Also called: Fashion Forecaster, Trend Analyst
Predicts which colors, styles, and materials people will want one to three years from now.
They travel to cities and fashion weeks, scroll social media, study street style, and read cultural signals. Then they write trend reports that brands pay for. They help decide what you'll see in stores two years from now.
Estimate; few positions, many at forecasting firms like WGSN.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's in fashion, marketing, or design.
Ways in: 4-year college. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Fashion Merchandising, Marketing, Anthropology, Fashion Design.
Growing about average. Niche, competitive field.
Medium risk for 10 years. AI scrapes social media and sales data in real time; interpreting culture and telling brands what it means still needs people.
Classes: AP Psychology, Sociology, Fashion or marketing.
Official data: O*NET occupation 27-1022.
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