Choosing a career has become more difficult than it was in the past, with so many fields becoming increasingly relevant. We’ve all been at such a crossroads, wondering what would be the right career path for us.

Students often ask this question: Which is a better career, interior design or fashion design? Both of these are excellent careers provided you are creative and willing to break away from tradition. If you possess both traits, consider any of these careers.

Before we begin, let’s consider the differences between interior design and fashion design. We will explore each of these careers more fully to determine whether one is a better choice than the other.

Interior Design

What is Interior Design

• Interior design is the art and science of enriching the interior conditions of a building to achieve a restorative and more aesthetically pleasing space.
• Interior designers work with clients in planning and designing spaces, evaluating existing conditions and trends, researching new concepts and technologies, communicating with stakeholders about their needs for various projects, conducting site inspections, coordinating construction scheduling; and managing construction budgets.
• Interior design is all about making a person feel comfortable in a space, regardless of its size or place.

Pros of choosing Interior Design as a Career 

Interior designing is a profession that can be extremely lucrative, entertaining, and secure. People, brands, and enterprises will always trust qualified interior designers’ abilities, talents, and expertise to get the job done. There are many Pros of choosing Interior Design as a Career, some of them are:

1. The wide range of locations that require interior designers is an attractive aspect of the industry.
2. You’ll get to travel to many places, meet some interesting people, work with some internationally famous artists and designers, and get involved in some exciting projects.
3. The global interior designing industry is expected to reach $210 billion by 2027 from $145.3 billion in 2020, a growth rate of 5.5% over the next seven years.
4. Interior design is one of the fields that let you find your artistic expression and knack for creativity. It’s one thing to have a blank paper, but when your paper is a whole interior living environment, you can expand your creativity and imagination.

Cons of choosing Interior Design as a Career 

1. Interior designers must have a good relationship with their clients to create a comfortable and appealing atmosphere for them. But, sometimes it is hard to please everyone. And when this happens, it becomes very difficult for an interior designer to satisfy all the requirements of their clients without making any mistakes.
2. Working with tough clients means you will be provided with unsolicited advice throughout the home design process, which is justifiable but only to the extent that it does not ruin your entire structure.
3. Interior design can be a lucrative business, but it takes time to build a high income from this profession. Whether you are starting your own thing or have a job in some firm, your pay initially can be less than it would be at another job.
4. It can be difficult to work for extended periods to make sure that the work is completed on time. People involved in this type of work environment, even when they are paid by the hour, sometimes need to put in extra hours to create their graphic designs.

Fashion Design

• Fashion design is a form of art dedicated to creating clothing and accessories to enhance a person’s lifestyle.
• The fashion design industry is divided into two main categories: haute couture and ready-to-wear. Haute couture is dedicated to certain customers, who are meant to be served by one designer exclusively. To equip an haute couture house, a designer has to be part of the Union Chamber for Haute Couture and show a new set of collections twice a year presenting at least 35 different outfits each time.

Pros of choosing Fashion Design as a Career 

Being a fashion designer is a very creative profession because you get to utilize your creativity in a very singular way. Fashion designers must have either a complete or extraordinary view of how colors can go hand in hand, what design patterns can do for clothing, and how to come up with innovative and extraordinary things that cater to a large audience. Pros of choosing Fashion Design as a Career are :

1. Job Flexibility – Fashion is a worldwide phenomenon, which continues to grow and change. If you want to pack up and go work abroad in Italy, you can do that. If you want to stay at home and design clothing for companies here in the United States, you can do that too.
2. Nowadays, there’s a growing awareness of Indian fashions in global markets. This allows you to work with foreign designers who want to create fashion on ethnic Indian lines for both global and Indian audiences.
3. In the fashion design sector, earning potential is high. To get one’s feet wet in the industry, one must work for someone else to learn the ropes and get experience; nevertheless, the pay is not bad.

Cons of choosing Fashion Design as a Career 

1. In India, the haute couture industry is still in its infancy, unlike in Europe and North America. Therefore, clients for designer clothes and accessories are limited.
2. Interior designers get hired by large companies or individuals for diverse contracts. In fashion design, this is not achievable unless your craftwork is required by some really big fashion brand.
3. The fashion industry is constantly expanding and evolving; fashion trends come and go all the time. Fashion designers must stay current with new trends to understand public demands. A fashion designer must grow and develop to design unique fashion.
4. If you are fresh to the fashion designing industry straight out of college/university, your paycheck might not be too much or even sufficient.