Accessory designing is a field where jewelry, ties, hand bags, wallets, belts, hats, gloves and scarves are designed. These are part of the apparel in the fashion. You should be self motivated and have a creative mind to take up a career in accessory designing. If you have a degree or a diploma in fashion technology, it will help you in bringing out your creativeness in the right direction. It also helps you to know other fields of fashion, like apparels and textiles which you can make use of in your career as an accessory designer.
As the accessory designing covers a vast area of fashion, you can choose an area for your specialization. If you choose belts for example, you should familiarize with the various aspects of making a belt and also the various inputs that go into making a belt, like, the leather, the buckles, and the qualities of raw materials available, the prices of various inputs etc., You should be regularly visiting the fashion shows and familiarize yourself with the latest fashion trends and if possible try to meet some of the leading fashion designers and show them your products.Accessory designer should have lot of patience and determination to succeed in the career. You should be able to take stress and meet the dead lines. You should know how to keep your budget under control. And above all you should be able to sell yourself through your products. The communication skills for a new entrant should be of the highest order and you should not loose your cool and be able to grasp the ideas of your client and bring out new designs in the shortest possible time. You have to prepare a portfolio of your products and arrange exhibitions in places where the fashion conscious people frequent, so that they can have a look at your products and may be interested to buy them.
Accessory designers are in great demand in the fashion field. You can either work with a leading fashion designer or freelance to a fashion designer.
