Men’s Fashion
The fashion industry is a multi-billion dollar industry with big players who specialize in footwear, men’s wear or women’s wear. It has been found that women spend almost three times what men spend on clothing. Needless to say, many women fancy shopping for clothing. That is probably part of the reason why the fashion industry is dominated by women’s fashion.
Fashion is a creative industry and creative people have a sense of humanity. The humanity has been translated to opportunities for women to a great extent. Fashion designers have focused so much on women’s fashion that men’s fashion is lagging behind. In fact, there are a lot of men fashion designers designing women’s fashion. A lot of focus has been put into the women’s fashion, partly because women are often more into fashion than men. There are great opportunities for designers of men’s fashion.
Men’s fashion is yet to be exploited fully with even men shying away from designing men’s fashion. Men interested in fashion need to heed to the wakeup call and join training schools. A great program would the fashion merchandising degree. This degree would help you with your knowledge of fashion trends and would give you an edge in business management. LIM College fashion merchandising degrees could help you get the relevant skills to create a balance in the flourishing industry. The industry needs more men designers and merchandisers to create an equilibrium in the industry dominated by women’s fashion. As much as it may be argued that women’s fashion has a huge market base, there is a huge gap to be closed regarding men’s fashion.
Building a background for men’s fashion designer career
The fame, the glamour, as well as the thrill of creative details, are some of the things aspiring fashion designers look forward to. However, is the love for fashion design enough to make you a good designer?
Fashion design is highly competitive nowadays. It needs strategy and good skill development to survive in the world of fashion design. A good strategy could involve specializing in a niche that is yet to be fully exploited, such as men’s fashion. Skills development can include creativity and art. Getting the degree or diploma, or even a certificate in a fashion-related course will also go a long way into preparing for a noble career. The courses you could pursue to enhance your skills should surround art and design.
Women’s fashion vs men’s fashion
It takes keen observation to find out that men’s fashion is not as diverse and fun as women’s. It is normal for women to try out flashy outfits. Men’s fashion is usually grouped into either office wear or casual wear and rarely anything in between. It is difficult to get men pulling a hot look for a club as compared to the ladies. The men’s wear styles are very limited to a few styles that are often bland. There are usually about 5 styles of shirts and 3 styles of pants.
The options of women’s wear that is available is amazing. The many options can be attributed to the flexibility of ladies’ dressing styles. They can expose their stomachs, they can show off their shoulders, as well as anything else which seems fashionable. They have many combinations of clothing. The only body part that men can show off is arms or hands, and probably when in a sleeveless shirt at the gym.
The state of affairs points towards opportunities in the men’s fashion. It will take great designers to change the industry and bring life to an otherwise dormant niche. As much as the ladies have set the bar too high, men need to roll up their sleeves and pull the killer look: color matching, trying flashy outfits and discovering new things. Men need to dress for important occasions beyond just office wear and casual wear options.
The diversity of women’s wear can be linked to reflecting gender-roles in relationships. While there might be such factors in play, men need to up their game. More designers should come forward to create men’s fashion.
Getting into men’s fashion business
Designers who are motivated and interested in getting into the industry and carrying out business will not only need to be creative, but also have some business sense. You will need to get as much as information as possible about the industry in order to understand the business climate as well as mechanics behind it.
Pinstripe Magazine Staff
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