Career in Fashion Designing


Fashion designing can be chosen as a great career. In this article I have given information of the different competitive examinations held for pursuing careers in Fashion Designing. Eligibility criteria, courses offered, famous Institutes that offer the courses and the future prospects of the career in fashion designing.

Fashion designing can be taken as a course by many people who have interest in designing fashionable and trendy clothes. Fashion designing is a glamorous career and is a highly paid profession. Fashion designing means experimenting with ones creative ideas. To be a successful fashion designer one should have the skill to understand the various fashion trends. Creative people can become very good fashion designers. Fashion designers should have the talent to bring changes in fashion trends. People who are good at arts, sketching, designing and have passion for hard work can become successful fashion designers. A person interested in taking career in fashion designing should have visual understanding, he/she should be creative and bold to showcase his/her creative inventions in the market infront of the public.

Eligibility Criteria


A person who is interested in taking career as a fashion designer should have successfully passed 10+2 or Higher Secondary Examination with a minimum marks of 50%. He/she should have an inborn passion for fashion trends and should be ready for hard work.

1. National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad

2. Pearl Fashion Academy, New Delhi

3. Sophia Polytechnical, Mumbai

4. National Institute of Fashion Technology, (NIFT) located at bangalore, Kolkata, Jodhpur, Bhopal, Chennai, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Delhi, Bhubaneshwar, etc.

Different entrance examinations


1. CEED - Common Entrance Exam of Design

2. NEED - National Entrance Exam of Design

3. NIFT - National Institute of Fashion Technology.

There are many coaching centre that help students prepare well in these examinations and get successful. They prepare a student by giving tutorials for performing well in written examinations, they help the students practice studio tests, situation tests and interview sessions, etc.

Courses offered in Fashion Designing ( Bachelor programme )


1. Accessory Designing

2. Pattern Maker

3. Costume Designing

4. Merchandising

5. Make-up Artist

6. Textile Designing

7. Fashion Journalist

8. Fashion Business Management

9. Fashion and Dress Designer

10. Fashion Designing and Garment Manufacturing

11. Dress Designing and Stitching

12. Home Textile Producer

13. Leather Designing

14. Knitwear

15. Apparel Production,etc.


Important Dates


1. National Institute of Fashion Designing (NIFT) offers 4 years bachelor course in Fashion Designing.

2. It also offers 2 years Postgraduate ( Masters programme ) professional programme. If a person is interested in doing specialization in fashion designing, he/she should have a graduation degree in fashion designing from an Institute of repute.

3. Every year competitive examination is held by National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT).

4. The date of competitive examination is on the 1st or 2nd week of february every year.

5. Date of examination : 12th February 2012.

6. Last date to submission of admission forms - Last week of January 2012.

Specialization Courses, NIFT (Masters Programme )


1. Master in Design

2. Master of Fashion Management

3. Master of Fashion Technology,etc.


Career prospects


The successful students have a bright future. They can work as follows :

1. Career in Fashion Designing

  • Fashion coordinator

  • Fashion Designer

  • Sketcher

  • Stylist

  • Design Coordinator

  • Freelance Designer

  • Fashion Journalist,etc.

2. Career in Apparel Merchandising
  • Fashion Merchandiser

  • Quality Control Supervisor

  • Fashion Manager

  • Executive Trainee

  • Manager - Costing and Production,etc

3. Career in Textile Design
  • Textile Design

  • Weaver

  • Colourlist

  • Fabric Resource Manager

  • Textile Design

  • Embroidery Design


  • 4. Career in Garment manufacture
    • Administration

    • Quality controller

    • Retailing manager

    • Production Manager


    Many people have taken Fashion Designing as their career and are earning lakhs of money. If you are interested in Fashion Designing do not let hesitation come in your way. Let determination help you make your identity in this flourishing world of glamour.


    Comments

    Guest Author: jd fashion05 Feb 2012

    Yes, I am Impressing with your post, Fashion Designing course is absolutely a great field in which a talented individual, with a lot of imagination, must activate. This field is extremely aggressive and more fashionable. Together with the choices in relation to Fashion Designing Course school & college studies, you can learn skills to assist you be successful

    Guest Author: Ankita Srivastav03 Jan 2019

    If you are looking for the Best BSc Fashion Designing Colleges in Bangalore here is a list:

    Vogue Institute of Fashion Technology, Bangalore
    National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), Bangalore
    Indian Institute Of Fashion Technology, Bangalore
    LISAA School of Design, Bangalore
    JD Institute Of Fashion Technology, Bangalore
    Indian Academy Degree College, Bangalore
    Garden City College, Bangalore
    Acharya Institute of Graduate Studies, Bangalore
    Bangalore City College, Bangalore

    Author: Swati Sharma29 May 2021 Member Level: Gold   Points : 3

    A nice article is given by the author. To make a career in this field, it is necessary to have some skills, apart from the courses, you should also implement these skills in yourself -

    1. Computer Skills - Currently, you cannot pursue any course with computer knowledge. You should know some common applications like Graphics, important Softwares, Photoshop etc.
    2. Knowledge of art - A fashion designer should have good knowledge about art and should also have an inclination to sketching, drawing, painting etc.
    3. Awareness - If you want to know about fashion then you need to keep yourself updated about the latest trend so that you can give them new fashion based on the demand of the new age.

    Author: K Mohan09 Apr 2022 Member Level: Platinum   Points : 2

    If there is one field which is always enchanting and enriching with new knowledge and no end to it, the answer would be the fashion designing industry. The highlight of the fashion industry is that today's fashions will become obsolete tomorrow and therefore new designs will always be in demand. Therefore taking a course in fashion designing would be very much rewarding and there is no boredom in the field. Fashion designers are more in demand among the icons in various fields because they want exclusive dresses to be designed for them.



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