Latest trends in fashion designing industry

21313009867_aiwfabricbody.jpgFashion industry is a global industry and is one of the fastest emerging industries of India. The industry has made an outstanding performance in the recent years and has the potential to make a mark internationally. A lot Indian fashion shows are organized every year at the metropolitan cities of India. All top designers of India exhibit their designs to make clients and earn appreciation at such a popular stage.

India is the epicenter of textiles and handicrafts industries; there are many handicrafts industries in the towns and small cities of India. India is the largest exporter of textile garments and fabrics and second largest producer of silk. Today Indian fashion designers are largely inspired by the simple but elegant apparel designs of these small scale industries. They use silk and cotton in their apparels time to time. These designs are also appreciated internationally for their uniqueness and elegance.

Films and TV soaps are the major areas of fashion designing. A lot of designers design apparels, accessories and jewelry for movie stars and TV soaps actors. This has boosted fashion designing industry and fashion is spread across the general masses.  Several top-notch Indian designers design apparels for movies, TV soaps and other reality shows on AIR. They are being paid a handsome amount for every film project they work with. Today, many prestigious film banners design the clothes for the movie from the top designers only. However, this was not the case earlier and fashion was not promoted at such a large extent.

Today, Fashion industry not just caters with the demand of younger generations but it covers almost people of all ages. Fashion designers design clothes for every occasion from wedding to parties, conferences and even funerals.
They not just look after the interest of their high profiled clients like celebrities and elite classes but they also cover the middle class segment. Today people from middle class follow fashion closely and this has led to the tremendous progress of fashion designing industry. A career in fashion designing is promising and rewarding, all successful designers earn a good sum of money and appreciations.

Fashion designing is a highly paid job and with the advancement of fashion designing industry there is ample scope for amateur fashion designers. Designer clothes, shoes and accessories have become a symbol of status. A series of designer stores have opened in the metropolitan cities of India where you would find collection of extravagant designer items and accessories.

With the spread of fashion among the Indian masses, several export houses, textile mills, boutiques, garments stores and factories have formed their business in the market. Multi National Companies have also come up with their apparels and accessories in the Indian market to lure fashion freaks.  Fashion industry has become a billion dollar industry around the world.   A lot of young aspirants are eager to make a career in fashion designing which has given rise to a series of fashion designing institutes in different parts of India.

Many Indian fashion designers have also exhibited their designs at the international arena with the beauty contests and fashion shows which took place in a foreign soil. They have designed clothes for the supermodels of India and beauty queens who go to various countries for their ramp shows and contests.

Fashion & Design Academy

01313009868_dscf0040.jpgFashion design as a career is particularly in demand especially by young people and the worldwide school possibilities are vast. But the myth of the fashion industry and the career profile given to the public have often little to do with the reality. Today the fashion industry consists of more than only beautiful dresses and creative talent for lasting success. The challenge the designers face lies in viewing the business in its entirety and the difficult balance between design and commerce. Nowa- days, brands pre-define themselves through lifestyle and world experience. To be successful in the fashion market it requires founded knowledge over strategic marketing, sales strategies, PR and production.
Since 2009 the Berlin platform Fashion Patrons, has organised a Fashion & Design Academy with the goal of offering further training and a well-balanced and versatile programme in order to pave the difficult way of starting a company. Covering themes such as business and market-relevant processes, the present conditions of the fashion industry, future development as well as new communication concepts and strategies.

The different workshops and lectures will be given from a successful line-up of advisors including: Christina Kaesshoefer, Head of Marketing Diesel Germany // Ulrike Moeslinger, Head of Marketing & Management Galeries Lafayette Berlin // Rike Doepp, CO-Owner & Creative Director Agentur V // Mario Lombardo, Creative Director – office Mario Lombardo // Katharina Kemmler, Brand Consultant // Kerstin Geffert, CO-Owner Silk Relations Agency // Adalbert Kurkowski, product management Berliner Bank // Alexander Bretz, cultural lawyer // Sylvia Hansen, Project Manager Startup Bootcamp Copenhagen // Ilya Morgan, CEO Deluxe Distribution // and Karin Leiberg, Fashion Journalist, Markets & Trends consultant.
The coaches dedicate themselves in individual modules to the main topics of brand market- ing, strategic brand presentation, brand positioning, PR social media business, business plan & financing, sales, business management, trend – & market research, and look book design.
The next Fashion & Design Academy will take place from 16- 28 August, as well as from the 04 – 16 October in Berlin. The individual module of the two workshop cycles consist of two weeks each and are held is English.
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Fashion Designing Courses in India

11313009866_black-toile-fabric.jpgFashion is about creating a whole new personality. Fashion is about defining contemporary lifestyles. In a way fashion designing is an art of creating and set a life statement. It’s not just simple dressing anymore, but how we live our life. Fashion designing is one of the most lucrative careers of the time. Fashion Designing as a profession has recently emerged as one of the most sought out careers among the young. A career in Fashion Design not only involves meeting glamorous people and interacting with rich and famous but also gives an impetus to the creative flair of the people who possess a sense of style.

Today it is a status symbol to wear garments designed by renowned designers. Because of this, the demand for professional Fashion Designers is on the rise. One who has done a course in Fashion Designing will never be short of work opportunities. One can find employment in a company that manufactures fashion items like buttons, scarves, broaches and hairclips. One can also join as an assistant to a well known Fashion Designer. One can also freelance as a Fashion Designer for a domestic company or an export house. Alternately, one can become self-employed by setting up a designer boutique of one’s own. The prospects increase in this field with increase in experience.

For becoming a successful fashion designer certain personality traits are expected to be possessed well in advance. These are like a visual imagination, a sensibility for colour , fabric and style, the ability to work under pressure and as a part of a team, understanding and appreciation of prevalent tastes, customs, traditions, and trends in various strata of society and in the different parts of the country.

Fashion designing courses in India

Fashion Designing Course is a good mix of theoretical inputs and project works. Theoretical inputs are provided on Fashion Studies enabling one to research and assess contemporary fashion issues and interpret design ideas within parameters of practical and commercial design issues. A second module, Cultural Studies, helps one to develop a perspective on socio-cultural influences on design, with special reference to India/ the sub-continent. In the Product Development Module, the focus shifts to the ability to systematically locate, interpret and use a variety of generic and contextual information and technical aspects of materials & processes required for developing a fashion product. Practical projects include producing one’s own fashion presentation, networking with external resources and independently developing innovative concepts using appropriate raw materials. There are various courses in fashion designing in which young aspirants can look forward as a career like Costume Designing, Fashion Consultant, Fashion Stylist, Pattern Designer, Fashion Merchandiser, Garment Manufacturing, Fashion and Knitwear technology, Embroidery fabric painting and a lot more.

Fashion Designing Institutes India

There are various fashion designing institutes and colleges in India which help in building careers for aspirants in fashion technology. Some of the premier Fashion Designing colleges are:

•    National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT)
•    National Institute of Design Paldi, Ahmedabad
•    PEARL ACADEMY OF FASHION, New Delhi
•    ARMY INSTITUTE OF FASHION AND DESIGN, Bangalore
•    Mayura School of Fashion , Trichy Tamil Nadu
•    School of Fashion Technology , Pune
•    Fashionista the school of fashion technology, new delhi
•    Academy of fashion and Art, New Delhi
•    JD Institute of fashion technology, New Delhi