Fashion designer

You could specialise in an area such as childrenswear, footwear, handbags, lingerie, menswear, sportswear or womenswear. You’ll usually start off as a fashion design assistant and progress to fashion designer and design director. You could even start your own fashion line.

You could work for high street stores, independent labels or a design studio – which might be in-house (eg for a retailer) or specialist.

A related degree, HND or foundation degree is typically needed to get started in fashion design. You could study, for instance, fashion business, art and design, graphic design or fashion and fashion design.