How to Get a Job and Succeed As a Fashion Designer


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Looking for a job that matches YOUr passions? Learn How to Get a Job and Succeed as a "FASHION DESIGNER" Find out the secrets of scoring YOUr dream job! LAND YOUR DREAM JOB Learn How to Get a Job and Succeed as a "FASHION DESIGNER" isn't an Career advice book -- it's a mentorship in 50+ pages. The competitive nature of the "FASHION DESIGNER" job market and the growing number of applications per job has made it extremely difficult for people to land up a job easily. The growing unemployment has also forced people who are usually over-qualified for a job to apply for the same just to avoid a gap period and remain a part of the rat race. This makes most of us wonder how in the world will it be possible for us to avoid the competition and get YOUr applications through to the job that YOU deserve. There are just two ways YOU can avoid YOUr chances at getting a job. YOU can either apply for jobs that have considerably lesser job applications to compete with or better YOU chances at getting through by improving YOU candidature. This book is all about the latter and not the former.... This is the ultimate guide for people like YOU who are serious about taking control of their destiny and Landing their "FASHION DESIGNER" dream job. Our guide is crisp, keeping YOU engaged with the progressive 12-step process without YOU becoming discouraged. Here's what YOU will learn with our Learn How to Get a Job and Succeed as a " FASHION DESIGNER" guide: Learn to establish a dream job Mind set Learn how to Break Through Barriers Learn to think big and Imagine the new possibilities of YOUr dream job Learn how to formulate YOU Strategy Land YOU Dream Job Our Guide gives YOU the confidence Sooo YOU will never be nervous when applying and Interviewing for YOUr "FASHION DESIGNER" dream job!!!! This guide has a 12-step process that provides a clear, structured approach to landing YOU dream job. What We Cover in our "Learn How to Get a Job and Succeed as a "FASHION DESIGNER" Guide " Chapter 1: Apply for Jobs That Were Never Listed Chapter 2: Skills Always Win! Chapter 3: Donit Rely On YOUr Resume Chapter 4: Donit Focus On Money Chapter 5: Donit Quit YOUr Day Job Chapter 6: Demonstrate Genuine Gratitude in YOUr Current Job Chapter 7: Get Off Social Media And Back In The Game Chapter 8: Reach Out To YOUr Connections Chapter 9: Get Ready To Apply Chapter 10: Stay Up To Date On All The Tricks Chapter 11: Behave As If YOU Are Still Being Interviewed Chapter 12: Build Relationships Based On Performance, Not Conversation Chapter 13: Spot The High Performers And Mimic Them Chapter 14: Think Three Moves Ahead Chapter 15: Find A Mentor Each chapter provides YOU with A fresh perspective, powerful solutions, in-valuable resources to help YOU identify and land YOUR "FASHION DESIGNER" dream job!!! Order Now! YOUr Future Happiness Depends On It! Remember ITiS MORE THAN A JOB IT IS THE FULFILLMENT OF A DREAM"




How to Get a Job and Succeed as a Fashion Designer: Discover Insider Hiring Secrets on Applying & Interviewing for Any Fashion Designer Job


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Looking for a job that matches YOUr passions? Learn How to Get a Job and Succeed as a FASHION DESIGNER Find out the secrets of scoring YOUr dream job! LAND YOUR DREAM JOBHow to get a job and keep it & How To Get A Job In 30 Days Or LessLearn How to Get a Job and Succeed as a FASHION DESIGNER isn't an Career advice book -- it's a mentorship in 50+ pages. The competitive nature of the FASHION DESIGNER job market and the growing number of applications per job has made it extremely difficult for people to land up a job easily. The growing unemployment has also forced people who are usually over-qualified for a job to apply for the same just to avoid a gap period and remain a part of the rat race. This makes most of us wonder how in the world will it be possible for us to avoid the competition and get YOUr applications through to the job that YOU deserve.There are just two ways YOU can avoid YOUr chances at getting a job. YOU can either apply for jobs that have considerably lesser job applications to compete with or better YOU chances at getting through by improving YOU candidature. This book is all about the latter and not the former.... This is the ultimate guide for people like YOU who are serious about taking control of their destiny and Landing their FASHION DESIGNER dream job. Our guide is crisp, keeping YOU engaged with the progressive 12-step process without YOU becoming discouraged. Here's what YOU will learn with our Learn How to Get a Job and Succeed as a FASHION DESIGNER guide: Learn to establish a dream job Mind setLearn how to Break Through BarriersLearn to think big and Imagine the new possibilities of YOUr dream jobLearn how to formulate YOU StrategyLand YOU Dream Job Our Guide gives YOU the confidence Sooo YOU will never be nervous when applying and Interviewing for YOUr FASHION DESIGNER dream job!!!! This guide has a 12-step process that provides a clear, structured approach to landing YOU dream job. What We Cover in our "Learn How to Get a Job and Succeed as a FASHION DESIGNER Guide " Chapter 1: Apply for Jobs That Were Never ListedChapter 2: Skills Always Win!Chapter 3: Donít Rely On YOUr ResumeChapter 4: Donít Focus On MoneyChapter 5: Donít Quit YOUr Day JobChapter 6: Demonstrate Genuine Gratitude in YOUr Current JobChapter 7: Get Off Social Media And Back In The GameChapter 8: Reach Out To YOUr ConnectionsChapter 9: Get Ready To ApplyChapter 10: Stay Up To Date On All The TricksChapter 11: Behave As If YOU Are Still Being InterviewedChapter 12: Build Relationships Based On Performance, Not ConversationChapter 13: Spot The High Performers And Mimic ThemChapter 14: Think Three Moves AheadChapter 15: Find A Mentor Each chapter provides YOU with A fresh perspective, powerful solutions, in-valuable resources to help YOU identify and land YOUR FASHION DESIGNER dream job!!! Order Now! YOUr Future Happiness Depends On It! Remember ITíS MORE THAN A JOB IT IS THE FULFILLMENT OF A DREAMTags: how to get a job and keep itHow To Get A Job In 30 Days Or Less




Becoming a Fashion Designer


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The complete guide to the fashion industry, featuring interviews with top designers who explain the intricacies of the world of fashion design Anyone who has ever tried to launch a fashion design career knows how grueling it can be. The fashion industry is a highly prominent field, yielding a competitive environment that is greatly guarded, secretive, and difficult to infiltrate. Becoming a Fashion Designer provides all the information, resources, and tools you need to help you navigate these obstacles and successfully launch a career in fashion design. Of the various job opportunities available in the fashion industry, the career path of a fashion designer consistently ranks as the most popular position in the field, making the competition even greater. The book pays special attention to this and demonstrates several ways in which an aspiring fashion designer can stand out from the competition. A dynamic and comprehensive career guide, this book imparts insider tips from top fashion designers and executives based around the world. Expert advice includes an introduction to a career in fashion design, educational requirements, career opportunities, the design process, portfolio creation, preparation for getting hired, steps to start and run one's own fashion design business, as well as a forecast of the future of the fashion industry. Features original interviews from top designers and high-profile fashion executives, including Ralph Rucci, Reem Acra, Peter Som, Anna Sui, Nanette Lepore, Kay Unger, Stuart Weitzman, Dennis Basso, Randolph Duke, Zang Toi, Pamella Roland, Robert Verdi and Daymond John Includes cases in point and insider tips throughout Includes illustrations, drawings, sketches, and photographs demonstrating various aspects of working in fashion design, with special contributions from renowned illustrator, Izak Zenou and legendary fashion photographer, Nigel Barker Offers in-depth resources to assist you on your journey to becoming a fashion designer Whether a student, recent college graduate, industry professional or career changer, you'll learn everything you need to know to successfully develop a fashion design career.




Looking at Fashion


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Emilio Pucci created one of post-war Italy's great fashion houses. This survey of his whole career shows how the athlete and pilot, turned fashion designer, came to shape a wholly individual and original look that brought him an enormous international following, particularly in the 1960s.




Fashion Illustration for Designers


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Fashion design begins in the designer’s creative mind, and drawing is the crucial next step to communicating creative ideas to others to bring those ideas to reality. Clear, expressive drawings engage and bring together people in patternmaking, production, marketing, and all other facets of the fashion business, ensuring that everyone shares the same vision that originates with the designer. Kathryn Hagen brings decades of experience teaching design students how best to translate their ideas into drawings. She opens with basic drawing skills using both hand tools and computer techniques before moving on to applying those skills to both the human figure and the specifics of various types of clothing. Throughout the book she exposes designers to myriad techniques and styles, encouraging each individual to discover what works best for him or her. Each chapter ends with practice exercises as well as visual references to review and reinforce material learned in the chapter lessons. Videos demonstrating hands-on examples can be viewed at waveland.com/Hagen, with emphasis on distressed fabrics and novelty treatments. 84 pages of color present a wide variety of rendering techniques.




I Want to be a Fashion Designer


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A photo-essay introducing career possibilities within the fashion design industry and describing how to get an early start pursuing a career in this field.




Sewing for Fashion Designers


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This comprehensive guide explores the fundamental sewing methods fashion designers need and teaches professional garment construction. Chapter One introduces sewing tools and machinery (including industrial machines). It discusses how to work with patterns and explains cutting-out methods. Chapter Two is devoted to different fabrics and how they work, focusing on the construction of a garment, including fastenings and trimmings, and the use of materials to support structured pieces, such as corsets. Hand-sewing techniques and basic seams are explored in Chapter Three. Techniques are demonstrated with step-by-step photographic guides combined with technical drawings. A guide to making garment details and decorations, such as pockets, waistlines, and necklines, is found in Chapter Four. Chapter Five addresses fabric-specific techniques, for everything from lace to neoprene. The best technical approaches to use for patternmaking and construction are discussed for each fabric. Catwalk images demonstrate how these kinds of techniques are employed by designers.




Designing Your Life


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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • At last, a book that shows you how to build—design—a life you can thrive in, at any age or stage • “Life has questions. They have answers.” —The New York Times Designers create worlds and solve problems using design thinking. Look around your office or home—at the tablet or smartphone you may be holding or the chair you are sitting in. Everything in our lives was designed by someone. And every design starts with a problem that a designer or team of designers seeks to solve. In this book, Bill Burnett and Dave Evans show us how design thinking can help us create a life that is both meaningful and fulfilling, regardless of who or where we are, what we do or have done for a living, or how young or old we are. The same design thinking responsible for amazing technology, products, and spaces can be used to design and build your career and your life, a life of fulfillment and joy, constantly creative and productive, one that always holds the possibility of surprise.




The Fashion Designer Survival Guide, Revised and Expanded Edition


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Mary Gehlhar, author, industry authority, and consultant to hundreds of designers, including Zac Posen, Twinkle by Wenlan, Rebecca Taylor, and Cloak, gives readers behind-the-scenes insights and essential business information on creating and sustaining a successful career as an independent designer. With advice from fashion luminaries including Donna Karan, Tommy Hilfiger, Cynthia Rowley, Diane von Furstenberg, Richard Tyler, and top executives from Saks Fifth Avenue and Barneys New York, this fully updated and revised edition of The Fashion Designer Survival Guide addresses the latest trends in apparel and accessories, the newest designers, an updated introduction, and a new foreword by Diane von Furstenberg, Designer and President of the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA). The Fashion Designer Survival Guide provides the necessary tools to get a fashion line or label up and moving on the right track, including: How to create a viable business plan Figuring out how much money you need, where and how to get it, and how to make it last, including the latest on private equity The best sources for fabric and materials Navigating the pitfalls of production both at home and abroad Marketing, branding, and getting the product into the stores and into the customer’s closets Romancing the press, dressing celebrities, and creative publicity techniques Producing a runway show that will get results




Form, Fit, Fashion


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An indispensable primer for students and first-stop reference for professionals, Form, Fit, and Fashion guides the fashion designer through the entire design process, from conceiving a garment to marketing it. This handbook collects the information and ideas essential to planning and executing fashion projects of every scale and distills them in an easy-to-use format that is compact enough to slip into a tote. Linking six central phases in the cycle of fashion—research, editing, design, construction, connection, and evolution—Form, Fit, and Fashion will help designers to develop effective strategies for building a cohesive collection and communicating their vision.