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Becoming a Fashion Designer

ISBN: 978-1-118-41916-8

February 2013

320 pages

Description

Becoming a Fashion Designer answers these key questions:

  • What do fashion designers do?
  • What are the educational requirements for a fashion designer?
  • What does a fashion design internship involve?
  • How does one become a fashion designer?
  • How does one launch his or her own fashion collection?

Here is the completely up-to-date guide to today's careers in fashion design—a clear and concise survey of the fashion design profession and advice for navigating a successful career. Filled with interviews and insight from leading fashion designers and industry executives, as well as current fashion design students and interns, it covers everything from educational requirements and design specialties to finding a job, building a career, and launching your own fashion collection.

About the Author

LISA J. SPRINGSTEEL is a twenty-year veteran of the fashion industry who has worked for luxury design firms such as Ralph Lauren and Marc Jacobs, and apparel powerhouses Phillips-Van Heusen and Limited Brands in a variety of capacities, from fashion design to global fabric sourcing, research, and development. Her experience extends to the media world, where she covered New York Fashion Week runway shows, interviewed top designers, and wrote numerous magazine and newspaper articles on fashion, beauty, and health. She has been featured in the Sean Combs MTV documentary, If I Were King and on America Live with Megyn Kelly on Fox News.