Thursday, September 27, 2012

Public Relations Representatives For Fashion Designers

By Casper Vivianodeni


Being a designer is not as easy as everyone thinks. It is impossible for one person to do all the tasks required to maintain a brand name consistently. He or she must seek the help of various professionals that specialize in a range of tasks so he or she can focus in his or her passion of creating trends for the consumers.

In taking care of the brands image by dealing with the public's opinion about a product, the designer must hire a fashion PR. The public relations representative takes care of how the target market views both existing products and those that are yet to be released in the market. The fashion public relations representative must also find ways to know the public perception towards the products, the brand and the designer himself or herself. If the representative finds negative feedbacks, it is his or her job to organize a plan to respond to that negative feedback. It is more frequent for the fashion PR though, to be concerned with preventive measures.

Another type of PR representative that is essential for a designer and his or her brand is the lifestyle PR . They are more concerned with how the designer himself or herself and his or her lifestyle is viewed by the people that matters. Fashion designers are not exempted from public scrutiny. It is essential that a designer must protect his or her image by making sure that none of his or her actions are frowned upon by his or her supporters.

It can be very difficult for a designer to track every one of his or her public moves. This is where the lifestyle public relations representative comes in. It is their task to make sure that the lifestyle aspect of a designer's image will not taint the brand that he or she is representing.

Among the tasks of these representatives, the most important is arranging and editing press releases when problems concerning the image arise. They also arrange press conferences and similar events to bring the designer closer to the media. They also do proactive promotions such as sponsored articles while being aware of the budget.




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