Fashion Designer Duties & Responsibilities
The role and function of a Fashion Designer includes the following duties and responsibilities:
- Managing design process from conception through to final styling.
- Conducting market research to identify new trends, fabrics and techniques, and seeking design inspiration.
- Collaborating with team members to select seasonal themes, make edits to line, and create new concepts.
- Collaborating with technical designer to ensure development packages are accurate.
- Reviewing product for style and fit during presentation.
- Presenting story, mood, color boards, and samples to buyers.
- Ensuring product is in agreement with business strategy.
- Selecting fabrics and trims.
- Creating production sketches for development packages.
Note that this is not an exhaustive list of Fashion Designer duties and responsibilities. Job functions for specific Fashion Designer roles may vary, depending on the industry and type of employer.