Jobs in the fashion industry include design, manufacturing, marketing, branding, and merchandising positions, as well as careers related to fashion retail. Your duties as a designer include creating new clothing designs. A patternmaker then translates the design style to a pattern for production by a factory or tailor. Marketing, buyers, and merchandising professionals focus on increasing sales through advertising, design choice, and presentation. If you work in retail, you help each customer or client choose clothes. You may have additional responsibilities, such as providing fashion consultation services.