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comment by goobster
goobster  ·  2206 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: April 4, 2018

As someone with an actual degree in Fashion Design, the only reason for the degree is if you really want to run the production floor for a US brand like Tommy Bahama or Cutter & Buck.

Oh, and by the way, there are thousands of people trying to get the 10 paying jobs in US fashion design.

The real way to win is to make something great - no matter your skill level - and social media the shit out of it. Maybe some people will buy it bespoke from you, and maybe some company will buy your pattern from you (and bar you from ever making it again, in a non-compete agreement).

But the only people making money in clothing are the middlemen that sell it.