FIELDS OF EDUCATION, CAREER OPTIONS AND PROSPECTUS

FASHION DESIGNING

Fashion Designing: Overview

Fashion designing is an art of creating apparels and related accessories to set a lifestyle statement. Modern fashion design comprises of 2 basic categories viz. Haute-Couture, and Pret-a-porter or Ready-to-Wear.

People entering the field should have a good eye for color, style, and shape, an ability to sketch, and some formal preparation in design. Fashion designers should be artistic, creative and must have imagination. Flair for creating with fabrics and know-how of textiles is important. They must be fashion conscious and aware of market requirements. An understanding of the market and customer lifestyle is required, so that designs are suitable for people they are made for.

If one has the correct knowledge of textile, patterns, color coding, texture etc. there is no limit to the permutations one can think of in terms of designs.

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