Fashion Designers plan, design and develop clothing, accessories, footwear or other items of personal apparel considering the form and construction of clothing, historical styles and contexts, contemporary and cultural trends, colour, fabric, and decoration, and the techniques and processes available for manufacture.

Further information:
Design Institute of Australia
Phone: 1300 888 056
Email: admin@design.org.au
Website: https://www.design.org.au/

TAFE SA offers courses relevant to this occupation including the Diploma of Apparel, Fashion and Textiles. Pathways include the Certificate III in Apparel, Fashion and Textiles

Flinders University offers a Bachelor of Creative Arts (Fashion/Diploma of Apparel, Fashion and Textiles) where you study concurrently at both the University and TAFE SA to complete both Awards.

Still unsure? Then try a short course also offered through TAFE SA such as Pattern Making for Beginners or Sewing Your Own Fashion. Check the website for the full list of courses.

Fashion designing also requires a thorough knowledge of the manufacturing process, everything from cutting and sewing to pattern making. Most of the skills required can be gained via practical on the job training. Fashion Vision an important part of a fashion designer's job is to stay one, or many, steps ahead of fashion trends. To keep abreast in this industry, designers should be knowledgeable about past and present styles, and even art history. Well reputed fashion designers generally know what colour and hemline will be 'in' two years before the public knows they have to have 'it'.