Fashion Designing as a Career
Fashion designing as career might be a glamorous one but it requires hard work and a keen eye for detail. One has to keep oneself abreast with the latest designing techniques and trends. You have to make products that are not only fashionable but wearable and cost-effective.
How to Reach your Goal
Step 1: Take up any stream after Class 10. You can study Commerce, Science OR Arts.
Step 2: If you are passionate about fashion designing, you should start now and instead of Bachelor’s degree in an academic field, you should enroll in a fashion designing institute.
One of the best institutes to offer a Bachelor’s course in Fashion Designing is NIFT. It has various centers in India. Admission is done on the basis of a written test and interview.
Step 3: Take up internships with any designing house or work under an already established fashion designer.
Step 4: Fashion Designing can be divided into three main branches — Garment design, Leather design, and Accessory & Jewellery design.
Do you have it in you- Creative ability – ready to think out of the box
- A knack for sketching and illustration
- Good computer skills with an ability to learn new technology
- Passion for designing
Pros and Cons of Fashion DesigningPros- Extreme job satisfaction
- Good pay packet after a certain level of experience
- Scope of creative outburst
Cons- Extreme pressure as you have to meet tight deadlines especially during wedding and festive season and also during fashion weeks
- Creative clash with your client especially if he/she is a celebrity
- Expensive profession if you are starting out on your own
- Odd working hours
PerksSalaries vary widely depending upon the experience and designing house that you are working in. As a fresher, if you join a retailer or a designing house you can expect something between Rs 10,000 to Rs 25,000 per month. There is no limit as you climb up the ladder.
Where to work
- Work as a designer in Designing houses
- You can work in Retail companies
- You can open your own boutique
Fashion Designing Institutes in India- National Institute of Design (NID)
- Apeejay Institute of Design
- National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT)
- Wigan and Leigh College
- Pearl Academy of Fashion
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