What Do Fashion Designers Do At Work? 

Hey hey party people! This is the last video I made before the Bell’s palsy hit my face. Please give this video a thumbs up if you want more industry real talk videos!

Most ACCURATE information ever. We don't even have a pencil around the office. All done by illustrator flats ALL DAY!!! Sending designers to inspiration trip = Yes yes yes to other stores to buy something knock off.. "Inspiration" = Online shopping images , "Designers design stuff" = change the some details from the ones you shop to copy so company won't get sued. I am sure not all companies are like this, but most fast fashion brands are exactly like your video says. I always make sure I do something creative at the end of the day to remind myself I am a designer.

You are a wealth of information. Thanks for sharing.

Congrats for not smoking for 10 years💙💙🎉🎉🎉

Love your no-holds-barred, total truth synopsis of these things so that people going into the fashion industry know real expectations, real life.

I'm an assistant designer for kids, tweens, juniors dresses Everything you said was spot on -Tech packs -FDS forms -emails all day -designing dresses, but communicating which fabric is to be used and how it should flow. Am I using crinoline, horse hair or both? Don't get me started on market week Crazy, but love it 😍

I left the industry in 2000 after 40 years designing couture thru to high street. This is now a different world. I wouldn’t know where to begin, and I wouldn’t want to begin.

i "liked" this video 2 minutes in. I always appreciate how you always get straight to the point on each of your bullets that you mention! you speak very concisely and clearly, thank you for that! it shows you obviously know a lot this industry and can elaborate on topics without mentioning irrelevant information. Also, yes please to the trade show informative video!! grateful for your channel and your work/videos all the time!! keep it up!

This is so on point about what a designer actually does! Another great video Zoe, thank you!

Loved this video!! And I would definitely love some videos about trade shows! Feels like I'm completely clueless about them!!

Loved this video so much I watched it twice. I'm an architectural designer and it's interesting the crossover perceptions versus realities of the job. Keep up the great work!

Thanks Zoe for keeping it real for us who are figuring things out. This really helps saving time in deciding which path to take in the industry, and I'm so moving to France or Italy to have the whole August off!

I don't aim to be a fashion designer. I watch your videos because I like to learn new things. Plus you've always got stories, colorful stories. 😈 😳

Thank you so much for sharing Zoe! You're a real treasure. And hope you'll get better soon!

Hi Zoe! You are going to recover thank goodness. I pray that it comes sooner for you rather than later:) I love last weeks video and would love to see more trade show videos. Have a great day!!

I hope you get better. I enjoyed the video. Im glad you’ve been sober this long! Keep up the good work.

thaaanks zoe its so i,terresting ive been imagine so much academic versus industry tasks what do designer do in those cases but now i know it in my case ive been doing so much in a store i worked at it was too much at the end cuz i didnt know exact what i had to do so instead i was making full colored illustration for a collection up to 25 outfits lol thanks so much

What a great explanation in this video. I really wish that I would’ve come across your videos before I went to design school I would’ve had a clearer idea and more experience and knowledge thank you for doing what you’re doing. I really love all your videos.

Just read on Insta about your trip to the ER. So glad you didn't have a stroke. Take good care of yourself and be gentle with your body. Heres a great big hug made from Rainbow arms!!!

Zoe you are way beyond amazing teacher/guide/mentor you are the best virtual simplified academy for Fashion design with honesty and best quality provided ...... I will never be able to thank you enough wish you all of the best.

Get well soon! Fingers crossed for a quick and complete recovery!

"They're the only one who understands your agravations at work" 😂😂😂 so real! I love you girl! 💚🙏

Thank you so much for this!!

100% ACCURATE...! 10 years in the Fashion industry, accurate.

Love your videos 💕 I’m learning a lot Keep it up 👍🏽

Hey Zoe! I would really like to see a video where you talk about starting your own business. Good advise, how to start it, what you need to do before starting your own business, how to advertise it, etc. BTW I really like your channel. It has helped me so much with everything

wow this sounds like hell actually might need to rethink my career path

Omg lugging giant, heavy carts through the LA garment district is honestly a big mood.

I love all your videos. Very useful and be my revision. Thank you Zoe for making this video.

Thanks alot for you videos Zoe,it's help me alot to understand real fashion field .I'm doing diploma in fashion design.

Wishing you a speedy recovery 🙏

Amazing video. Lots a of useful information for designer/stylist wannabes! really enjoyed it! 👌🏻

Thx for sharing your vast knowledge of the Fashion Industry I learn so much from your videos you Inspire me so much .

Hope you have a speedy recovery❤

Could you explain the difference between haute couture designers and regular designers, what haute couture designers do, how they got to the level their at and can you name the ones currently in the world right now? I've tried researching - ain't workin'. Thank you!

I’d definitely love a video on trade shows! Thanks for this!

Love your videos they are so informative and yes would love a trade show video

I thought the Prada example was interesting. I did not know that or think along those lines. Thanks Zoe.

You’re incredible. Please get well soon ❤️

Yes trade shows. Any trade show. I like going to them to check out the competition and gage why some pieces sell more than others. Also, is good to keep an eye on the marketing and sales team and help them the best you can.

Thank you so much for all these informations,I love to learn stuff from you,you the best❤️❤️

I have a small fashion business, and I do everything ❤

I love this video. I just graduated and these are the kind of things I want to know

Thank you Zoe You are great

Wow !! So much useful info ❤️🍀😘

Hi there, I do not work as a fashion designer but as a mere graphic artist for a sportswear company, it is fascinating how similar our fields are but they're still completely different things. While I may work in an off branch of fashion that's more focused in sportswear, I can also agree and see what you're talking about when it comes to producing clothes. And the trading off of emails back and forth are exactly as you said are constant(especially with sales reps and excels). The clear communication, the software, and the duties of a fashion designer are all familiar with what I already work with. @10:29 when you talked about specific jobs, I can see where that applies to the different process at my workplace. For example, I use Ai and have customers wanting arts from templates we already have and my job entails to keep revising the art until the customer is happy with what they're presented. But then brings me to question, I did not originally graduate with a fashion degree of any sort, but is it possible for me to work in fashion design if I had interest in it because I have previous experience in working a similar field?

Great 👍 I understood everything

LMAO youre so funny Zoe. And your videos are so informational I have to take a break inbetween sometimes

Fabulous. Thank you

Hi Zoe so glad you are uploaded because I was frustrated on how the Tiana Disney designer Premier series collection doll turned out they made her dress so hideous honestly they could have done it a lot better in my opinion and it just frustrates me so much because she is my favorite Disney princess sorry for the long paragraphs but I just need to get my frustrations out :)

It's like actual class....even better

Excellent, Excellent!!!!

Thanks for good information very interesting 🥰

Can you do video on custome design for movies plz? Love your videos.

MS Dos printers lol thats a throwback thursday for sure

Thanks for answering most important question 😅😅... And trade show video?.. Yes please 🤗

More please! It applies to assistant designers? Entry level.

Love you girl, hope you get better soon. Could please do a video about planning collections, and projection etc. All about excel sheet making and maybe provide some excel sheet template downloads. Btw I'm older than you and have some of my first designs on floppy and zip disk. I think I designed Eves first outfit in the garden JK LOL. THX

You said to comment if we'd like to see a video on trade shows. I used the search box on your channel page to see if you already have one, but it looks like you don't yet. I'd love to see one!

Happy for your detox :) keep it going Miss Zoe Hong !!

totally agree that designers should not go to trade shows!! i work for a company that forces designers to go to trade shows :( it is such a waste of time for me. love your videos!!

you are so great ... awesome video

Oh - I'm feeling you on the obsolete tech you just dropped. OMG!

when you do a collection , you only illustrate the front and then u make front and back flat or you should draw front and back +flats

LOVE! LOVE! LOVE!

Take care, Zoe. Very useful. Reality vs imagination.

Thanks for the reality

I'm a fashion designing student and ..i wanna be a expert in sketching illustration ... particularly in that only ...both in digital and hand sketching ...in this case will I get a good job ...and ..is worth it

I would enjoy a video on how to attend a textile show. It’s such an overwhelming concept to me, and I don’t like crowded convention centers, so how I can get the most out of my time there? Should I buy there or just get cards? And in general would like to hear what attending the LA and Las Vegas ones are like ❤️❤️❤️

Dont forget the Coffee & smoking trips for inspiration on average Designers & Illustrators & Comicbook Artist & Painteurs & Sculptors & ... n.n

You are like a pot filled with knowledge to the brim🍯

517 years of experience 🙌🏽

I love your videos and you truly remind me of a couple of my fashion design teachers and professors. I follow your Instagram, TikTok, and subscribe to your RU-vid channel. Not sure if you have a Facebook or Twitter but will be checking to see. Thank you for the lessons, advice and amazing tutorials.

I live in Rancho hahaha!! Thats crazy

That beading job sounds perfect for me tbh 😭

I’m still thinking about whether or not I should go to college for this

I'm a fashion designer and I really want to make videos but I don't really know where to start. But I do have some videos on my channel, but I don't want to bore people and not interested in what I'm doing. I guess I'm asking what to do better, and that the thing is I'm not a big talker but I'm trying to do better in that area

I was the 1k person to like this, it was so satisfying!!

Dot Matrix???...lol,I was there too.

I am a little bit confused about my own department in a fashion home. Okay I know how to cut, sew, make a dress and almost all wears. I made all my clothes. But you haven’t mentioned anything like that in a fashion home.

Ioveeeee uuuuuu!

I hope you are still posting.

Hi i totally agree with your opinion number 2! But in my company i work ,fashion designer must do pattern and sewing, its so suck! And this is help me to tell them what do fashion designer do , i hope they can open their eyes bout fash designer job desk! Or maybe i should quit, LOL

Could you do an interview with buyers.

Hi Zoe I am self-taught I've been watching your videos for a few years but I've never commented I'm really getting serious now on if I want to break into Couture I am self-taught and creating my own fashion sketches I don't think I'm anywhere near ready but I am getting ready can you paint a picture of what I will need to head down this road what life will be like and how I can get into the industry thanks so much God bless

😮 girl yes leave us with all the nuggets 🎉

hey Zoe . I have a question . how much so designer brands normally make per garment ? please reply . thank you

I was wondering if you have any knowledge on fashion historians and costume designers that you could share. For example the jobs that are attributed to them and schooling required. I have been having a hard time finding information on these careers (a lot of places online just say that you need to have good connections to become a costume designer). Thank you for your time. I hope you get better soon.

Please Zoe, do a video about tradeshows

oohhhh Can we get a trade show video

I want to be a fashion designer sooo bad

Can you teach how to do Technical Sketching Dress Designing?

hey where could you find jobs like being a assistant for companies, or how did you find jobs in the industry?

As a French girl I confirm...😂😂😂😂😂

Omg Zoe, you’re hilarious 😂 _ Ms2 😂😂

Dot Matrix...HA HA HA !

I'm a photographer and would like to work more in shooting fashion products any tips on how to network with Fashion designers and stylist?

hello Zoe!, i watched your "How to Become a Fashion Designer" video. so u can't be fashion designer or assistant fashion design unless your graduated??

Can u make a video on how to startup own clothing and the pros and cons

Hi is there a job in fashion that is kinda mix between being a visual merchandisers and a fashion designer. Like i would love to design and make clothes and design the layout of the store to display them. Aswell as decorating the store and designing how the whole shop looks.