Thanks for those threads
BetteT!
some I haven't seen before..
hello
Girlfriend1
the first link should help with your question... about consultants... fashion consultant
It's definitely more about marketing, even fashion merchandising
Making inspiration boards
viewing trends, Market research
About
editing designs/styles to suit the market (edit the colours, the prints, etc.)
I saw this program on the FIT website before
You can see it writes it doesn't require the student to know how to draw before taking the course
So it's not quite about designing
Thanks for adding your experiences from your post
Did you speak with other people in the industry? That's interesting the Italian company doesn't use consultants.. Their designers probably already know how to do this (styling/market research)
or the company produces personal "signature" products/designs than trend-based designs