Fashion Designing (2 Year Program)

Fashion Designing

Fashion Designing is the art of the application of design and aesthetics or natural beauty to clothing and accessories. Fashion design is influenced by cultural and has varied over time and place. Fashion designers work in a number of ways in designing clothing and accessories keeping in mind changing consumer tastes.

Fashion designers design clothes which are functional as well as aesthetically pleasing. They must consider who is likely to wear a garment and the situations in which it will be worn. They have a wide range and combinations of materials to work with and a wide range of colors, patterns and styles to choose from.

Fashion Designing Courses: What You Can Expect

Fashion designing courses at INIFD-Andheri (Ishan Education) is structured to provide students with the creative, technical, and business skills needed to design clothing and accessories. In Fashion Designing institute you will have the opportunity to acquire the skills and knowledge to pursue entry-level Career in Fashion Designing and in all areas such as apparel, costume designer, patternmaker, or stylist.

You can pursue degree or diploma or certificate to focus on art history, principles of design, garment construction, textiles, computerized design, and drawing.

Fashion Designing College Curriculum: An Overview

The fashion design course teaches flat pattern drafting,garment construction, the use of color palettes, drawing,illustrations and draping. Students of Fashion Design Colleges Mumbai are introduced to traditional tools as well as industrial equipment used in the design of clothing.

To complement the creative skills that students are expected to develop, business classes are also a part of the fashion design's curriculum. Courses on Merchandising, marketing, and other business issues are also included. While fashion designing colleges graduates may not wish to work directly in the business area, it's important for them to have a basic understanding of the fashion business.

Academic exposure along with industry exposure afforded by fashion design course at INIFD-Andheri (Ishan Education) Mumbai can be the defining experience that fills your portfolio with design work and helps you to land your first real fashion design job.

Career Out of Fashion Designing School

Most fashion designing school graduates work for apparel manufacturing companies or in the wholesale distribution of apparel and accessories. Some fashion design school graduates work for themselves and design clothes for private clients. High-fashion designers work for large department stores or boutiques, for which they design original clothing for retail stores.

Most fashion design school graduates work for large apparel and accessories manufacturing companies. This side of the fashion business focuses on mass produced clothing, which is usually much less expensive than clothing designed for individuals or high-fashion department stores.

Those starting out in fashion design may take an entry-level job as an illustrator, patternmaker, stylist, or assistant designer. A career in merchandising is perfect for business-minded fashion design school graduates. As your career progresses, you may eventually land a position as an associate or lead designer for a large apparel company.

Fashion designing institute terms (Reference from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

A fashion designer conceives garment combinations of line, proportion, color, and texture. While sewing and pattern-making skills are beneficial, they are not a pre-requisite of successful Fashion Design. Most fashion designers are formally trained or apprenticed.

A technical designer works with the design team and the factories overseas to ensure correct garment construction, appropriate fabric choices and a good fit. The technical designer fits the garment samples on a fit model, and decides which fit and construction changes to make before mass producing the garment.

A pattern maker (or pattern cutter) drafts the shapes and sizes of a garment's pieces. This may be done manually with paper and measuring tools or by using a CAD computer software program. Another method is to drape fabric directly onto a dress form. The resulting pattern pieces can be constructed to produce the intended design of the garment and required size. Formal training is usually required for working as a pattern marker.

A tailor makes custom designed garments made to the client's measure; especially suits (coat and trousers, jacket and skirt, et cetera). Tailors usually undergo an apprenticeship or other formal training.

A textile designer designs fabric weaves and prints for clothes and furnishings. Most textile designers are formally trained as apprentices and in Fashion Design Institutes.

A stylist co-ordinates the clothes, jewelry, and accessories used in fashion photography and catwalk presentations. A stylist may also work with an individual client to design a coordinated wardrobe of garments. Many stylists are trained in fashion design institutes, the history of fashion and historical costume, and have a high level of expertise in the current fashion market and future market trends. However, some simply have a strong aesthetic sense for pulling great looks together.

A fashion buyer selects and buys the mix of clothing available in retail shops, department stores and chain stores. Most fashion buyers are trained in business and/or fashion studies.

A seamstress sews ready to wear or mass produced clothing by hand or with a sewing machine, either in a garment shop or as a sewing machine operator in a factory. She (or he) may not have the skills to make (design and cut) the garments, or to fit them on a model

A teacher of Fashion Designing Institutes teaches the art and craft of fashion design in art or fashion institutes.

A custom clothier makes custom-made garments to order, for a given customer.

A dressmaker specializes in custom-made women's clothes: day, cocktail, and evening dresses, business clothes and suits, trousers, sports clothes, and lingerie.

An illustrator draws and paints clothing designs for commercial use.

A fashion forecaster predicts what colours, styles and shapes will be popular ("on-trend") before the garments are on sale in stores.

A model wears and displays clothes at fashion shows and in photographs.

A fit model aids the Fashion Designer by wearing and commenting on the fit of clothes during their design and pre - manufacture. Fit models need to be a particular size for this purpose.

A fashion journalist writes fashion articles describing the garments presented or fashion trends, for magazines or newspapers.

An alterations specialist (alterationist) adjusts the fit of completed garments, usually ready-to-wear, and sometimes re-styles them. NOTE: despite tailors altering garments to fit the client, not all alterationists are tailors.

An Image Consultant, wardrobe consultant or fashion advisor recommends styles and colors that are flattering to the client.

2 years Program in Fashion Design

First Year

• Elements of design

• Illustration & fashion model drawing

• Drafting & pattern making

• Garment construction

• Fabric study

• CAD – I

• Fashion art

• Indian art & costume appreciation

• Embroidery & surface ornamentation

Second Year

• Design process

• Drafting & pattern making – II

• Study of Apparel marketing

• Garment construction – II

• Traditional textile & embroidery

• CAD -II

• Illustration

• World art and costume appreciation

• Pattern making, grading & draping

• Survey of apparel merchandising

• Documentation