After you finish your schooling the time has come for you to decide the career in life. If you have a creative mind and pay attention to the fashion trends, you may decide on a career in fashion. A career in fashion does not mean the clothes only.
Apart from clothes it includes hats, belts, bags, wallets, jewelry and foot wears. Foot wears are also part of the fashion trend. The fashion scene is changing every day and a career in foot wear designing is becoming more and more lucrative.
Before taking up the career in foot wear designing seriously, you should get yourself trained in a reputed institution with knowledgeable faculty to sharpen your skills of creative ideas. Either you can go for a diploma in the field or study further to take a degree in footwear designing. You are expected to know the various items that go into the manufacture of a foot wear like the leather, gum, straps, soles and also the availability of the above items. Your creative mind will help you to design the foot wear on the drawing board, but the real work starts when you convert it into actual footwear to use. You also should be aware of the anatomy of the feet so that the design you created should not be difficult to wear and should not harm the body. As a foot wear designer you are expected to draw sketches of various shapes of foot wear. So, be proficient in drawing also.
As a foot wear designer you may be asked to design foot wear for various occasions. It may be for sports, may be a high heel, or for a street seller. You should be able to assess the requirement of your customer and come out with the best designs in the least possible time. It enhances the demand for your design if you are knowledgeable about the fashion trends and suggest the best for your customers. The opportunities for a foot wear designer are increasing every day. Once you establish yourself as a reliable designer you can freelance and earn handsomely or you can join any leading brands and go up in the ladder and reach top position in the company.
