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name, description
| name | description |
|---|---|
| clothing-fashion-designer | Occupational skill for the role 'clothing fashion designer' (also: couturier, clothes designer, clothing product designer, clothing designer). Use when the user asks for typical clothing fashion designer work such as: typical clothing fashion designer responsibilities |
Clothing Fashion Designer
Clothing fashion designers create concepts and make sketches of their creative ideas by hand or by using software. They analyse and interpret fashion trends in order to propose new ideas with high aesthetical value. They perform forecasting and market research to put together collections. They build collection lines by operating mood or concept boards, colour palettes, materials, drawings and sketches considering among others ergonomical criteria, etc.
Core workflow
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)
- alter wearing apparel
- create mood boards
- create technical sketches for footwear
- design wearing apparel
- develop design concept
- draw sketches to develop textile articles
- draw up costume sketches
- keep up to date on costume design
- manage briefs for clothing manufacturing
- portfolio management in textile manufacturing
- produce textile designs
- properties of textile materials
Hot technologies
- Adobe Acrobat
- Adobe Creative Cloud software
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe InDesign
- Adobe Photoshop
- Autodesk Revit
- JavaScript
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Office software
- Microsoft Outlook
Hot technologies
Top tools from 32 gated job ads (see references/market.md, as of 2026-07-10):
- Adobe Illustrator — 53 %
- Adobe Photoshop — 50 %
- Miro — 34 %
- Adobe Creative Suite — 31 %
- 3D design tools — 25 %
- AI — 25 %
- Illustrator — 25 %
- PLM systems — 12 %
- Microsoft Office — 9 %
Sources: ESCO v1.2.1 (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/d1a554d0-7ad6-4d42-897e-ed31d022fb0b), ONET 30.3 (27-1022.00, manual nearest match). See manifest.json for licensing/attribution.*