Career in Fashion Industry

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STATUS OF THE INDIAN FASHION INDUSTRY
•The Indian Fashion & Luxury goods industry is booming!
•The Textile Ministry in it’s VISION -2010 has envisaged that Indian garment exports will reach a figure of $ 50 billion by 2012, generating over 12 million jobs -a target set by no other sector!
•The domestic Indian Textile market is worth $25 billion today and growing at an annual rate of 15-20%.
•As per industry estimates, the Fashion & Luxury goods market will exceed Rs. 1,000 crore by 2012 and require thousands of trained professionals in the fields of design, management, communication and technology.
IMPORTANT DATES FOR ENTRANCE EXAMS
OCT / NOV : NID, NIFT, IID Forms Out!
DEC : Pearl PG Forms Out!
JAN 1 Week : NID ENT. Exam. IICD Forms Out !
FEB :NIFT, NID ENT. Exam. PG ENT. Exams.
APRIL : Pearl (UG), SRISHTI, IICD, SID, NIIFT, Apeejay Forms Out! NID & NIFT Studio /Situation Test & Interview.
MAY : NID Studio Test & Interview. IID Symbiosis, Apeejay ENT. Exam.Coll. of Art Forms Out !, 22 MAY JIMS Rohini Entrance
JUNE 1 Week : Pearl & NIIFT ENT. Exams
JULY 1 Week :.Coll. of Art Ent. Exams. Pearl & NIIFT Situation Tests & Interviews.
Fashion Designers
Fashion designers develop new styles and products for clothing apparel and accessories by creating original designs or by adapting fashions to suit local conditions, trends and buyers. They are the ones who approve final samples before they go into production. The designer begins the designing process only after thorough market research, i.e., understanding the needs of the client/market in terms of changing trends, budget etc. Accessory Designers specialise in designing shoes, bags, scarves, jewellery, ties, etc which complete the look of the garment.
Personal Attributes:  Fashion designers need to be artistic, creative and must posses ability to translate ideas in sketches, must have keen sense of colour i.e. combination of shades and tones, visual imagination & knowledge of market trends.
Educational Qualification: Basic qualification for a course in fashion designing is 10+2, it varies depending on the course chosen.
Job Prospectus: They can find employment with professional designers as apprentices, with manufacturing units, export houses, boutiques, media as costume designers, freelancing for fashion houses and boutiques and at the same time it is a rewarding possibility for self employment by opening your own boutique.
Fashion coordinators arrange and supervise the marketing of fashion clothing for manufacturing houses, textile firms and retail stores. It is a highly competitive job involving a variety of functions. They advice on latest fashion trends, organise fashion shows, assist in advertising i.e. promoting sales and liaison with fabric dealers to ensure that the fabric, buttons and colours are of the correct shade, quality and design. Coordinates may be required to travel widely to get an idea of the fashion trends.
Fashion Consultant must be aware of the trends and transitions in the fashion market along with knowledge about fashion designing. They are expected to offer ideas regularly on how to further develop a product to be readily absorbed in a market. He/she should be a sharp observer sensitive to changing trends.
Fashion Stylist has to coordinate the entire wardrobe for a fashion show or programme to promote the sales of the products. It involves coordinating the dress, accessories, make up, hairstyle, even the colour of the nail polish of the model according to the theme and the overall look of the show.  Sometimes a stylist is even involved in fabric selection. He/ she has to be well versed in the trends and happenings in the industry and also have a keen sense of current fashion trends.
Fashion Journalist is an overall in-charge of a fashion magazine. It is through them that the general public gets to know the latest fashion trends.
•He/she should have excellent taste for fashion and keep themselves abreast with latest fashion news, consumer reaction to new collections, fashion shows, current and future trends in colour, design and fabric. Today fashion journalist has a bright scope for employment as there is a need for exclusive articles and programmes with the development of fashion industry.
Fashion Photography is an extremely creative and well paid profession. Fashion photographer needs to have a keen eye for aesthetic detail, a thorough knowledge of cameras and the technicalities involved in taking pictures, of light, distance and perspective to be successful. He/she should be inventive and able to visualise and communicate his ideas,  at the same time must be sensitive to the moods of the models and interact freely with them. Fashion photography is one of the choices that photographers can diversify into. They can do freelancing and find employment with fashion houses, designers, fashion journals and news papers.
Textile Designer or Fabric Designer : designs woven, knitted or printed fabrics for clothing and other home ware items like carpets, tableware etc. They treat the yarn through different types of processes to give it a particular finish. The textile designer also make drawings of initial concepts and work with various yarns and fabrics taking into account the final use of the fabric by translating the designs into marketable fabrics.
•Textile designers work within and alongside industries such as fashion, interior design, and textiles. They may also work under professional designers or as freelance designers working with a client base.
NIFT ADMISSION PROCEDURE
•Written Entrance examination in General Ability (GAT) + Creative Ability (CAT) / Management Ability Test (MAT) in February.
•GAT consists of Quantitative Ability, Communication Ability , Comprehension Ability and Analytical Reasoning.
•CAT consists of Drawing, Design & Colour Excercises to determine “the candidates’ creativity, colour- sesitivity, eye for detail and originality.”
•MAT consist of VIKALPA i.e case studies, Industry awareness & Business Domain GK.
•The written test held in April now and is followed by Situation Test / G.D & Interview ( for Mgmt.) in May-June.
• Forms come out in October. For UG Courses, students in Class XII or + for PG Courses those in B.A III yr or + are eligible and .
•Forms for the CE NIFT 1-Year Certificate Courses are out in June / July and a Common entrance Exam is held in the 1st week of July /Aug.
COURSES AT NIFT

UG courses in Design (4 yrs)
•Eligibility-10+2
1. Fashion & Apparel
2. Fashion & Textiles
3. Fashion & Lifestyle Accessories
4. Fashion Communication.
UG Course in Fashion Technology (4 yrs)
•Eligibility-10+2 with MATHS
PEARL ACADEMY OF FASHION, New Delhi
•Through a written test in General proficiency (English , Arithmetic & logical reasoning ) and Design Aptitude (sense of line, colour, proportion, perspective & Creativity) in the first week of June followed by G.D / Situational Test & Interview in the second week of June.
•Entrance Exam Centres are in -Delhi, Jaipur, Lucknow Chandigarh, Kolkata, Mumbai, Chennai, and Bangalore.
COURSES OFFERED at PEARL
UG- Programmes- 4 Yrs.
•B.A (Hons.) Degree in Fashion Design at (Delhi, Jaipur, Chennai)
•Fashion Merchandising & Production ( Delhi, Chennai)
•Fashion Retail Merchandising at (Delhi)
•B.A (Hons.) Degree in Communication Design. at (Delhi)
•B.A (Hons.) Degree in Textile Design at Delhi)Jewellery Design at Jaipur.
APEEJAY INSTITUTE OF DESIGN, New Delhi
4 Yrs. Bachelor in Design
PG COURSES
1. FASHION DESIGN *TEXTILE DESIGN*
2. INTERIOR DESIGN
2. GRAPHIC DESIGN*CERAMIC DESIGN.
PROCEDURE
Entrance Exam for ALL Courses in May.
SYMBIOSIS INSTITUTE OF DESIGN (SID), Pune
ADMISSION PROCEDURE

Step I. Take SET – Symbiosis Entrance Test. Register online at www.set.test.org.
Step II. Purchase the SCOD prospectus & application form The SET Entrance Exam is held in the I week of May, followed by a Studio Test and an Interview in June at Pune. Centers for the Written Entrance Exams are Delhi and Pune.
COURSES OFFERED AT SID
4 YRS FULL TIME DEGREE    PROGRAMME
1. Bachelor of Design (B.Des) in Communication Design
2. Bachelor of Design (B.Des) in Product Design
3. Bachelor of Design (B.Des) in Fashion Communication
4. Bachelor of Design (B.Des) in Fashion Design
5. Bachelor of Fine Arts
Eligibility:
H.S.C (10 + 2) or equivalent in any stream with minimum 50% marks.
SNDT PREMLILA VITHALDAS POLYTECHNIC, Mumbai
ADMISSION PROCEDURE
Entrance through Aptitude test in June + S.S.C Result weightage.
COURSES OFFERED
UG Programmes – 3 Years
1.BSc. Fashion Design
2.BSc.Fashion Communication
3.BSc.Jewellery Design

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