Fashion Design

A fashion designer visualizes, plans and implements a dress or attire including its fabric, texture, color code, accessories etc. The design is sketched before the dress is put in for stitching and all nuances like comfort, size, season etc are taken into consideration for the same.Creating a style, using the right fabric, the right cut and a good finish, the designer turns out either a singular creation (one of its kind) that may sell for a king’s ransom, or more usually, outfits that will reach a retail outlet in different sizes and colours. In certain cases, the garment may even be...

  NIIFT (Northern India Institute of Fashion Technology) , Chandigarh revealed that it is looking forward to partner with UK based fashion designing institutes for degree courses. The institute has also requested the director of UK Trade and Investment to help the institute in partnering with the designing institutes in UK. One of the biggest advantages of collaborating with UK based institutes will be that it’ll expose Indian students to a broader international horizon, taking them to a next level of personal and professional development. Besides it will also keep Indian...

Career in Visual Merchandising includes a wide spectrum of innovative ideas applied in the creative presentation of a particular item or service. This course is specially meant for professionals who yearn to imbibe the art of impeccable presentation emanating verve, flamboyance and simultaneously drawing the attention of consumers in the retail stores, exhibition, fashion, boutiques and museums. Merchandisers are coordinators, who are involved in every stage of the products development from concept to sales. They study buying trends and the buyer's needs, and then liaise between the...

Footwear promises to add a punch to your personality. Without the glass slippers, Cinderella might just have been another girl in a pretty dress. Dorothy may never have found her way home again without the ruby slippers. With growing demand and choice for footwear that has led to a spurt in the number of companies including some international players, dealing with footwear production and export- career in footwear designing is going to boom. Keepingfashion trends in mind, footwear’s are made from leather, plastic, canvas, jute, rubber and even cloth. The footwear industryhas...

Do you like to spend your time in markets looking for the latest retro fashions? Do your friends always want to borrow your chic shoes and your funky accessories? If so, maybe you should take a walk down the fashion runway. As a student in fashion merchandising, you’ll learn about fabrics and textiles. You’ll also get to study the cultures and subcultures that shape the way people dress. Fashion merchandising revolves around the business side of fashion and offers incredible opportunities for students who love fashion and want to make a career of buying, product...

The entrance of Indian fashion designers into the international arena is a commendable feat. To make it easier for upcoming fashion designers, the government as well as privately funded institutions has introduced comprehensive courses that allow the Indian youth to consider the fashion industry as a viable career option. Over the last few years India has seen a lot of fashion and design focused institutes bloom and more and more students taking up the course as a serious degree. Eligibility: - Performance in entrance exam For undergraduate programs - 10+2 with a...

Fashion has always got something extra to offer and designing being the inevitable part of it also makes a suitable career avenue. The gem and jewellery industry is one of the most creative segments across the globe. The trade offers tremendous growth and exceptional career opportunities for many and given an opportunity of proper training and experience, only sky is the limit. It is no longer a cloistered trade carried out by semi-literate goldsmiths in family vaults, passed down like a well-kept secret from generation to generation. Instead, thanks to the advances in technology, it...

Footwear Design & Development Institute popularly known as FDDI is rated among the premier design and management institutions in the world. The Institute has an impeccable track record of 100% placement for all its pass outs in major Multinational and Indian companies. It is widely recognized as a centre of excellence. FDDI Kolkata campus has rigorous training programs that are focused on creativity, innovation, leadership, teamwork and the global business milieu . The institute conducts wide range of professional programmes in the area of Retail Management, Footwear Design,...

  A dashing career where one can procure due credits for style and creativity.  Fashion designing is fast becoming a serious profession even within the conventional domains in the country filliped by the extension of the mass media. Fashion Designershave their own creative style of dressing and believe in setting trends rather than following trends by others. If colors, textures and images turn you on, its about time to pick up that drawing board and let your imagination flow! If one is creative and artistic enough to add some style to otherwise cognate items, one can take up a...

Interior designing involves planning and designing the interior elements of a house, apartment, office or other structural space, including colour scheme, fittings, furnishings and sometimes architectural features. The architects consult with the interior designers about traffic patterns and may ask them to plan the placement of stairways, windows, and doors, as well as cabinets and other built-in units. They draw up floor plans or sketches, which are done more and more with computer-aided design, or CAD, than by hand. Once the plans for designs are approved, the interior designers supervise...