The need for studying fashion design, the required characteristics are explained, Later on the job opportunities at each level starting from the primary, post masters degree and other sectors are also discussed in the presentation.

1. FASHION DESIGNING
(COURSE AND CARRIER OPPORTUNITIES )
Dr. S. Aishwariya,
INSPIRE Fellow (DST) and Assistant Professor,
Department of Textiles and Clothing,
Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women, Coimbatore

3. QUALITIES TO BECOME A
FASHION DESIGNER
 Basic Needs Practice
 Boost Up Your Sketching or Drawing Skills
 Research More Online Fashion Design Courses
 Develop Your Skills In Vogue And Trends
 Focus Your Efforts To Be Successful Fashion Designer
 Explore More In Fashion Flair
 Start With Small
 Willingness Is More With Patience
 Network is The Key
 Build Your Brand

4. SCOPE OF FASHION DESIGNING
 The fashion designers in the 21st century have multiple number of
options including research, designing, cloth production and textile
designing, etc.
 There is also a huge scope of fashion designing in Canada, USA, UK
and countries in the European Union.
 They are free to join garment manufacturing companies, fashion
houses, export units etc. after the completion of their studies.
 The scope of fashion technology is not only limited to garments. It
covers many other aspects such as make over, jewellery,
accessories, footwear, etc.

5. JOBS POST FASHION DESIGN
GRADUATION
• @ Primary level – (B. Sc)
• In textiles
• In manufacturing and design
• Sales
• Retail merchandising
• Retail management

6. @ PRIMARY LEVEL – (B. SC)
1. Biotique
2. Designer in movies, short flims, dance shows, photoshoots for new
store launch
3. Tirupur – Garment industry – Fashion designer - Men, women and kids.
Eg: Order from Canada for kids
4. CAD designer for T-shirts
5. Home Textile Designer – Textile Designer
6. Graphic designer – website
7. Pattern making designer – TUKA CAD, Speedstep, Lectra
8. Blogger
9. Make up artist

7. Higher studies: Diploma in
•Fashion Design
•Fashion Business Management
•Fashion and Lifestyle Entrepreneurship
•Visual Merchandising
•Fashion Design and Management
•Fashion Communication
•Fashion journalism

8. CAN PURSUE ANOTHER DEGREE ….
 B. Des. (Fashion Design)
 B. Des. (Leather Design)
 B. Des. (Accessory Design)
 B. Des. (Textile Design)
 B. Des. (Knitwear Design)
 B. Des. (Fashion Communication)
 B. FTech. (Apparel Production)
 M. Des. (Master of Design)
 M.F.M. (Master of Fashion Management)
 M. FTech. (Master of Fashion Technology)

9. OR CAN TRY COURSES OUTSIDE INDIA
 Fashion Institute of Technology, New York
 London college of Fashion, UK
 Mod Art International, Paris
 Ontario College of Art and Design, Canada
 Swinburne University of Technology, University in Melbourne, Australia
 Farnham University, UK.
 Colorado state university (USA)
• Royal Academy of Arts, Netherland
• BGMEA Institute of Fashion and Technology (BIFT),
Dhaka
• University of Southampton, UK
• China Central Academy of Fine Arts
• Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago,
Chile
• École nationale supérieure de création industrielle
(ENSCI), France
• HUF HAUS, Germany
• Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, US
• Academy of Arts ( San Francisco)

10. Major options include
•Can go for higher studies M.Sc., MBA., Diploma, CAD
•To conduct Short term courses
•To work as a free lancer
•To work as an intern in companies
•Can work in garment industry as pattern maker, garment construction
supervisor
•Teaching / Professor (NET exam qualification) – can pursue – M.Sc., M. Phil.,
Ph.D., Post Doc., D.Sc
•Research : Passion for experiments – Scientist
•Become Entrepreneur – manufacture non-woven, fiber processing, garment
production
AFTER GRADUATING “TEXTILES”

11. CARRIER IN
MANUFACTURING AND DESIGN
• Start a production house – try to eco-certification and labelling
• Can open a spinning/ weaving/ knitting or non woven industry
Eg: packing bags, facial masks, sanitary pads, compostable diapers
• Involve a set of designers and start a design studio
• Begin a start up for accessory store – new concept in garment/ jewellery/
accessory/ specific line like  Flowers in pendants
 Papers accessory
 Transgender fashion
 Garments for differently abled
 Recycled garments
 Up-cyled fashion
 Khadi fashion / handlooms
 Natural dyed and sustainable textiles

12. CARRIER IN
MERCHANDISING AND MANAGEMENT
• Retail : one piece selling
• Retail merchandising : various activities which contribute to the sale
of products to the consumers for their end use. Every retail store has
its own line of merchandise to offer to the customers / JOB: RETAIL
MERCHANDISER
• Retail management: (is just more than sales) It is work done behind
like buying goods, inventory, sales, customer service. They will think of
ways to sell goods and increase the sales and also on the customer
satisfaction/ JOB: RETAIL MANAGER

13. CARRIER IN
SALES,
MARKETING AND
MERCHANDISING
• Export houses,
• Store manager,
• Visual merchandiser

14. CARRIER AFTER COMPLETION OF
FASHION DESIGN
@ Primary level – (B. Sc)
In textiles
In manufacturing and design
Sales
Retail merchandising
Retail management

16. TOP JOB CHOICES INCLUDE
Fashion Designer : Designs and stitches garments – Should
be very updated on trends and fashion forecasting
Fashion Illustrator : Just illustrates, works under a designer.
Makes the idea and creativity of the designer on a paper
Fashion Stylist : use the source garments from boutique/
stores and plans the look of the model -makeup, dress code,
hairstyle : India and abroad-scope high

17. TOP JOB CHOICES INCLUDE
 Fashion Coordinator : Not involved in designing- but on branding and
marketing. Framing policies of the brand, legal issues organizing fashion
shows, advertising product
 Fashion Consultant/ image consultant : A receptionist in a huge brand –
talks with the client on her body type, garments best choice for them and
takes in charge of the whole garment to reach to customer satisfaction
 Fashion Merchandiser : sell fabric to companies: These professionals
need to possess the knowledge of fabrics, fashion trends, hues, textures,
market demand of fashion products, production procedures etc

18. VISUAL MERCHANDISING
STORE DECORATION BASED ON A THEME

19. VISUAL MERCHANDISER
Designing window displays,
Arranging store merchandise,
Creating props and accents,
Organizing clothing placement,
Styling mannequins, and
Spearheading marketing campaigns

20. FASHION RETAIL MANAGER
 The person has a understanding of fashion and business
 There are lots of process in fashion retail management that includes
 managing orders,
 accounts,
 finances,
 after-sales support
 In order to do that one must know the fashion trends, designs, merchandise, and
fixtures
 Capitalise on Your Assets, Display Your Brand Identity, Invest In Your Staff, Manage
Inventory Efficiently, Create Meaningful Relationships, Finance Management,
Collaborate, Referral Programs, Leverage the Power of Social Media and Develop
Customer Profile

21. FASHION RETAIL MARKETING
Merchandising is the planning involved in
 marketing the right merchandise (goods)
 at the right place
 at the right time
 in the right quantities
 at the right price
it is an integrated, end-to-end business process that runs from planning
the assortment, to sourcing, to distribution, to allocation of the
goods to the stores, to promoting and selling the assortment to the
customers and finally to replenishing inventory as necessary

22.  Other activities that make merchandising effective, such as advertising,
displaying, creating an attractive ambience, harmonious reception of
the visitors i.e. prospective customers

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