How much does a fashion designer earn in year?3 replies

Posted on 10 Feb 2010 at 2:04pm

I would to know how a fashion designer in a year?

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  1. Kim :O said on February 13, 2010 at 1:52 am

    well a LOT. if they’re successful.. If you think even the ready-to-wear collections have pieces that cost $9000, then the couture dresses are possibly $100000.

    But if you’re starting out it can be almost nothing.

  2. you know you love me <3 said on February 15, 2010 at 9:47 pm

    It depends how popular you are/who you know. If you want a job in fashion designer be prepared to work extremely, extremely hard for next to nothing, with only a small chance of being ‘discovered’. Also, connection play a lot into it. Even if you have the best designs in the world, you might never be discovered if you don’t know the right people to get you there. My friend’s mom worked in the fashion industry for a short while, her salary was only about $25,000-35,000. Yet, top fashion designers like Karl Lagerfeld are worth millions.

    In other words, if you don’t have the connections or the drive to become a top fashion designer, find another career (or, of course, be prepared to work for almost nothing a year).

  3. max p said on February 18, 2010 at 10:28 am

    The average salary of an employed fashion designer varies between $36,000 (smaller brands) a year plus commissions anywhere up to $400,000 a year for a designer with Michael Kors or any other larger brand. Independent designers earn based on how much of their company they own.

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