What is Fashion Designing and what are the skills required to become a Fashion Designer?

Hello,

Introduction:

Do you really admire Sabyasachi Mukherjee ,Manish Malhotra , Rohit Bal ,Ritu Kumar , Sandeep Kholsa and many more? Do you have a dream of becoming a fashion designer and you like to read Vogue’ magazine, watch fashion shows and go through fashion blogs, idealise Coco Channel. You want to shine in this field but you are not sure about your decision.Then this article will surely help you.

What is fashion designing?

Fashion designing is an art of innovating or adding beauty to clothing by using certain accessories. The job of a fashion designer includes, sketching fashion ideas, cutting out and sewing the clothing item, attending fashion shows, using tailoring skills to perfect the fit, drawing patterns to create garments,and selecting fabric

Skills required for becoming fashion designer :

For becoming fashion designer one should be creative, innovative and determined , having good

knowledge of the fashion market requirements. Fashion designers should be interested in learning new things and interested  in reading journals, magazines, and books on fashion design history and new trends.

1. Creativity and Artistic Skills:

If you have a creative mindset ,good imagination and you like to do artistic things then this career will suit you.

2. Good observer :

Apart from being artistic you must be a good decision maker. You are required to have good visualising skills for visualising minute details of fabrics like the ruffles and pleats formed at the end of a skirt, at the waist of a top or the sleeves.The best fashion designers have an amazing taste and a great eye for all the delicate intricacies.

3. Good communication skills:

The entire designing procedure, whether it be jewellery, footwear, clothing or accessories, requires collaboration with colleagues. One can't work on a project alone. So you should be a social person.You should be clear about your own thoughts and you are able to express yourself freely.

4. Trustworthy and punctual:

You should work according to clients expectations,

If you have given any project then complete it within a specific time period. Understand the taste and preferences of your clients. Be reliable to them.

5. A Sharp Business Sense:

For surviving in the fashion world, you must have a thorough understanding of business, including the key business areas like finance, sales, and marketing, which are essential to becoming successful in the fashion industry. Creativity is the soul of fashion, but without any understanding of business, it is really hard to profitably sustain a fashion brand.

6. Confidence

Eligibility for becoming Fashion Designer:

Candidates must complete 10+2 or its equivalent from a recognised school board in India.

After the completion of class 12, candidates can prepare for the entrance examinations like NIFT, NID and other entrances for admission in UG & PG design courses.

Entrance exams:

1. NIFT: It will be conducted once in every year. Candidates will get admission in the university and its affiliated campuses. The 16 affiliated campuses of the NIFT consider the NIFT entrance exam to offer admission.

2. Pearl academy of fashion

3. Common Entrance Examination for Design (CEED)

4. Footwear Design and Development Institute (FDDI)

5. All India Entrance Examination for Design (AIEED)

6. Indian Institute of Art and Design (IIAD)

7. MIT Institute of Design Entrance Exam

Careers in fashion designing:

1. Retail Manager:

It is responsible for promotions and marketing work.He/she also heads the human resources and finance department in smaller enterprises.

2.Fashion Stylist:

Stylist is responsible for choosing the entire wardrobe of a fashion show. His/her job is to pick the right pieces from anyone’s wardrobe or from a designer’s collection, which would suit the client’s character, body type, the kind of occasion the dress is getting selected for.

3. Fashion consultant:

One has to keep a close eye on the latest trends of the market. The role of a fashion consultant also requires individuals to be keen observers of the changing fashion trends.

Other popular career opportunities are :

1. Textile designer

2. Footwear designer

3. Apparel designer

4. Makeup artist

5. Sketching assistant

6. Fashion Journalist

Top recruiters of fashion designer:

1. Allen Solly

2. Raymonds

3. Adidas

4. Pantaloons

5. Bats

6. Lifestyle

Books & Study Material to Become Fashion Designer :

For cracking entrance exam one should gather proper sources for preparation.Choosing right study material for preparation is very important to obtain a good score. Below are some of the best books and study material for career in the field of fashion designing:

1. NIFT Exam Guide by Verma

2. Concepts of Pattern Grading

3. NIFT Exam Guide by Dr. R. P. Datason

4. NIFT Entrance Exam- Self Study Guide

5. Popular Master Guide NIFT by R. Gupta

A career in fashion designing can prove very promising for those who like to travel. A career in fashion designing offers a lot of opportunities of traveling abroad if the clients are residing over there.

Top Colleges to pursue career as Fashion Designer :

1. National institute of fashion designing, Mumbai

2. National Institute of Design,Ahmedabad

3. National Institute of Design,Bangalore

4. Footwear Design and Development Institute,Noida

5. National Institute of Fashion Technology,Chennai

Hello ,

Fashion designing is a particular course in which you can learn about the art of applying a particular design to the fabric and make it look aesthetic.  There are many types of fashion designing courses such as

1. B.Des in fashion design

2. B.Des in textile and leather design

3. B.Sc in lifestyle and accessory design etc.

For studying fashion designing you need to complete your 10+2 course with minimum of 50% marks and write entrance exams such as NIFT., NID DAT etc., There are many scope after this course i.e.,

Fashion designer.,

Fashion stylist

Quality controller

Fashion coordinator etc., There are many brands which recruit you in them as fresher.

You can check the link below to know more about the course

Fashion Design Courses, Subjects, Colleges, Syllabus ... - Careers360 (http://Fashion%20Design%20Courses,%20Subjects,%20Colleges,%20Syllabus%20...%20-%20Careers360)

Hope this helps you out. Good luck

• You must have a good business skills or buisness sense.
• You must have a good communication skills.
• You must have a competitive spirit or mind, and you must always try to push your limits and to overtake others.
• And as I mentioned above that creativity and art are the main ingredients for any fashion designer.
• You must have talent to compliment a garment or fabrics or colours.
• You must have a strong sewing skills.
• Team work is also important in this field.
• You should have knowledge about the current fashion trends.
• And your decision making skills muddat be good. Because if you hesitate, then it will create a bad impact on your professional impression.
• Also you have great computer skills, like how to use computer-aided design (CAD) programs.

Hello there,

Fashion Designing is a field where you will have to go in an entire creative process to create various clothing materials.

You'll have to create actual clothing from the idea that you think of and execute the stepwise process to turn that idea into a finished garment. The steps will include making of sketch, specifying dimensions of garment, color combinations, fabric selection, and then the actual making of the garment.

To be a successful fashion designer, you need following skills

1. Good Business Sense
2. Good COmmunication skills
3. Creative attitude
4. Artistic ability
5. Sense of style and current fashion trends
6. Team management and Team working
7. Visualization Skills
8. Detail oriented thinking.

To start your career in Fashion Designing, you can do a degree course in such as B.Des and further do masters in same.

You can see details of colleges offering the courses in the following link :

https://design.careers360.com/colleges/list-of-fashion-design-colleges-in-india

Good Luck!!