Symbiosis Institute of Design, Symbiosis International, Pune

Symbiosis and Amity are good undoubtedly, I would like to suggest that LPU has designed a cutting edge course for Fashion designing. At LPU, a fashion design course is a course that covers the art of designing beautiful clothing and fashion accessories. These courses look at the work of famous designers and the culture of the time to show students how great fashion designs come to be. You can make a career in the following fields. Fashion Designer. Fashion Illustrator. Fashion Stylist. Fashion Coordinator. Fashion Consultant. Fashion Merchandiser. At LPU one can learn
FASHION PHOTOGRAPHY Acquire photographic skills for creative visualization and representation. FASHION STYLING This course aims at the innovative application of styling and grooming concepts. The student will work individually or in groups to apply the concepts of grooming and styling to create impeccable looks and lookbooks. INDUSTRIAL TRAINING The course enables a student to work with industry for a full term, where student shall apply the skills learned during his entire design programme. INTERNATIONAL IMMERSION programme Students will have an international exposure of institutes, industries and corporate. It helps students find new grounds for learning overseas. KNITWEAR DESIGN The course shall equip students with understanding and application of photography in accordance to fashion industry
LINGERIE DESIGN The course imparts the skill of developing pattern and construction of lingerie with knit and stretchable fabric. It imparts special construction skills for lingerie wear. This course is important because of recent expansion in the field of lingerie market and gives new employment and entrepreneurship opportunities to the students. PERIOD COSTUME WORKSHOP Develop period costumes for films, theater and other visual media. SEMINAR ON SUMMER INTERNSHIP Provide hands-on experience by understanding the latest trends in fashion and designing of garments by working with industry experts using the latest technology. VISUAL MERCHANDISING, WORKSHOP ON FASHION ACCESSORIES
There are workshops, shows, field visits, industry visits held from time to time to pad up the theoretical training with practical. The highest salary offered for the course was 5lpa and the average was 3.1 LPA.

Dear Aspirant, Without any comparison, being alumni of LPU, I would recommend LPU for design programmes. My elder sister has done her B. Design Fashion from Lovely Professional University and today she is successfully running her own Brand, she was also part of internship projects with leading Fashion stylists. I will be sharing a few major highlights of the Fashion Design course based upon her experience. The School of Fashion Designing of Lovely Professional University is doing extraordinary works in the field of Designing. They are conducting Fashion Shows regularly for the students. It gives a great chance to the students to show their talent in front of a big audience. Prominent designers are also taking part in the events. So, surely it is a big opportunity university is providing to the students in Lpu. The infrastructure for the practical works are very excellent in the university. Students can enjoy the course curriculum which has given more importance to practical knowledge. Scholarships have one other significance. Students can avail scholarships based on their score in the qualifying exam or according to the performance in the University test. Anyhow you can enjoy the campus and course here, and can excel in the field once you are completing the course. Experimental Design And Production
Students are encouraged to experiment with different materials to create conceptual wear and accessories. Educational Trips And Industrial Exposure
Students are exposed to fashion shows, craft fairs, industry internships and craft documentation. Skill Oriented And Application Based Teaching
Intensive exposure to practical work in Pattern making, Draping, Weaving, Printing, Dyeing, Garment Construction labs. Live Projects
Students are given various Live-projects during the course of the programme to create commercially viable designs. I hope this helps you in making a wise decision. All the Best!

Imagine working in an environment where style and creativity are the focus. If this sounds like your ideal career, you may want to consider earning a degree in fashion design. Fashion design is a highly competitive and exciting industry where only the most talented professionals advance. My elder sister has done Fashion Designing from LPU itself so there are certain key highlights as I am not aware about Symbiosis Institute. Fashion designing emphasizes on the following traits :
1. Design Foundation :Full focus on the design aspect of all branches of fashion like Garments, Accessories, Crafts, Dyeing, Printing, Embellishments etc.
2. Skill Development:High focus on developing design thinking and intensive practical training through exploration of courses like Elements of Design, Design process, illustration, garment construction, design process etc.
3. Software Skills: Curriculum is equipped with 21st century digital technologies in design
4. Industry Immersion: Trainings, projects and guest lectures collaborated with industries help to learn from real life situations. Different kinds of areas which could be explored in fashion Designing :
a)KNITWEAR DESIGN
The course shall equip students with understanding and application of photography in accordance to fashion industry
b) PERIOD COSTUME WORKSHOP
Develop period costumes for films, theater and other visual media. C)SEMINAR ON SUMMER INTERNSHIP
Provide hands-on experience by understanding the latest trends in fashion and designing of garments by working with industry experts using the latest technology. D) STUDY TOUR-CRAFT STUDY AND DEVELOPMENT
Gain practical experience through working on the real time craft practitioners
LPU is also a fascinating ground for fashion start ups. Some names include Nidhi & Ankita brand name Akhyan, Sumandeep hand brand name SumanHanda Design, Abhishek Harshbardhan brand name Harshbardhan, Aditi Brand name Pankh, Tanvi Bansal Modian Designer House. LPU has faculty from premier design institutes to sharpen design visualization and execution. Labs and equipment to simulate the industry environment with practical exposure to the fashion industry right from design to merchandising. Option of specialisation in Design or Technology. Quality learning has created skilled professionals that are recruit-able much before they graduate. There are 15+ global brands for placement and training,16+ labs to stimulate industry environment and 20+ lifestyle products created every year.

There are many other universities which are good for this programme. I would say Lovely professional University is good based on all the aspects. Moving beyond the brick and mortar classroom, Lovely Professional University expose you to experience from around the world using online platforms, alumni networks etc. LPU curriculum is benchmarked with some of the best universities of the world, but continues to retain its uniqueness and innovativeness. It is up-to-date and linked closely with employer demands making the graduates best fits. Based on this programme a student has the career opportunities like Visual Merchandiser, Apparel procurement manager, Fashion retail store manager, Fashion designer in Export/ buying/ Retail houses, Apparel and design production manager, Fashion educators (teaching) or entrepreneur of fashion boutique, owner of production house of fashion apparel, Fashion stylist and many more options are there. The workshops are conducted for hands on experience on graphic design, knitting technology, digital marketing, design portfolio, fashion design and grooming, fabric draping etc. LPU organizes various styling workshops as well as Mega fashion shows which are very helpful to the students. Major companies in this field are:- Michael Kors, Armani Exchange, SatyaPaul, Genesis, Tommy Hilfiger, Raymond, Ginni&Jony, Gant, JCT, Monte Carlo, Duke, Neva, U-V & W, Rage, Shopper's Stop, DNMX, Pantaloons, HiDesign, Madame, Derby, York, Rituwear, Mufti, Diva, Nahar, Lagoona exports, Vinayak exports, matrix clothing etc.