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Ezilon.com Articles - Fashion design is the art of designing clothes and recently includes clothing accessories such as shoes, bags and custom jewelry. It is considered as an applied art as the designer or artist draws from within original concepts, albeit inspired by anything about his environment, and execute them through clothing and accessories. On the other hand, fashion design is a serious science that studies human body, its shape and contour, proportions and forms, and how to make it look good by draping it and wrapping it in various kinds of fabrics and other materials. Fashion design is also a trade, a business that encompasses an increasingly growing industry world wide as it became a lifestyle and an expression of individuality for both men and women.
History of Fashion Design
The first fashion designer was Charles Frederick Worth (1826-1895). He put up his fashion house in Paris. He was said to be the first to tell his clients what will look best on them and what they should wear. Thereafter, fashion houses were born. The early part of the twentieth century, fashion was mainly focused in Paris which makes it the first fashion capital of the world. Clothes designed in Paris were copied by department stores and seamstress around the globe. Towards the middle of the twentieth century, the off-the-peg and mass produced fashion shared the limelight of couture. People were presented with more fashion choices. During the latter part of the 20th century, people started to choose designs for themselves as comfort, individuality and self-expression began to play a big role that remained up to the present.
Many people believed that fashion has become bleak at the start of the new century as fashion started to draw inspiration from the past decades combined with the prevalent minimalist style.
Career Opportunities in Fashion Design Industry
A career in the fashion industry is not only fulfilling for a person who loves the art, but it can also be rewarding. It has become a multimillion dollar industry during the past several decades. There are several ways to work in fashion design business. These are:
1. As a freelance fashion designer – Freelance designers are self-employed. They sell their designs or sketches to design houses, clothing manufacturers or clothing shops. The label will bear the name of the buyer of the design.
2. Working for a house of design – Designers can work for a particular house of design. They design clothes together with other designers and get paid regularly. The label that the clothes bear is that of the house.
3. Putting up own fashion design business – Some designers can put up their own business where designs or products can carry their own name or label. Other designers who have their own fashion house or business started as a paid designer for other houses of fashion themselves as apprentices.
4. Working at the other areas of fashion aside from designing – A lot of people are working in the fashion industry not as designers but through other ways such as photography, media, modeling, marketing, or merchandising. However, it is not uncommon that people in this area of the business also venture into designing later on as they get inspired by the environment to develop their natural talent in this art.
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