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Snapshot before the quality program (relevance gates, tiered mapping, QA linter). v1 is the immutable before/after reference; evidence crawl was at ~175/3039 occupations when tagged. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01PDKeXvpT6tENSvyQGLV1Uq
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name, description
| name | description |
|---|---|
| fashion-designer | Occupational skill for the role 'fashion designer' (also: accessory designer, fashion design specialist, swimwear designer, footwear designer, fashion stylist, high fashion designer). Use when the user asks for typical fashion designer work such as: Direct and coordinate workers involved in drawing and cutting patterns and constructing samples or finished garments.; Examine sample garments on and off models, modifying designs to achieve desired effects.; Sketch rough and detailed drawings of apparel or accessories, and write specifications such as color schemes, construction, material types, and accessory requirements. |
Fashion Designer
Fashion designers work on designs for the haute couture and/or ready-to-wear, high street fashion markets, and more generally on items of clothing and fashion ranges. Fashion designers can operate in a specialised area, such as sportswear, childrenswear, footwear or accessories.
Core workflow
- Direct and coordinate workers involved in drawing and cutting patterns and constructing samples or finished garments.
- Examine sample garments on and off models, modifying designs to achieve desired effects.
- Sketch rough and detailed drawings of apparel or accessories, and write specifications such as color schemes, construction, material types, and accessory requirements.
- Confer with sales and management executives or with clients to discuss design ideas.
- Identify target markets for designs, looking at factors such as age, gender, and socioeconomic status.
- Attend fashion shows and review garment magazines and manuals to gather information about fashion trends and consumer preferences.
- Select materials and production techniques to be used for products.
- Provide sample garments to agents and sales representatives, and arrange for showings of sample garments at sales meetings or fashion shows.
How to use this skill
- Read references/profile.md for the occupation profile and scope.
- Consult references/tasks.md for the full task and activity inventory.
- Check references/skills.md for essential vs. optional competences.
- Check references/tools.md for the software commonly used in this role.
- See references/ai-skills.md — matched external AI agent skills (per-source attribution).
Key competences (essential)
- art history
- collaborate with designers
- design wearing apparel
- develop design ideas cooperatively
- gather reference materials for artwork
- history of fashion
- identify target markets for designs
- keep up to date on costume design
- modify textile designs
- monitor developments in technology used for design
- monitor textile manufacturing developments
- portfolio management in textile manufacturing
- produce textile designs
- produce textile samples
- properties of textile materials
Hot technologies
- SAS
- Autodesk Revit
- Trimble SketchUp Pro
- Adobe InDesign
- Adobe Acrobat
- Microsoft Outlook
- Adobe Creative Cloud software
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe Photoshop
- Microsoft Office software
Sources: ESCO v1.2.1 (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/77bfd6e7-5598-4818-84cb-31e2651eb046), ONET 30.3 (27-1022.00). See manifest.json for licensing/attribution.*