An Essay On Fashion Design

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Fashion design has been around for many years. Throughout those years apparel style has changed a lot. Different designers and new designers have entered this industry to create amazing pieces. The industry has gained designers in an early age to male designers to female designers making the industry very broad. There's designers from all over the world bringing their culture into the garments they've designed. Fashion design overall brings all cultures from around the world into apparel. Fashion design isn't only clothes, it expresses a story or an event in time. Garments aren't only made out of fabric but are also made out of paper, cardboard, bottles and even napkins. Fashion design is culture and a message to us. The amazing individuals who create such inspiring pieces are fashion designers. They are what we wear in today's day in what we will wear in tomorrow's day. Fashion designers are those who set fashion trends to be worn and set what "fashion" shouldn't be worn. It's because of fashion designers that each individual now how a unique sense of style.
Fashion design started as far back as 1826 in the 19th century. According to fibre2fashion.com, the first designer was said to be Charles Federick Worth from the year 1826 to 1895. It was during this time that design houses opened up. In these design houses artists gathered patterns to design and create their garments. During these days, instead of clients buying a garment, clients would choose out a pattern they were interested so that a garment may be created from the chosen pattern. By the start of the 20th century new developments of fashion started distributing in Paris which then would spread out to the world. Paris was then referred to as th...

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...esigns in fashion shows. After fashion shows, clients have the ability to go back stage and decide on which garment they are interested in purchasing. But will their designs be bought? Will their job still exist in the future? According to All Politics website, between 2010 and 2020 job demand for fashion designers may go through little to no change. Jobs in manufacturing are expected to decrease while jobs in design firms are expected to increase. What is also expected to increase is those who are self employed fashion designers. Those with fashion education, portfolio and internship experience are expected to have an easier time finding a job. Demand is also increasing for affordable stylish clothes, footwear and accessories among middle income consumers. The best job opportunities will be in design firms that design mass market clothing sold in department stores.

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