A Fashion-Forward Future
¶It's a Monday morning, but I don't even realize it. The days are stitched together seamlessly now, woven into a clean but brilliant pattern of creative bliss. On my way out the door, headed for work, I pack a very prudential, stylish bag with the essentials; sketchpad, pens and markers, laptop, etc. I stop somewhere to get a drink and something for breakfast which I'll undoubtedly eat on the job, while overseeing the construction of my visions. When I pull in to my parking space, I allow myself a moment to take my situation in: behind the big, glass doors await a team of talented artists, creators, seamstresses, designers, and altogether lovely people who are waiting for me to present my sketches to them so they may …show more content…
It is an enormously competitive and demanding industry and the first years will be the most strenuous on a designer's willpower and self-esteem, which are vital to making it in the fashion world. This is when a designer will have to do the bulk of proving themselves to colleagues, other professionals in the field, and the rest of the world. The startup pay is modest, some starting at $33,0001. Then again, a career can begin as soon as an internship which may not be paid at all, but will be helpful in opening the door for future paid positions, and will aid in building an impressive portfolio. Alternatively, by the tenth year of a fashion designer's career, a designer is capable of making anywhere between $90,000 to $500,0002 a year. At this point a designer's portfolio will be much more expansive and it will be easier to book jobs, find clients, sell designs, etc. A designer at this point in their career will likely have much more responsibility and have developed a unique reputation. In some ways this only adds pressure to the job, but with that comes much more freedom and leeway to be bold and experimental. A designer might also find themselves with people working for them, who are loyal to their name, and beyond that, their name may at this point be its own
¶It's a Monday morning, but I don't even realize it. The days are stitched together seamlessly now, woven into a clean but brilliant pattern of creative bliss. On my way out the door, headed for work, I pack a very prudential, stylish bag with the essentials; sketchpad, pens and markers, laptop, etc. I stop somewhere to get a drink and something for breakfast which I'll undoubtedly eat on the job, while overseeing the construction of my visions. When I pull in to my parking space, I allow myself a moment to take my situation in: behind the big, glass doors await a team of talented artists, creators, seamstresses, designers, and altogether lovely people who are waiting for me to present my sketches to them so they may …show more content…
It is an enormously competitive and demanding industry and the first years will be the most strenuous on a designer's willpower and self-esteem, which are vital to making it in the fashion world. This is when a designer will have to do the bulk of proving themselves to colleagues, other professionals in the field, and the rest of the world. The startup pay is modest, some starting at $33,0001. Then again, a career can begin as soon as an internship which may not be paid at all, but will be helpful in opening the door for future paid positions, and will aid in building an impressive portfolio. Alternatively, by the tenth year of a fashion designer's career, a designer is capable of making anywhere between $90,000 to $500,0002 a year. At this point a designer's portfolio will be much more expansive and it will be easier to book jobs, find clients, sell designs, etc. A designer at this point in their career will likely have much more responsibility and have developed a unique reputation. In some ways this only adds pressure to the job, but with that comes much more freedom and leeway to be bold and experimental. A designer might also find themselves with people working for them, who are loyal to their name, and beyond that, their name may at this point be its own