5 Jobs in Fashion That You Need to Know About

Whether you’re a fashionista, a trendsetter with an imagination, or just someone who wants to get a foot into the door of the fashion world, the fashion industry is more than what meets the eye. So here is our count for five careers in fashion that you need to know about: 

Fashion Stylist 

If you know a thing or two about putting together a killer outfit this could be the one for you. A fashion stylist is a creative professional who creates and curates outfits, looks, and visual aesthetics for various clients. This could be varying from individuals, celebrities, editorial shoots, or fashion shows – dream big. If you’re on the ball when it comes to all things trends, colour coordination, and understanding shape, silhouette, and different body types you are in with a good chance of being a killer fashion stylist – what a flex.  

Fashion Illustrator 

Combining fashion with drawing skills, yes pls! If you are super into fashion but also someone who specialises in hand-drawn or digital illustrations this is the perfect career for you. As Dr Seuss (or someone along those lines ) said, “Oh the places you can go.” This is a career that will take you places all over the world and create a wide platform of opportunity. Fashion illustrators bring to life the ideas of fashion designers by sketching garments, accessories, and fashion concepts. These illustrations are often used in design presentations, magazines, advertisements, and more. 

Fashion Technologist (Wearable Tech Designer) 

A fashion technologist's job is to combine both fashion and technology to create super innovative and functional clothing and accessories. They integrate electronics, sensors and other cool technologies into garments, allowing them to have features such as built-in lighting, heating, health monitoring, or even interactive elements. This is a super innovative area of fashion and would be perffff for someone looking to combine tech and fashion. 

Fashion Trend Forecaster 

Here's another one for those of you who are always on top of trends. Spending hours on social media and being way too invested in the lives of celebrities and influencers is not a bad thing you can turn It into a super useful tool. Obviously, fashion trend forecasting goes way deeper than this but having a finger on the pulse when it comes to social media and current fashion trends is a great start. 

The role of a trend forecaster is to analyse current and emerging cultural, societal and consumer trends to predict the direction of fashion. They play a super crucial role in helping fashion brands and designers make informed decisions about their collections, colours, fabrics and overall design themes to stay ahead in the market.  

Fashion Sustainability Manager 

Fashion sustainability is becoming more and more recognised and relevant. With growing concerns about environmental impact, the role of fashion sustainability managers is to make the fashion industry more and more environmentally and ethically conscious. They focus on implementing sustainable practices in design, production, sourcing, and distribution, aiming to reduce waste, promote ethical labour practices and create eco-friendly products. 

These are only a few from the wide range of cool jobs within the fashion industry. If you're a creative fashionista who is looking to find diverse opportunities and you're passionate about expressing yourself through clothing, staying ahead of trends and making a positive impact on the industry then just having read this means that you are in the right place.