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Fashion Designer – Do You Have What it Takes to Get Into Fashion?
For an artist, the world of fashion can seem more like a business than a world of creative fashion design. Aspiring fashion designers need to understand that this is all necessary. Business is the life blood of fashion and the fashion itself is only the soul. Fashion simply wouldn’t be able to see mass production if it were any other way. So you may be a ‘creative’ but as a fashion designer you must develop a passion for not only design but manufacturing challenges, the excitement of marketing and overcoming competition.
In the professional world of fashion, you’ll spend less than 10 percent of your time designing your collections and the rest of the time working out money management issues, and executing marketing strategies. These are the only things that will give life to your creative work and allow you to survive as a fashion designer so your garment designs will hit the store shelves and not just remain the beautiful figments of your creative imagination.
You want to become well acquainted with the business aspect of fashion. Don’t even think of starting out on you own. Work for any designer, design house or clothing manufacturer first so you can become well versed in how the fashion industry works on a daily basis and carefully climb up the ladder from there. Study how other fashion designers made their way to the top. Most of the biggest name designers worked under other designers for years before they started their own labels. They often worked for more than one fashion designer or fashion house. Having different positions and seeing different ways of how business was handled, they gained hands on knowledge, experience, confidence and acquired indispensable assets of credibility and reputation at the same time.
So if you’re getting into fashion design you’ve got to plan on being a lifer if you’re going to one day own your own line. Here is a list of characteristics you need to either have already or acquire as you go along in order to become a successful fashion designer:
- A hard edge against negative feedback and rejection.
- You need a very competitive spirit.
- You need the ability to be organized and be able to function under extreme stress of dealing with difficult people, multiple deadlines and responsibilities.
- You need to love or learn to love the marketing, negotiating and networking game in the world of fashion.
- And you need the willingness to keep your mind open to learning new things as a fashion designer.
Profile on Richie Rich – The Fashion Designer
Richie Rich has become a popular name in the fashion industry. Initially, he has trained and dreamt to become a seasoned figure skater of which he was even able to train alongside Kristi Yamaguchi, a gold medalist in figure skating. He later on ventured out to the club music industry which he was able to record two dance club hit singles called Magic and Collision. Though he also made cameo appearances in some films this former club kid realized his true calling, fashion design.
Richie Rich teamed up with Traver Rains to form the now famous, Heatherette which was launched in late 1999. He has been known to create customized tops of which is made from leather complete with all the trims he could think of. His creations along with the collaborations from Traver Rains have been able to catch the attention of the public – especially those of celebrities. Their work has received exposure from Foxy Brown, Gwen Stefani, Paris Hilton and Aerosmith; they were among their first high profile customers. They launch fashion shows on a regular and consistent basis of which has always proved to be successful. Among the famous icons of which they have featured in their catwalks are Boy George and Anna Nicole Smith.
Though there were some stipulation in the past where Rich and Rains has separated their paths and that their Heatherette line is no more; there was no confirmation to it at all. Rich took some time off to be able to concentrate on his new line of shoes and to be able to prepare for his comeback in the fashion industry. He is known for his flamboyant works where he is able to combine materials in such a manner where it has not been thought of before and still be able to achieve wonderful results. He is able to create ideas to be able to conform to the current times and still be appreciated by both the young and conventional.
Heatherette has received mounds of publicity and has been able to establish itself internationally. It still promotes its great relations among celebrities of which has become an advocate of their fashion statement. There are also some publicity in terms of shows and other forms of public appearances where their fashion line is being endorsed or advertised. Though Rich has been well known in the fashion industry as one who has learned to focus on leather tops, he has been able to transform various works of art using various materials apart from the usual items. His work has always been known to be elaborate and tasteful; a wonder to most fashion critics and still a delight to see and actually take part of. Richie Rich takes great pride on his work and enjoys every moment of which he creates them. The Rich and Rains duo have eventually assured the public that there is no fact to the fall out; and that in reality, they are eager to create more and will stay in the industry.