| If you have a talent for fashion design, and if you | | | | printing current styles. . Chain type department |
| have ever desired to be the next Vera Wang or | | | | stores would send buyers to the Paris fashion |
| Donna Karan, you need to begin with basic fashion | | | | shows where they would purchase one or more |
| design clothing. Fashion design clothing and other | | | | garments to reproduce and sell in their stores at |
| accessories are created with artistic expression | | | | much lower prices. At this time, fashion had not |
| and skillful implementation. Fashion design clothing | | | | become two distinct styles, haute couture and |
| manufacturers are typically self employed and | | | | ready to wear. Most of the time, fashion design |
| work for individual clients. Most of the great | | | | clothing manufacturers provided both types of |
| couture designers started the path up way in that | | | | fashion clothing. It was only after World War II |
| manner, and have worked their way up into retail | | | | that the roles of the manufacturers became |
| markets with mass appeal. | | | | sharply divided. |
| The History of Fashion Design Clothing | | | | The clothing industry began to envision two sides |
| Before making the endeavor in a career you will | | | | of the clothing industry, clothes off the rack for |
| need to start with a strong background of | | | | everyday use, and the high fashion clothing from |
| knowledge about fashion design clothing. The initial | | | | the runway. Comingling of the two styles seemed |
| creator of fashion design is Charles Frederick | | | | to fade away, with most designers beginning to |
| Worth. Working as a humble draper at first, he | | | | select designing for one or the other. Times are |
| eventually established a fashion house in the city | | | | very different today, as many couture fashion |
| of Paris. Separating Worth from the | | | | clothing items find their way into department |
| seamstresses who worked along side him, clients | | | | stores all over the world. |
| would dictate to the seamstresses what they | | | | If you desire a career in design, many of the |
| desired, and Worth would dictate to the clients | | | | original ideals still remain the same; even though |
| what he thought they should wear. The word | | | | the actual role of the designer has changed |
| couturier was created to best describe him. | | | | tremendously. There are many schools of design |
| Sketch artists were hired to sketch the clothing | | | | that will introduce potential career candidates to |
| so that clients would be able to pick and choose | | | | different avenues of the fashion trade. During the |
| the clothing they liked. There was far less cost | | | | training process, the career minded students will |
| involved in provided a sketch, rather than making | | | | begin to differentiate the different lines of clothing |
| the garments and risk the client not liking it after | | | | and begin to choose their career path. In most |
| all. | | | | cases, designers will need to pay their dues to the |
| France and Europe allowed this trend to grow and | | | | industry before they achieve their career goals in |
| spread. London became the next destination for | | | | the style of Wang or Karan. Work hard in the |
| high fashion and magazines began displaying and | | | | hard fashion industry and the rewards will come. |