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Competences — fashion designer

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/77bfd6e7-5598-4818-84cb-31e2651eb046).

Essential

  • art history (knowledge)
  • collaborate with designers (skill/competence)
  • design wearing apparel (skill/competence)
  • develop design ideas cooperatively (skill/competence)
  • gather reference materials for artwork (skill/competence)
  • history of fashion (knowledge)
  • identify target markets for designs (skill/competence)
  • keep up to date on costume design (skill/competence)
  • modify textile designs (skill/competence)
  • monitor developments in technology used for design (skill/competence)
  • monitor textile manufacturing developments (skill/competence)
  • portfolio management in textile manufacturing (knowledge)
  • produce textile designs (skill/competence)
  • produce textile samples (skill/competence)
  • properties of textile materials (knowledge)
  • seek innovation in current practices (skill/competence)
  • textile techniques (knowledge)
  • use specialised design software (skill/competence)
  • use textile technique for hand-made products (skill/competence)

Optional

  • collaborate with a technical staff in artistic productions (skill/competence)
  • dyeing technology (knowledge)

Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 17 ads, as of 2026-07-11)

Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.

Hard skills

  • garment construction — 53 %
  • sketching — 47 %
  • fashion design — 41 %
  • apparel design — 35 %
  • trend forecasting — 24 %
  • tech pack creation — 18 %
  • technical design — 18 %
  • fabric sourcing — 18 %
  • market research — 18 %

Responsibilities

  • team mentoring — 24 %
  • trend research — 18 %