.
Explore this activityManufacture of wearing apparel
This occupation may also occur in this activity. Other occupations there include clothing fashion designer and industrial designer.
Explore this activityThese examples offer an overview but do not show every economic activity where the occupation may occur.
About this information
The selection is based on how occupations are connected to economic activities in ESCO and NACE. Only a few examples are shown to make the information easier to use. The occupations were selected because they are close in occupation area and important skills. The examples are not a ranking. They do not show where most people work, where demand is highest, or which occupation is best suited to a particular person.
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O*NET relationships
See occupations connected to this ESCO occupation in the official O*NET–ESCO mapping. The relationship type comes from the source and is not a ranking or recommendation.
O*NET relationships: 1
Fashion Designers
27-1022.00
Exact relationship
The official mapping treats the O*NET and ESCO occupations as closely equivalent.
The official mapping connects this O*NET occupation to many ESCO occupations.
Source and method
These relationships come from the official European Commission O*NET–ESCO crosswalk.
Relationship direction: O*NET occupation to ESCO occupation.
Several O*NET occupations can point to the same ESCO occupation, and one O*NET occupation can point to several ESCO occupations.
AltoTrail preserves the source relationship type. The order is technical and does not show which occupation is best, most relevant or recommended.
AltoTrail validates and presents the source relationships without adding ranking or recommendation semantics.
NACE Rev. 2.1
Economic activities linked to this occupation.
74.11Industrial product and fashion design activities14Manufacture of wearing apparel
Alternative labels
accessory designer
fashion design specialist
swimwear designer
footwear designer
fashion stylist
high fashion designer
fashion design expert
textile specialist
fashion expert
sportswear designer
fashion specialist
childrenswear designer
textile expert
apparel stylist
fashion artist
apparel designer
fashion designers
Occupation group
industrial designer (2163.1)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/77bfd6e7-5598-4818-84cb-31e2651eb046 |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 2163.1.3 |
| ISCO group | 2163 |
| Concept type | Occupation |