Fashion Design


Fashion Designer

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Professional Qualifications

The Government has not yet established a registration system for fashion designers. However, there are various professional bodies of fashion designers in Hong Kong which seek to foster the cohesion of the profession and promote their professional status. The contact information is as follows:

Hong Kong Fashion Designers Association
P.O. Box 86350, Gillies Avenue Post Office, Hung Hom, Kowloon
2330 1738
http://www.hkfda.org

In addition, the Hong Kong Design Centre was established in 2001. It is a public-funded and non-profit-making organization which plays a leading role in consultation, provision of design education and policy development.

Hong Kong Design Centre
28 Kennedy Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong
2522 8688
http://www.hkdesigncentre.org

Career Path

To become a fashion designer, one usually works his way up the ladder by joining the profession as a fashion design assistant or assistant designer in order to lay a sound foundation and acquire work experience. Those with considerable experience and outstanding performance can be promoted to designer or even senior designer. A senior designer may be required to supervise a team of designers and oversee certain lines of collections or create label collections.


Fashion Co-ordinator

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Sample Co-ordinator

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Fashion Model

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Models with considerable experience may become a fashion merchandiser or be promoted to this post.




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