Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a clothing fashion designer can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a clothing fashion designer already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

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.

Also known as couturier, clothes designer, clothing product designer, clothing designer.

Professionals 55 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: digital prototyper, 80%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
digital prototyper 80% covered clothing cutter 79% covered tailor 78% covered dressmaker 75% covered clothing operations manager 75% covered clothing fashion designer You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from clothing fashion designer, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a clothing fashion designer already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A clothing fashion designer needs 12 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • draw up costume sketches communication, collaboration and creativity
  • design wearing apparel communication, collaboration and creativity
  • create technical sketches for footwear communication, collaboration and creativity
  • produce textile designs communication, collaboration and creativity
  • create mood boards communication, collaboration and creativity
  • keep up to date on costume design information skills
  • alter wearing apparel handling and moving
  • draw sketches to develop textile articles communication, collaboration and creativity
  • manage briefs for clothing manufacturing information skills
  • portfolio management in textile manufacturing engineering, manufacturing and construction
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a clothing fashion designer does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Clothing fashion designer is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a clothing fashion designer’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.