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53123.02 – Fashion designers

Fashion designers conceptualize and produce designs for garments, textiles and accessories.

Overview

Example job titles

  • Clothing designer
  • Couturier - haute couture
  • Shoe designer

Main duties

This group performs some or all of the following duties:

  • Design and create clothing and accessories for men, women and children.

Additional information

  • Designers may advance to supervisory and management positions.

Similar occupations classified elsewhere

Exclusions:

  • Graphic designers and illustrators (52120)
  • Patternmakers - textile, leather and fur products (53125)
  • Tailors, dressmakers, furriers and milliners (64200)

NOC hierarchy breakdown

NOC version

NOC 2021 Version 1.0

Broad occupational category

5 – Occupations in art, culture, recreation and sport

TEER

3 – Occupations usually require a college diploma or apprenticeship training of less than two years; or more than six months of on-the-job training

Major group

53 – Occupations in art, culture and sport

Sub-major group

531 – Occupations in art and culture

Minor group

5312 – Occupations in creative and performing art

Unit group

53123 – Theatre, fashion, exhibit and other creative designers

Occupational profile

53123.02 – Fashion designers

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