week 27 monday 16th march

Harry's dad in hospital, so this weekend was unfortunately not very productive work wise. but I'm here for my 10'0'clock PPD1 briefing thing. we just had to research about some jobs in the industry which was quite interesting. Daisy and i looked into visual merchandising, and we had to produce a little presentation, i learnt quite alot..i like the idea of doing window display things. we were also told about fashion buyers (correctly described as Rachel from friends) high street fashion designers and garment technologists.
the visual merchandising seemed quite interesting, they promote products and services form other businesses. so mainly window display types of things. they have to decided things like props and lighting. the visual merchandiser also has to have an understanding of what they are trying to sell and draw attention too. about 30-40 hours a week, and perhaps additional hours towards deadlines. salaries can range from 10,000 to 50,000 and more. they must have an understanding for space and design. this look like an interesting job and could be very creative but most of the time it can involve flat pack displays and putting them up as directed. boutiques would be one of the few places where someone was allowed to show there true flare for the style of window display.
high street fashion designers would normally be given a brief to work to which limits creativity, they have to analyse trends and develop a range which compliments other garments on the market. beginning at about £14,000 and working up to about 150,000, if you designing for the big brands. a good point is that you can become a freelance designer from it, and it allows you to travel. however you have a very competitive job, with long working hours and a high threat of copyright.
fashion buyers select ranges and communicate wit suppliers, and they are always 6 months ahead of themselves. they look for the next trends and usually buy for a specific store. the salary at admin level begin at about £12,000 but the head of buyers can begin at about £90,000. the hours can be average with 8-30 till 6-30 but when it comes to closing dates for deadlines it can be 6-6. these hours are very unsociable when busy, and the job can be highly criticised when things don't sell, but there are plus points of lots of travel, and job satisfaction.
a garment technologist has to be a perfectionist. there job is to suggest design faults and to make alterations that other people did not see. talking about things like the price and style of the garment and whether the fabrics are the right kind for the job. beginning on about £15,000 and the senior technologists are on about £50,000 at 38hrs a week. there next job could be a specialising freelance designer. it has many good points such as a chance to travel and work with many people, but there are bad points of a lack of creativity, and working to someone Else's design.