Careers- High Street Fashion Designer

The main aim for this type of fashion design is to create a designer ready to wear product that can be produced as a high street version in less than 6 weeks. They design garments that can be produced in their thousands, with a quick turnaround in the design process, as fashion is fast moving and can change day by day.

Salary's start from £14,000-£18,000, £30,000 to £35,000 for junior designers right up to £30,000-£60,000 for head designers.

There is usually extra hours for when deadlines need to be met. These can be antisocial with times when it may not suit the designer, but would suit the business. Working alongside pattern cutters, machinists, other designers and buyers to create the final garment.

You have to be able to handle criticism and can be a hard position to be hired into- within the current economic climate.

However, it is a creative job, with lots of potential to be imaginative. It can also be rewarding, seeing people wearing your garment that you helped create- being sold to a massive high street market.