Being able to sketch a design on a drawing board is not enough in order to become a fashion designer. In order to have a career in fashion designing it is very important for a student to enroll and take up a professional course in Fashion designing. A course in Fashion designing will enable the student to acquire expertise in various sectors and areas of the fashion industry such as the manufacturing of garments, methods of apparel construction, dyeing and printing of various fabrics, computer-aided design and textile science.
A course in Fashion designing will assist you in discovering your area of interest depending on your aptitude and the variety of courses available. There are a large number of courses available in areas such as garment designing, jewellery designing, Accessory designing, Textile designing, Textile technology, and many more. There are a large number of degree as well as diploma courses for most of the specializations such as Accessory designing. Along with this there are a large number of courses which offer a Master’as degree. Several B.Tech, M.Tech and PG courses are also available for Leather and Footwear Science and Engineering etc.
In order to pursue a Diploma course in fashion designing, it is very important for a candidate to have passed 10+2 in Science, Arts or Commerce. In order to pursue a degree or a Post graduate course in Fashion designing a Bachelor’s degree is a must.
There are a large number of colleges in India which conduct and offer courses in Fashion designing. Majority of the colleges offering fashion designing courses are situated in major towns and cities such as Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Pune, Ahmedabad and many more.
In today’s world, Fashion designing is considered to be one of many exciting career options that are available to the youngsters today. One of the main reasons for this is the fact that the textile as well as the garment industry in our country have always done exceedingly well.
You can take up jobs dealing with costume designing, production pattern maker, fashion consultation, fashion coordinator, personal stylist, technical designing, illustrator, fabric buyer, graphic designing, apparel production manager, fabric quality control manager, show room sales representative, and many more. You can also take up jobs in various export houses which deal in garments, textiles or handloom exports, or television channels which have a lot shows dealing with fashion designing.
Fashion design is nothing but the art which deals with the designing of clothes as well as other accessories depending on the culture as well as the things that influence the crowd on a social basis at that point of time. There are a large number of Fashion designing colleges in India. A few of them are:
· Symbiosis Centre of Design, Pune
· Bangalore Institute of Fashion Technology ( BIFT), Bangalore
In the past few years, the Indian Fashion industry has gained immense recognition and popularity globally. It doesn’t look surprising if you watch Hollywood celebrities wearing outfits and designer clothes all designed by the Indian Fashion Designers.
There are thousands of such examples where the work of the Indian Fashion designers has been recognized and appreciated. These fashion designers have contributed highly in taking the Indian Fashion Industry global. A few of the many prominent personalities present in the Indian Fashion Industry are Aki Narula,who has designed clothes for movies such as Don, Bluffmaster, etc, Anita Dhongre, Anna Singh, Gauri & Nanika, Hemant Trivedi, Malini Ramani, Manish Malhotra, Narendra Kumar, Payal Singhal, Raghavendra Rathore, Rohit Bal, Ritu Beri , Sabyasachi Mukherjee , Suneet Varma, Surily Goel, Tarun Tahiliani, Wendell Rodricks.