Fashion and Clothing

Fashion and Clothing Job Descriptions
• Grow & produce fibers
• Produce yarns & fabric
• Design
• Sew
• Market & Sell
• Clean

Fashion and Clothing Skills
• Working with hands • Time Management
• Technical (working with machines)
• Critical Thinking &
Problem Solving
• Quality/Accuracy • Creativity
• Focus • School Skills– math, reading, science, art

Career Pathways
• Sales and Service Marketing
• Entrepreneurship: Retail Owner
• Purchasing Agent: Buyer
• Merchandise Displayer

Career Pathways
• Fashion Design, Manufacturing & Merchandising
• Fashion Designer
• Tailor
• Seamstress
• Buyer
• Retail Sales Person
• Laundry and Dry Cleaning Services
• Embroidery Business
• Fashion Merchandising
• Family and Consumer Sciences Teacher

Get the Facts– Fashion Design
• Fashion Designers need to have a 2-4 year degree and be knowledgeable about textiles, fabrics, and fashion trends.
• 2/3 of fashions designers are employed in
New York or California.
• The best job opportunities will be found in clothing for mass markets.
• Fashion Design is a high skill and high wage job.

FACS Classes You Can Take
1. Textiles & Design (7 th -8 th Grades)
2. Interiors
3. Introduction to Fashion
4. Fashion 1
5. Advanced Fashion (2-4)
6. Fashion Marketing and
Merchandising