All you need to know about Career in Fashion Designing

All you need to know about Career in Fashion Designing

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Manashjyoti Hazarika
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Updated on Nov 29, 2024 14:43 IST

Fashion Designing is a glamorous career that is aspired by many students. But how exactly to make a career in the fashion industry and make a mark. We take you through the step-wise process!

Career in Fashion Designing - Fashion Designing has always captured the imagination of the public, but in the last few years or so it is also quickly becoming one of the popular career choices for students. The mainstreaming of fashion designing as a career choice is spearheaded by top design institutes like the NIFTs and NIDs. Students passing out of these institutes often dazzle the world with their creative geniuses and are in high demand. 

But to make a mark in the fashion designing world, the candidate needs to have good sketching skills, be creative, must be up to date with the latest fashion trends, and must be ready to work hard. 

If you also dream of making a career in fashion designing, you need to first get a diploma or an undergraduate degree and learn the ropes of fashion designing, including the basics of designing clothes and apparel.

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What exactly is fashion designing?

Fashion designing is the art of creating fashionable clothing and lifestyle accessories. Unlike products manufactured in a factory, fashion designing typically involves individually designing apparel and lifestyle items. In fact, the personal touch is one of the most significant features of fashion designing. 

Q:   Is there any age limit for appearing in NIFT 2025?

A:

In case of the B. Des and B.FTech programmes, the candidates should be less than 24 years as on July 1 of the admission year. There is relaxation of 5 years for candidates belonging to SC, ST, and PwD categories. However, there is no age limit for applying to the postgraduate programmes at NIFT. When applying for admission to design courses at the NIFTs, the candidate must also carefully go through the academic requirements. Note that even if a candidate qualifies the NIFT Entrance Exam but doesn't meet the prescribed eligibility criteria, he or she will not be considered for admission.

Q:   What are the eligibility criteria I need to meet to apply for UCEED 2025?

A:

To apply for UCEED 2025, candidate must the following THREE criteria:

Criterion 1 – Age limit: The candidate must be born on or after October 1, 2000, if belonging to the OPEN/EWS/OBC-NCL category and born on or after October 1, 1995, if belonging to the SC, ST or PwD category.

Criterion 2 – Number of attempts: The candidate is allowed to attempt UCEED a maximum of two times, and that too in consecutive years.

Note that the UCEED score is valid for one year and only for admissions in the same corresponding academic year.

Criterion 3 – Qualifying examination: The candidate should have passed all subjects in the qualifying examination (Class XII or
equivalent) in 2024 or should be appearing for the qualifying examination for the first time in 2025. Students from ALL STREAMS (Science, Commerce, and Arts & Humanities) are eligible.

Those who appeared for the first time in their qualifying examination (Class XII) in 2023 or earlier are NOT eligible to appear in UCEED 2025.

Q:   Is Maths required for NIFT?

A:

It is not compulsory to have studied Maths in Class 12 to appear for NIFT Entrance Exam. However, some questions from Mathematics are asked in the NIFT GAT section. Therefore, it is always beneficial to have some knowledge about the subject. The NIFT question paper for GAT will include questions from sections like logical and analytical reasoning, general awareness, verbal reasoning, and English . General knowledge questions may include topics like fashion industry, both local and global, and news of political and economic importance. The GAT paper will be conducted in a computer-based mode and will be for 120 minutes.

To succeed in the field, you must be able to weave magic with textiles, shades, shapes, and colors. Constant innovation is also a byword for success in the field.

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The task of a fashion designer

If you become a fashion designer, you will have to perform the following activities:

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  • Manage the designing process from conception to the end (finished product). 
  • Considering designs have to be trendy, you must be able to do market research to identify emerging and prevelant trends. 
  • You also must have a very keen eye as you will have to select the fabrics, clothes, and trims.
  • Make sketches for development packages  
  • You will also have to coordinate with designers to ensure the product is as per the required specifications.
  • During or before the product presentation, ensure the product is the right fit and design.

How to Pursue a Career in Fashion Designing

To become a fashion designer or make a career in fashion designing, the student must take up a diploma, undergraduate, or postgraduate degree course.

Course Level

Available Courses

Diploma 

Diploma in Fashion Technician

Diploma in Fashion Technology 

Diploma in Fashion Design

UG 

Bachelor of Design (BDes) 

Bachelor of Fashion Technology (BFTech) 

Bachelor in Textile Design 

Bachelor in Fashion Design and Management 

Bachelor in Design and Fashion Management 

Master

Master of Design (MDes) 

Master of Fashion Management (MFM)

Master of Fashion Technology (MFTech) 

Master in Fashion Design Technology

Master in Fashion Design Technology

Eligibility Criteria for admission to Fashion Designing Course

  • Diploma courses - For admission to undergraduate diploma courses, the candidate simply needs to have passed Class 10 exam. There is also no need to appear in any entrance exam, as admission is typically on the basis of Class 10 (qualifying exam) marks.
  • Undergraduate degree course - For admission to fashion designing courses offered by the top institutes, the candidate will have to appear in entrance exams like NID, NIFT, UCEED, SEED, Pearl Academy Entrance Exam, etc. The minimum academic requirement is 10+2 pass. 
  • Postgraduate degree course - Candidates who have done their graduation can take admission to PG courses in fashion designing. Popular entrance exams include NID, NIFT, and CEED.

Top Institutes to Study a course in Fashion Designing

Popular Fashion Designers in India

Manish Malhotra

Sabyasachi Mukherjee

Ritu Kumar

Rohit Bal

Tarun Tahiliani

Neeta Lulla

Anita Dongre

Anamika Khanna

Ritu Beri

Raghavendra Rathore

Top Fashion Designers in the World

  • Guccio Gucci
  • Alber Elbaz
  • Gabrielle Chanel
  • Cristobal Balenciaga
  • Riccardo Tisci
  • Halston Designer

Job Options for Fashion Designing in India

After completion of the fashion designing course, the student can take up any of the following jobs:

  • Fashion Designer
  • Makeup Artist
  • Fashion Journalist
  • Fashion Potographer
  • Model
  • Textile, footwear, or jewellery designer
  • Fashion Stylist
  • Retail Manager
  • Retail Buyer

Fashion Designing Jobs - Average Base Salary

Job Role

Average Base Salary Per Year

Design Intern

INR 364,384

Industrial Designer

INR 603,770

Textile Designer

INR 424,813

Fashion Designer

INR 368,686

Product Designer

INR 658,032

Design Manager

INR 1,187,789

Jewellery Designer

INR 414,823

Career in Fashion Designing - Frequently Asked Questions

Q. What are the advantages of pursuing a career in fashion designing?

A.  Here are some of the reasons why you may choose a career in the design industry, 
  • The job more or less is glamorous
  • The payment is decent
  • There will be no room for monotony, as you will be surrounded by creativity
  • You get to meet influential and important people
  • If you like sketching and designing clothes, you are in the right profession.

Q. What are some of the disadvantages of working in the film industry?

A.  There are also some downsides of working in the fashion industry:
  1. Being a creative world, you are always under pressure to bring something new to the table
  2. There are tight deadlines to be met
  3. It is not a 9-5 job. Far from it! Get ready to work long and extended hours.
  4. Being such a glamorous industry, there is always competition knocking at your door. So, if you slip up, someone else may end up taking your place.

Q. How can I become a fashion designer?

A. One way to become a fashion designer is to pursue a fashion designing course from a top institute. There are many popular degree courses available at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels that one may take up; some diploma courses are also good.

Q. What kind of jobs can I may get after completing a course in fashion design?

Q:   How many candidates appear for NID DAT?

A:

There is no official notification on the number of applicants for NID DAT 2024.

However, as per unofficial sources, around 15,000 applicants appeared in the NID DAT 2024 (Prelims) exam. Note that only shortlisted candidates were eligible to appear in DAT Mains. The DAT Prelims was held on December 24, 2023.

If the National Institute of Design releases the exam statistics for the NID DAT exam, the details will be updated here. Note that the current session of the NIFT exam is conducted by the NTA. Now considering the NTA releases the exam stats, including the number of applicants registered, appeared, qualified - it is likely the details will also be released for the NIFT 2024 exam.

Q:   What is the eligibility criteria for NIFT 2025?

A:

The eligibility criteria may differ depending on the course opted by the candidate. For instance, candidates seeking admission to the B. Des course needs to have passed 10+2 exam from a recognised institute and should be less than 24 years as of August 1, 2025. Relaxation of 5 years in the upper age limit applies for candidates belonging to SC, ST and PwD candidates.

Q:   How many students appear for CEED exam?

A:
A total of 6037 candidates registered for CEED 2023, out of which 4,910 candidates appeared, and 1,886 candidates qualified in the exam. By comparison, in 2020, 5,564 students took CEED exam and 1,724 qualified the exam. Common Entrance Examination for Design was given by 5,491 in 2019 and out of this number, 1,179 candidates qualified the design entrance test. Along with national-level exams like NID that and NIFT, CEED is among the most popular PG entrance exams in the country. The application form for CEED 2024 will open tentatively in the last week of September 2023.
A. A fashion designer may take up jobs like a fashion designer, stylist, make-up artist, retail manager, retain buyer, personal shopper, etc.

Q. What is the minimum eligibility criteria to become a fashion designer?

A. The student has to get enrolled into a design institute to become a fashion designer. The minimum academic requirement for admission into the undergraduate degree program is 10+2 pass. Also, the candidate will have to appear in entrance exams like NID, NIFT, SEED, and UCEED. Admission to diploma courses is based on 10+2 scores.
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