Fashion designing
Fashion design is the art of creating the clothing and accessories.
As an academic field of study, fashion design pulls from many disciplines,
including history, business, illustration and technology also as an art
practice, fashion design is intertwined with culture. Fashion designers create
garments based on costumers and consumers demand or their own creative vision,
and consumers respond to those designs and enter in new trends. It is one of
the most popular Design specialisations among students. Every year thousands of
candidates apply at different Fashion Designing colleges across the country
with an aspiration to become a successful fashion designer in the future. If
you too are seeking a career in Fashion Design, you came to the right place.
Fashion designing is one of the most creative course
options, it is a popular vocational education stream not only in India but
abroad too. The Fashion industry has grown by leaps and bounds and that too
within a decade. If you are also looking for a career in this field, selecting
the right Fashion Designing course is bound to open up a lot of opportunities
for you. However, before register in a Fashion Designing course, it is worth
knowing some important aspects of the programme.
Even though Fashion Design and Textile Design are closely
related to each other, there is a difference between the two. While Fashion
Design is dedicated to creating clothes as well as lifestyle accessories and
Textile Design course educates students about the process of creating
structures as well as designs for knitted, woven, printed fabrics or surface
ornamented fabrics etc.
FASHION DESIGNING COURSES
Students can pursue Fashion Design as a course at the
undergraduate (UG) or postgraduate level (PG). Apart from this, students can
even pursue short-term Diploma or Certificate programmes in the field of
Fashion Design. Some of the popular Fashion Design courses offered at different
colleges in India like:
AT UNDERGRADUTE LEVEL
1.
Bachelor of design (BDES)
2.
Bachelor of art (BA)
3.
Diploma
4.
Bachelor of fashion technology (BF tech)
5.
Bachelor of science (BSC)
6.
Certificate
AT POSTGRADUATE LEVEL
1.
Masters of design (MDES)
2.
Master of fashion management (MFM)
3.
Master of science (MSC)
4.
Master of fashion technology (MF Tech)
5.
Masters of art (MA)
6.
PG diploma
In order to be eligible for
fashion designing, Candidates have to clear their Class 12 from any stream
(Science/Commerce/Arts) and then they can pursue a Fashion Design course at the
graduate level. However, most popular Design colleges allow students to take
part in their admission process only if they have completed their schooling
from a recognised board.
For Fashion Designing at the postgraduate level, student have
to complete a Design course at the graduate level are preferred for admission.
NOTE: Any student can opt diploma for
the basic fashion designing knowledge and for deeper knowledge students can
pursue (Bachelor of Science) BSC in fashion designing and after pursuing the
bachelor degree, they can pursue Master degree also. Any student who have
completed 10th or 12th class from a recognized board can
apply for the BSC in fashion designing.
FASHION DESIGNING SKILLS
To build a future in this field, apart from having the
required educational qualification, you need to have an artistic and creative
personality. Students also need to be good at drawing and possess the knack to
express their ideas by means of helpful sketches. Students who aspire to pursue
a Fashion Design programme need to possess the below-mentioned skill-set:
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Creativity and artistic taste |
Sensitivity to colours, shades, and tones |
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Good communication skills |
Originality and innovativeness |
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Ability to think in three-dimensions to translate visualisation into
garments |
Goal-oriented |
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Business acumen |
Interest in sketching |
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Eye for detail |
Visual imagination |
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Persuasiveness |
Observation |
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Good understanding of market and customer lifestyle |
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FASHION DESIGNING EXAM
There are so many popular fashion designing exam for
admission into fashion designing college such as:
- · NIFT entrance exam 2022 (National institute of fashion technology)
- · SEED 2022 (Symbiosis entrance exam)
- · SOFT CAT 2022 (School of fashion technology common entrance exam)
- · Pearl academy entrance exam
- · UID design aptitude test 2022 (Unitedworld institute of design aptitude test)
- · IIAD entrance exam 2022 (Indian Institute of art and design entrance exam)
- · AIEED entrance exam 2022 (All India entrance examination for srsign0
- · WWI entrance exam 2022 (Whistling woods international entrance exam)
FASHION DESIGNING SYLLABUS AND SUBJECT
The topics taught as part of a Fashion Design course vary as
per the Degree/ Diploma/ Certificate that candidates are offered on completion
of the course. Apart from this, there can be slight variations in the fashion
design course curriculum from college to college.
SYLLABUS REQUIRED TO
STUDY FASHION DESIGN
Drawing or Fine Art, history, Physics, Chemistry,
Biology/Agricultural Science, Literature in English and relevant NTC/NBC and
NVC Trades. In English Language, Fine Art and any other two subjects from
History, Clothing and Textile, Chemistry, Biology or Health Science, Technical
Drawing and Mathematics
FASHION DESIGN TOP RECRUITERS
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Raymonds |
Benetton |
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Arvind Garments |
ITC Ltd. |
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Levis |
Lifestyle |
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Madura Garments |
Modelama Exports |
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Omega Designs |
Orient Craft |
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Pantaloon |
Proline |
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Shahi Exports |
Span India |
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Spykar |
Swarovski India |
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Uni Style India |
Texport Overseas |
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Snapdeal |
Shoppers Stop |
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Pearl Global |
Mahajan Overseas |
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Kimaya |
Gokuldas Images |
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Indus League Clothing |
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Some famous Fashion Designers who hire
graduates of fashion design course are as follows:
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Manish Malhotra
·
Rohit Bal
·
Varun Behl
·
Raghuvendra Rathore
·
Sabyasachi Mukherjee
