August 7, 2009

THE ACCESSORY DRAPER

Becoming an Accessory Draper is another qualification you can obtain from a reputable fashion institute. It is one of the most lucrative positions you can serve in a big fashion designing company.

Here are the duties of an Accessory Draper

An Accessory Draper is first and foremost a dealer in fabric materials. He or she is expected to know how to streamline clothing materials for the purpose of getting them prepared for the designing process.

As an Accessory Draper, you have the duties of monitoring the movement of fabric raw materials used in the manufacturing of fashion accessories of all kinds such as the handbags, shoes and clothing materials.

As an Accessory Draper, you are expected to be a go-getter in all that concerns the raw materials needed for products designing and finishing.

To be an efficient Accessory Draper in the fashion industry you need to update your knowledge in the art of draping. The fashion business is a very volatile world that changes from time to time. Hence, you need to be at home with the latest pieces of information about accessory draping.

A good Accessory Draper knows how to use his or her knowledge base very well in the process of sourcing for materials for use in the draping process. Read the rest of this entry »

August 2, 2009

FASHION TRAINING QUALIFICATION, THE MERCHADISING ASSISTANT

Having a qualification as a Merchandising Assistant is another wonderful career you can have in the fashion industry. This is one of the most lucrative in the fashion enterprise.

Duties of the Merchandising Assistant

The merchandising Assistant has his or her main duty as the monitoring of the sales department of a fashion manufacturing company. Such person is placed in charge of the  day to day sales of the company’s products. The Merchandising Assistant is answerable to the Chief operational officer of the company who in turn is also answerable to the Managing director.

The Merchandising Assistant also takes charge of the companies dealing to the wholesale  dealers who partner with the company in the marketing of them its products.

As a fashion Merchandizing assistant, one of the major duties you have is to submit to the final say of the main Chief Merchant you are assisting. You need to learn to follow orders and instructions.

Alternatively, The Merchandizing Assistant can opt to begin his own fashion firm. This option is good especially when you must have gathered enough exposure from the big companies. Read the rest of this entry »