Employers
Fabric designers are employed by large fashion houses, textile manufacturers, fashion designers, retailers, design companies, interior decorators, furniture or carpet manufacturers, and home design companies. Fabric designers may also operate their own freelance businesses.
Starting Out
It is essential that aspiring fabric designers prepare a portfolio of their best work and samples. The portfolio consists of sketches and drawings of fabric patterns and designs as well as swatches and samples of finished fabrics.
Individuals may participate in internships while still in school and/or start out as apprentices. They then become assistant fabric designers. Once they have some experience under their belt, they move into full fledged textile designer positions.
- Apparel Industry Workers
- Architects
- Automotive Designers
- Buyers
- Color Analysts
- Computer and Video Game Designers
- Computer-Aided Design Drafters and Technicians
- Conservators and Conservation Technicians
- Cosmeticians
- Cosmetics Sales Representatives
- Cosmetics Shop Owners and Managers
- Cosmetologists
- Costume Designers
- Digital Designers
- Drafters
- Ergonomists
- Ethical Sourcing Officer
- Exhibit Designers
- Fashion Coordinators
- Fashion Designers
- Fashion Illustrators
- Fashion Models' Agents
- Fashion Photographers
- Fashion Stylists
- Fashion Writers and Editors
- Furniture Designers
- Graphic Designers
- Greeting Card Designers and Writers
- Home Stagers
- Image Consultants
- Industrial Designers
- Interior Designers and Decorators
- Jewelers and Jewelry Repairers
- Laboratory Testing Technicians
- Landscape Architects
- Learning Innovations Designers
- Leather Tanning and Finishing Workers
- Makeup Artists
- Manufacturing Supervisors
- Marketing Managers
- Models
- Motion Graphics Artists
- Nail Technicians
- Product Designers
- Product Development Directors
- Product Management Directors
- Product Managers
- Production Designers and Art Directors
- Quality Control Engineers
- Quality Control Technicians
- Remote Health Care Engineers
- Sales Managers
- Silverware Artisans and Workers
- Smart Building Systems Designers
- Software Designers
- Swimming Pool Designers
- Tailors and Dressmakers
- Tattoo Artists
- Textile Manufacturing Workers
- Visual Interaction Designers