Career in Fashion Designing

Fashion designing is one of the most exciting career options in today's world. It is needless to say that in a country like India, where textile and garment industries have been thriving for ages, the recent boom in fashion designing has led to innovation and new prospects in the existing domain of garment and accessory design. If you have a penchant for creativity, style and originality, a career in fashion designing can be perfect for you. On one hand, the fashion industry satisfies both the creative fancies and the materialistic needs of the people, on the other hand it promises glamour, fame, success and high pay packages to the talented people.

However, it is also a demanding career, as fashion designers need to combine their creativity with managerial skills to sustain in this industry. Thus, if you can create magic with colors, designs and shapes, just acquire apt professional skills to begin a successful career in Fashion Designing.

Scope for a Career in Fashion designing: A trained fashion designer can work in areas like designer wear production, planning and concept management, fashion marketing, design production management, fashion media, quality control, fashion accessory design and promotion of brands. 

 

You will also 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. Those interested in a career in fashion designing can also become entrepreneurs and form their own companies.

Companies for a Career in Fashion Designing: Though you can remain self employed, several export houses, garment store chains, textile mills, leather companies, boutiques, fashion show organizers, jewelry houses and media houses recruit professionals interested in a career in fashion designing. 

Courses in Fashion Designing: It is not enough that you can sketch a design on a drawing board. Students interested in a career in fashion designing, need to enroll in professional courses to gain expertise in various areas of this industry such as garment manufacturing technology, textile science, apparel construction methods, fabric dyeing and printing, color mixing and computer-aided design. You can identify your area of interest and match it with your aptitude while choosing from the courses offered in various areas of Fashion Designing. These courses are available in areas such as Accessory & Jewelry Design, modeling, garment designing, leather design, interior design, Textile Technology, Textile Design, Footwear design & allied subjects.

Below mentioned are the some of the leading Fashion Design Colleges in India:

Name & Address

Activity

E-Mail / Website

National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) Campus La Block, Near 16 N0. Water Tank, Sector III, Salt Lake City, 
Kolkata - 700 098

Fashion Design 

Email : toolikagupta@
niftindia.com
 
rubykashyap@niftindia.com 
Web: www.niftindia.com

Northeast Institute of Fashion Technology 
Bora Service Bylane G.S. road Guwahati Assam Pin Code : 781 007

2 years diploma in Fashion Designing. 

E-Mail: neiftghy@gmail.com 
Web: www.neift.com

The Northern India Institute of Fashion Technology. 
B-68, Phase VII, Industrial Area, Mohali - 160 055

Fashion Design & Garment Manufacturing 

Web:www.niiftindia.com/ 
E-mail : info@niiftindia.com

National Institute of Design
Paldi, Ahmedabad 380 007 
Gujarat

Industrial, Textile and Apparel design 

E-mail: academic@nid.edu 
pro@nid.edu

info@nid.edu 
Web: www.nid.edu/academics_ug.htm

PEARL ACADEMY OF FASHION 
A - 3, Naraina Industrial Area - Phase II, New Delhi - 110028.

Fashion Technology, Apparel Designing & Cloth Manufacturing

www.pearlacademy.com/

National Institute of Fashion Technology NIFT Campus, 
C A Site No: 21, Sector - 1, 27th Main, HSR Layout 
Bangalore - 560 034

Textile Design

E-mail - niftbng@vsnl.com

bngnift@rediffmail.com
Web: www.bangalore.
niftindia.com

National Institute of Fashion Technology
Old Mahabalipuram Road Taramani Chennai - 600 113

Apparel, Textile & Leather Design & Technology 

Email : admission@
niftindia.com
 
Web: www.chennai.niftindia.com

National Institute of Fashion Technology 
GH - 0 Circle, Gandhinagar - 382 007, Gujarat

Fashion design & Technology 

E-mail:
niftgnr@niftindia.com 
Web: www.gandhinagar.
niftindia.com

National Institute of Fashion Technology 
Opp-Hitech City, Madhapur, Hyderabad- 500081

Fashion Design, & Technology 

Web: www.hyderabad.
niftindia.com/

National Institute of Fashion Technology 
Sector 4, Kharghar 
Navi Mumbai 410210

Fashion & Knitwear Technology 

Web:www.mumbai.niftindia.com/ 

Email: admission
mum@niftindia.com

ARMY INSTITUTE OF FASHION AND DESIGN ITI Bhavan, Doorvani Nagar, Old Madras Road, 
Bangalore - 560 016

Fashion Design 

Email: nvrnathan@
aifdonline.com

info@aifdonline.com 
Web: www.aifdonline.com/
contactus.htm

Mayura School of Fashion Technology No.60, Chandrasekara Puram, Salai Road, Thillai Nagar, Trichy - 620 018 (TamilNadu)

EMBROIDERY, FABRIC PAINTING 

E-Mail : mayura
fashion@rediffmail.com

Web: www.texnett.com/
texmain/fashion
institute/ mayura/courses.htm

Government Institute of Garment Technology, Majitha Road Near By pass, Amritsar (Punjab) 

Fashion Design, Garment Technology 

E-mail : gigtasr@sancharnet.in 
principalgigtasr@yahoo.com
 
Web: www.punjabteched.
com/profiles/
inst/GGT.HTM

Heights Institute of Fashion & Technology 
P.P Towers, 3rd Floor, Netaji Subhash Place, Opp. TV Tower, Main Road, Pitampura, 
NEW DELHI-110034 (INDIA)

Fashion Design, Interior Designing 

Email : response@
heightsglobal.com
 
Web: www.heights
global.com/
fashionwing.htm

The Jewellery Design & Technology Insitute 
A-89, Sector- 2, Noida ( U P),
201 301

Jewellery Design & Technology 

Email : enquiry@
jdtiindia.com
 
Web: www.jdtiindia.com

Punjab Institute Of Textile Technology, 
Amritsar City

Textile Designing & Technology 

E-mail : pitt@jal.vsnl.net.in 
Web: www.punjabteched.com

School of Fashion Technology Soft Campus, Near Cummins Engineering College, Karve Nagar Pune - 411052 

Apparel Production, Design 

Email :softpune@vsnl.net

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