Fashion Designing

Fashion designers design outer and inner garments and accessories to go with it. Fashion is a term commonly used in relation to clothes, dresses, garments, textiles, etc. India enjoys a prominent place in the international market with its rich silks, traditional hand loom fabrics, rustic textures and vibrant dyes. The creation of a world market for Indian garments is largely the contribution of Indian fashion designers. The trends of growth are set for upcoming fashion entrepreneurs.

Fashion designers go through the following steps in designing garments. They do market research for customer needs, social customs, international fashion trends and fabrics available. They study competitors products and sales information.

Key elements to possess :

• Creativity
• Artistic
• Interest in sketching
• Eye for detail
• Sensitivity to colours, shades and tones
• Visual imagination
• Ability to think in three-dimensions to translate into garments what they visualize
• Fashion conscious
• Good communication
• Persuasive 
• Observant

Fashion Designers can find jobs as costume designer, fashion consultant, personal stylist, technical designer, graphic designer, production pattern maker, fashion coordinator, apparel production manager, fabric buyer, fabric quality control manager, show room sales representative, illustrator, cutting assistant and outside sales representative in this industry. They can also become entrepreneurs and form their own companies.

Prominent institutes in Fashion Technology are :

• National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) at New Delhi, Mumbai, Calcutta, Gandhinagar, Hyderabad and Chennai
• National Institute of Design (NID) Ahmedabad;
• International Institute of Fashion Technology (IIFT), New Delhi
• Indian Institute of Art and Fashion Technology (IIAFT), Mumbai
• IEC School of Art and Fashion, New Delhi;
• Pearl Academy of fashion, New Delhi
• J.D Institute of fashion Technology, New Delhi;
• Apeejay Institute of Design, New Delhi
• National Institute of Fashion Design (NIFD), Chandigarh