Do Fashion Designers earn enough money to live a  comfortable lifestyle?
83751
i'm sorry but you would need to be very succesful as a fashion designer to earn enough money for a comfortable lifestyle.
121833
Depends on a lot of things.  Where is this person?  $40K is a lot more in the midwest than it is on the west coast.  Does the person have the lifestyle they want?  Do they own the kind of home they want?  Are they happy?  If yes, than it's a good salary.
655744
It depends on the designer. With some, like Tommy Hilfiger, you are paying for a name on merchandise that is of ordinary quality (and sometimes substandard. You must admit that the man is a merchandising genius.) Ralph Lauren has an eye for quality. Ready-to-wear Dior makes shirts with polyester in them-not a quality garment. In ready-to-wear you pay for quality up to a certain point. Past that you are paying for name. If you are paying Prada-type prices  you aren't paying for quality. No cotton or silk skirt is worth $850 plus dollars.  You are paying for name. \n\nIf you can walk your own path and not be submissive to the whims of fashion and it's current Pet Favorite, and want quality, go to Land's End. For the money they have some of the best value around, especially their men's 100% cotton pinpoint dress shirts. These are only around $36.00 or so and are better than many shirts twice as expensive. You can get custom made jeans there for about $50.00. And their cashmere is of great quality and incredibly priced (sweaters from around $125.) Unbelievable!\n\nComparing designer clothing to diamonds is comparing apples and oranges. (And the truth is that diamonds are not rare. The world diamond market is very carefully controlled to keep the prices high.)\n\nIt helps to know the difference between quality and junk. Price is not neccessarily an indicator.
860256
Of course this sounds like a good idea - when does not making more money not sound like a good idea? Only thing is, with employers having to jump minimum to $7.25, we'll end up seeing the results in higher product and living costs so minimum wage earners are back to not making enough for living expenses.
88943
Start by doing clothing alterations or shoe repair. You won't get rich, but you'll make something and keep yourself busy.
839574
Hmmm. you are trying to IM in the personals, aren't you?\n\nI'm a manager in a travel agency. My career is steady with an annual salary of $200,000. My family life is happy as well, life has been rather fulfilling. Sigh...my friends are not here yet. These people! Still the same old bad habit, love to get all decked up, I guess I'll just keep waiting....
519202
Well yes, if you feel you can afford to, or you would get dragged down a lot by a job you weren't passionate about. If you love your career, then your more likely to give more of yourself to it, and work harder at it. So doing what you love, and taking that far, can get you a lucrative career. So you have your cake and eat it too!!!
1120794
While you should get a job that pays good for the lifestyle you want you should keep in mind that you should find a profession that you would enjoy as well. :)
762960
You can get a degree in fashion design. I do not know much about it in the USA, but I know that Kingston University in the UK have a school of fashion. You learn about designing and you also take classes in making patterns and putting garments together. Big fashion lables and textile companies sponsor special projects. Twice a year you get to design a collection and organize a fashion show. You also get to learn either Italian or French so that you will have the language skills to work at the large fashion houses in Paris and Milan. After graduation, many students actually get jobs working as junior designers for the large fashion lables.
1110324
Expenses rise to meet income, no limit to that.  Ideally what ever you make is enough. How about enough so that the lack of or too much of it does noy limit your having a good life and being happy
1039118
i don't know any interior designer personally, but seeing hgtv tells me they make great money. and because it involves creativity, people who choose it for career sure do enjoy it.
258606
It actually depends on your product more than your education.  Even the best in the fashion world can have terrible years.
539681
Yes because if your like me and doesn't have much spare money it would be really embarassing having to wear not very nice clothes when evryone else has designer stuff. Alos you might spill stuff on new clothes and also it's nice to get home from shcool and change and when it's non-uniform day and at the weekends you can wear whatever you want and it's more of a treat! Plus it would be very annoying to have to decide what to wear evry morning!
718860
I know, I know, it seems shallow at first that a car or a house would make you look good. But the car or house they have are the ones they CHOSE to buy. People who design their own lives are some of the most successful, or a least happy, people.
1167038
$60 Grand is not going to cut it. I assume to want to live near a city (I won't say in, because the cost of living in most major U.S. cities is astronomical), unless you decide to move to a place where the standard of living (taxes, gas, rent, utilities, etc...)  is less. The South , especially places like Atlanta, Nashville, and Charlotte, is growing very fast and has a lot of affoadable housing, and a decent standard of living. \nSince you said magazine editor, I'm guessing you want the lifestyle of Jennifer Garner in "13 going on 30." Of course, she was a high ranking editor, and probably earned +$90 G a year. But the glamorous images of life in places like LA, Chicago, NY, Miami, and San Francisco is  EXPENSIVE. Manhattan is notorious for it's high rents and cramped apartments. The MEDIAN home price in Los Angeles is $550,000! (And that's a small house). Journalism is a competitive and low-paying career in the beginning, but if your dedicated enough and willing to put in the grunt work, you can achieve the lifestyle you want, maybe after a few years. \nWe all can't live like the people on "the OC" or those materialistic shows on MTV (Laguna Beach, the Hills, 8th & Ocean, etc...) You need to research to see what it takes to become a magazine editor, what the work is like, how competitive it is to get jobs for the big time mags, and where is the best place to live to become a journalist. Even for college, you need to look at Columbia, UC Berkeley, USC, or Northwestern's Medill School of Journalism. Getting into that industry is tough, but those are the best journalism schools in the nation, and they will give you the skills and connections you need to succeed in that business. \n If you want the MTV lifestyle in a place like LA or NY, then your going to have to make at least $200 G to easily afford the things you listed.
1018348
I don't know about fashion design, but I found that in my interior design business, a good grasp of basic math as well as geometry has been very helpful.  Any classes in art or art history would also be useful.  The key to being a successful designer, though, is taking the knowledge you have a presenting it in a way that is fresh and exciting.  Good Luck to you!!
78149
I think you are talking about the high fashion world.  It just so happens that we live in a culture where we are bombarded with images of fame and wealth.  People tend to see fashion as a means of connecting to "higher classes", or showing off the class they are in.  This is the reason designers can cater to the wealthy and have so much success making cheaper products for the rest of the consumers.  Jane Celebrity can wear a $10,000 dress from Dior.  Jane Normal can buy some Dior sunglasses for $150 and somehow feel like she's part of that world.  \n\nBut fashion in general is influenced by many things in each culture.  Not all fashion is high fashion.  It can be related to culture/religion, class, societal expectations (ie, here we're expected to cover up), climate, availability of resources, occupation (jeans were first made for sailors, then workers), even politics.  Fashion can be very important.  It has a purpose and conveys a message upon first glance.