3. Knowing your strength & overcoming your weakness.

Think upon what is your strength & your weakness whether you are master in Garment designing or casual designing, etc. On the other hand think about weakness too. If your not good in colour combination, than make sure you get practices upon it & master over it, if you not it will lead you lose in your career. Second part is marketing, to what the market wants. which in fashion is part convincing the market & part noticing what the market is demanding.

Prepare a model of garment in which you want to be perfect.

4. Develop skills & personality honestly before pursuing a career in fashion designing.

You may love cloths but it's a part of story when it comes to fashion designing. Challenging is when you need to have a excellent communication skills, a willingness to work very hard (i.e 24x7), a tough time is when criticized, an ability to cope with stress, openness to having many different clients or bosses. You should be prepared to uncertainty or insecurity, willing to stand up for what you believes in, you know the Fashion Industry inside out & you live, eat & breath Fashion.