Fashion design is the art of creating a style of clothing that suits a variety of lifestyles and satisfies our desire to project an image of ourselves to the rest of the world. Fashion, as it is customarily used, refers to a type of clothing that is in style at a particular time. The concept of fashion implies a process of style change because fashions in dress, as well as in furniture and other objects, have taken very different forms at different times in history. The fashion industry is a collection of many different industries from textiles and chemicals to apparel manufacturing and retail merchandising. Once known only as the needle trade where sewing clothes with a needle and thread were the basis of the fashion industry, today’s fashion designer is more often seen using a computer than a needle.

If you enjoy working with clothes and have an overwhelming desire to create, a career in fashion design might just be the thing you’re looking for. Fashion designers are taught to combine a practical knowledge of what works with an artistic ability to turn abstract ideas into formal designs for the merchandise we buy and the clothes we wear. Some fashion designers are self-employed and design for individual clients while others work in specialty stores, high fashion department stores, or in manufacturing facilities creating designs of men’s, women’s, and children’s fashions for the mass market. With a degree in Fashion Design, you will be able to create original garments as well as clothing that follows established fashion trends.

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