Fashion Designer

Hi Lavi,
To start a career as a fashion designer, two types of qualifications are required:
1. Natural: this skill set would comprise of a decent aesthetic sense, colour expertise, good taste and sense of trends and fashion. An eye for detail and knowledge of fabrics is also important.
2. Acquired skills would be a qualification from a decent, recognized fashion Institute. You can enroll for either a full-time course or a part-time certificate course. Students usually take these up after their 10+2 level. While the academic requirements are not very high, you need considerable aptitude and talent to be labeled designer material. You must be highly creative to combine colours, shades and textures and express your ideas through sketches.
Your race for admission into a reputed fashion school will begin straight after school. Subjects like drawing, painting, home science and computer graphics will develop your creativity.
By the time you finish the course you will have mastered the step-by-step making of a garment: from designing to pattern making, production and even marketing. The career in fashion designing starts as a trainee designer after the completion of respective courses and later enters into higher stages of the fashion industry. The basic instinct of artistic nature, creative mind with excellent talent in making sketches and a good sense of choosing colours suitable for the need, etc., are the necessary attributes for an aspiring fashion designer.
For more details, please follow the link:
https://www.shiksha.com/design/fashion-design/articles/career-opportunities-with-fashion-designing-courses-blogId-13983
https://www.shiksha.com/design/fashion-design/articles/career-as-a-fashion-designer-what-s-it-like-blogId-3979

Here are some qualities required to become a Fashion Designer:Strong Business Sense: A great fashion designer has excellent business skills. You understand budgets, marketing, and sales concepts that are vital to getting designs produced and sold.Good Communication: A number of people are involved in the creation of a garment, and as designer, you must be able to effectively communicate to everyone involved what he or she expects.Sense of Competition: You continually strive to do better than your peers to come up with quality innovative designs quickly.Highly Creative: You have a great sense of style and are constantly coming up with new ideas for fashions.Strong Drawing Skills: Excellent drawing skills mean you can easily sketch your ideas onto paper to start the production process.Good Eye for Materials: You have an eye for the materials of a garment, as well as the elements that make it unique, such as color and fabric.Strong Sewing Skills: You can construct the garments you design. You understand what materials work best in the designs you are developing.Team Player: Great fashion designers work well as part of a team. Designing a garment for production involves the work of many, from pattern making to sewing to shipping.