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Snapshot before the quality program (relevance gates, tiered mapping, QA linter). v1 is the immutable before/after reference; evidence crawl was at ~175/3039 occupations when tagged. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01PDKeXvpT6tENSvyQGLV1Uq
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name: fashion-designer
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description: "Occupational skill for the role 'fashion designer' (also: accessory designer, fashion design specialist, swimwear designer, footwear designer, fashion stylist, high fashion designer). Use when the user asks for typical fashion designer work such as: Direct and coordinate workers involved in drawing and cutting patterns and constructing samples or finished garments.; Examine sample garments on and off models, modifying designs to achieve desired effects.; Sketch rough and detailed drawings of apparel or accessories, and write specifications such as color schemes, construction, material types, and accessory requirements."
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# Fashion Designer
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Fashion designers work on designs for the haute couture and/or ready-to-wear, high street fashion markets, and more generally on items of clothing and fashion ranges. Fashion designers can operate in a specialised area, such as sportswear, childrenswear, footwear or accessories.
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## Core workflow
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1. Direct and coordinate workers involved in drawing and cutting patterns and constructing samples or finished garments.
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2. Examine sample garments on and off models, modifying designs to achieve desired effects.
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3. Sketch rough and detailed drawings of apparel or accessories, and write specifications such as color schemes, construction, material types, and accessory requirements.
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4. Confer with sales and management executives or with clients to discuss design ideas.
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5. Identify target markets for designs, looking at factors such as age, gender, and socioeconomic status.
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6. Attend fashion shows and review garment magazines and manuals to gather information about fashion trends and consumer preferences.
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7. Select materials and production techniques to be used for products.
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8. Provide sample garments to agents and sales representatives, and arrange for showings of sample garments at sales meetings or fashion shows.
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## How to use this skill
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- Read [references/profile.md](references/profile.md) for the occupation profile and scope.
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- Consult [references/tasks.md](references/tasks.md) for the full task and activity inventory.
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- Check [references/skills.md](references/skills.md) for essential vs. optional competences.
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- Check [references/tools.md](references/tools.md) for the software commonly used in this role.
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- See [references/ai-skills.md](references/ai-skills.md) — matched external AI agent skills (per-source attribution).
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## Key competences (essential)
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- art history
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- collaborate with designers
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- design wearing apparel
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- develop design ideas cooperatively
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- gather reference materials for artwork
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- history of fashion
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- identify target markets for designs
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- keep up to date on costume design
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- modify textile designs
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- monitor developments in technology used for design
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- monitor textile manufacturing developments
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- portfolio management in textile manufacturing
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- produce textile designs
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- produce textile samples
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- properties of textile materials
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## Hot technologies
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- SAS
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- Autodesk Revit
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- Trimble SketchUp Pro
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- Adobe InDesign
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- Adobe Acrobat
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- Microsoft Outlook
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- Adobe Creative Cloud software
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- Adobe Illustrator
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- Adobe Photoshop
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- Microsoft Office software
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*Sources: ESCO v1.2.1 (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/77bfd6e7-5598-4818-84cb-31e2651eb046), O*NET 30.3 (27-1022.00). See manifest.json for licensing/attribution.*
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