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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

Core competencies

  • Management of Material Resources to select, allocate and utilize fabrics, tools and other materials, ensuring cost-effective production while maintaining the quality and integrity of the design
  • Time Management to ensure all design stages, from concept to final product, are completed on time
  • Fluency of Ideas to consistently generate innovative designs, experiment with different styles and adapt to ever-evolving trends in the fashion industry
  • Verbal Ability and Speech Clarity to communicate design concepts, collaborate with clients and teams, and present ideas in a clear, persuasive manner
  • Arm-Hand Steadiness to cut, sew and manipulate fabrics with precision, ensuring high-quality craftsmanship in garments
  • Creativity and Innovativeness to develop unique, trend-setting designs that reflect personal vision while meeting the needs and desires of the market
  • Knowledge in Arts to understand and apply principles and techniques of design to create clothing and accessories for men, women and children

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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