The chance of getting a
good job in Nigeria is no doubt, very slim. This is because of the crippled
nature of the Nigerian economy.

The current situation of Nigeria has therefore necessitated the need to acquire a
skill. Using the skill you have learned to be your own very dream
entrepreneur could be the next big step.
Fashion
designing is a very good skill to take hold of because seriously nobody goes
out without wearing clothes especially when it is designed in an attractive and
beautiful manner.
Fashion
designing has many benefits attached to it once an individual learns it and
start making use of it wisely. With the passion in the work, you can create new
original designs that will catch the eye of numerous consumers.
In
essence, becoming a fashion designer in Nigeria might just be the next big step
that will lead to a boom in wealth for you. However, how can you tell if
becoming a fashion designer is best for you? Not everyone would succeed as a
fashion designer, you know. The problem is that those who fail at fashion
design lack the proper understanding of what fashion design is all about
Let’s
delve in more!
Duties of Fashion Designers
For you to succeed as a fashion designer in
Nigeria, you must understand what fashion design is all about.
Below, I would be listing out the duties of a fashion designer.
1. Always
thinking of new designs.
2. Producing
the designs
3. Overseeing
production of various designs
4. Working
with a team of designers
5. Marketing
design
6. Involving
in various business activities in a quest to ensure the survival of your
fashion design business
7. Always
being up-to-date to the trends of the fashion world in Nigeria and beyond.
Skill
Requirements needed to be Successful in Fashion Design
If you do
not possess the below skills, I wouldn’t advise you to become a fashion
designer in Nigeria.
You
should also note that these skills can be learned and develop. So, if you are
so serious about becoming a fashion designer in Nigeria, go acquire and develop
these skills.
Below are
the basic skills that will determine your career success in fashion design.
1. Creativity:
Creativity plays a significant skill in determining
your career success in fashion design. In other words, fashion design is about
how creative you are. It is about having a lot of ideas running through your
head. In other words, it is about innovation or creating designs that are new
and original.
The more creative you are, the popular you become. If you wish to become a fashion designer, you should
really examine yourself; are you highly creative? How many designs do you
imagine per day? Are your imaginations active in the world of fashion design?
2. Networking
Skill:
Your career success in fashion design will be also
determined by your networking skill. How well can you advertise yourself? Do
you have good marketing strategies? How well can you grow customer relationships?
What are your business plans?
You should know that fashion design is not just a career
path, it is also a business. You are venturing into fashion design not just
because you have a passion for it but also because you need to make money.
A good customer base is the life wire of every
business inclusive of the fashion design business.
3. Management
Skill:
If you want to become a fashion designer for a short
period of time, you do not need to have management skills? However, if you wish
to become a successful fashion designer in Nigeria, you need top management
skills.
You can’t succeed in the fashion design business if you
are eating your profit. You can’t also succeed in fashion design if you do not
have good business sense regardless of your skill or creativity.
4. Decisiveness:
Fashion design involves you coming up with new
ideas. These new ideas won’t create themselves. A fashion designer must therefore
be decisive and act without delay. He or she would need to be fast according to
the trends of the market.
To become a successful fashion designer in
Nigeria, you need these basic skills which have been explained above.
How
to become a Fashion Designer in Nigeria
If you have decided to become a successful fashion
designer in Nigeria, the below tips would guide your journey.
1. Discover
your Specialty:
When it comes to fashion design, there are lots of areas that you can invest in. Being decisive about this stage would determine
to some extent the career success in fashion design.
There are a lot of areas to focus on when it comes
to fashion design in Nigeria. You may choose to specialize in baby wears,
suits, women wears, bridal wears, traditional attires, and many more.
Knowing your specialty or discovering your interest
should be the first big step you take if you wish to become a successful
fashion designer in Nigeria.
2. Learning:
After you must have known your specialty or your
area of focus, you should find a fashion designer that deals with your
interest. If designing women wears is your specialty, you would need to be
trained by one who designs women wear.
This is the secret to becoming an expert fashion
designer. Remember this; experience is the best teacher and education is an impacter of knowledge.
3. Be
a Diligent Learner:
One may have the best teacher but gain nothing.
After you must have found a good teacher to train you on fashion design with
respect to your specialty, it is important you pay attention to every teaching.
Fashion design can be very tricky and therefore
requires total commitment and diligence to become an expert.
4. Do
not Rush:
The knowledge you hold is a key determinant of your
success level in your fashion design business. If you wish to become an expert
fashion designer in Nigeria, do not rush your education.
There are so many quack fashion designers out there
in Nigeria. They are quacks not because they do not have good teachers but
because they are impatient to learn.
To become a successful fashion designer in Nigeria,
you will need to learn consistently for a minimum of 6 months.
5. Ignite
your Imagination:
You won’t become a successful fashion designer in
Nigeria without creativity. To stand out as a fashion designer, you
would need to have a high taste for fashion and be very creative.
To be very creative, your imagination must be
ignited or incited. There are various ways to achieve this.
Reading various books and articles on fashion design
is an effective way of igniting your imagination. Perusing through fashion
magazines and newspapers on various fashion styles is another way of achieving.
There are also lots of videos dedicated to fashion that you can watch. In one
way or the other, you would need to keep your imagination burning.
6. Know
your Financial Strength:
You would need to know how much is necessary to make
your dream as a fashion designer come true.
This shouldn’t be too hard if you diligently learned
fashion design from an expert. This is because if you learned well, you would
have a glance at the cost, gain, and profit or the flow in finance of your
teacher’s fashion home.
For the sake of this article, I will give you a
glimpse of the estimated capital to start a fashion home in Nigeria. You would
need a minimum of N500, 000 if you are starting out small. However, this is
only an estimate, as it could be cheaper or more expensive.
7. Networking:
Your
amazing designs won’t make any sense without people to appreciate them. Fashion
design is about the people who could appreciate and buy your designs. Creating
networks that would help you sell is the next big step. This step is so big
that if you succeed at this, you are already on the path of becoming a
successful fashion designer in Nigeria.
In order
to achieve this, you would need to tell your friends, family, relatives,
neighbors, etc. about your design.
It
doesn’t just end there; you need to advertise yourself by any means possible.
There are so many advertising Media out there, according to your financial
strength, make a choice.
8. Be
an Innovative Business Strategist:
Yes, you
are a fashion designer, but you are also a business owner. You would need to
think of new ways to sell your fashion designs. In other words, you would need
to be an innovative business strategist.
What
about the internet? A lot of accomplishments can be gained if you use the
internet to your advantage. There are many other ways to grow your fashion
design business.
A piece
of advice; begin reading business books. Learn principles to grow a small
business to a big one.
9. Stay
up-to-date with the Trends:
A saying
goes; change is constant. This is very true even in the world of fashion
design. People taste’s for fashion changes over time. You would need to study
the pattern if you wish your fashion design career to remain alive.
10. Perfection:
One of
the beauties of life is learning. We learn every day in a quest to be pursuing
excellence. Sometimes, it is really hard to tell or define perfection, but we
must thrive to become better than our past.
Becoming
a fashion designer in Nigeria is pretty much not the end. You still have more
grounds to cover. You need to thrive to be better each and every day. You need
to learn something new!
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