This document provides 13 tips for improving communication skills as a fashion buyer. The tips include learning to listen actively, over-communicating key points to ensure understanding, avoiding overreliance on visual aids, putting oneself in others' shoes to develop empathy, soliciting honest feedback, engaging audiences in discussions, starting and ending presentations by restating key points, and focusing on earning respect rather than laughs. The goal of the tips is to provide practical guidance to fashion buyers on strengthening their communication abilities.