Fashion designer
| Highest | $7,500 / mo · Switzerland |
|---|---|
| Experience | 2–4 yrs |
| Degree | Required |
| First paycheck | 4-year bachelor's + portfolio |
Pay in the destination countries
Monthly, in US dollars. Each country is an Imora admission package — open one for that route's fees, language requirement and deadline.
| Country | Monthly |
|---|---|
| SwitzerlandIELTS 6.5 · CHF 0.9–8k | $7,500max |
| United StatesTOEFL 80–100 · $10–70k | $6,800 |
| NorwayIELTS 6.0–6.5 · NOK 130–260k | $5,850 |
| DenmarkIELTS 6.5 · DKK 45–135k | $5,050 |
| Hong KongIELTS 6.0–6.5 · HK–200k | $4,900 |
| SingaporeIELTS 6.5 · SGD 18–35k | $4,900 |
What does the day look like?
Your day usually runs on standard studio hours. Shift work and on-call nights are uncommon in this role, except for film costume work or fashion-show weeks. Roughly 25–35% of the day goes to sketching, draping, and concept work; 40–50% to specifications, fittings, factory emails, and corrections; and 15–25% to trend research and admin.
Mornings often start with briefings and trend research, then sketching in Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, or Creative Cloud. Fabric and trim selection, tech packs, sample fittings and revisions, and costing all sit in the same week. Some brands use CLO 3D, but it is not a baseline everywhere. Excel, Word, and Outlook are part of the routine too. Before season deadlines, hours stretch — that crunch is the job, not the glamorous side of it.
Where does this lead?
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