Candidates who complete the course successfully can find excellent jobs in the garment, leather, and jewellery industries as merchandising executives, fashion designers, illustrators, fashion co-coordinators, and so on. Such candidates are also sought after by export houses, textile mills, garment store chains, boutiques, leather companies, jewellery houses, and fashion show organisers.
1. Fashion designers create original designs or adapt fashions to local conditions, trends, and buyers to create new styles and products for clothing, apparel, and accessories. They are in charge of approving final samples before they are put into production.
The designer begins the design process only after conducting extensive market research, i.e., understanding the client's/needs market's in terms of changing trends, budget, and so on. Accessory Designers specialise in creating shoes, bags, scarves, jewellery, ties, and other accessories that complement the look of the garment.
2. Fashion coordinators plan and direct the marketing of fashion clothing for manufacturers, textile companies, and retail stores. It is a highly competitive job with a wide range of responsibilities. They give advice on the latest fashion trends, organise fashion shows, help with advertising (promoting sales), and work with fabric dealers to ensure that the fabric, buttons, and colours are the correct shade, quality, and design. Coordinates may be required to travel widely in order to gain an understanding of fashion trends.
3. Illustrators create free-hand sketches of the designer's concepts. They must not only have exceptional sketching skills, but also excellent communication skills. When a new collection is introduced, the illustrator may be required to converse with customers, which necessitates the ability to interact. He/she is in high demand by major clothing companies and organisations.
4. Fashion consultants must be aware of fashion market trends and transitions, as well as have knowledge of fashion design. They are expected to provide ideas on how to further develop a product so that it can be easily absorbed in a market on a regular basis. He or she should be a keen observer who is sensitive to changing trends.
5. Cutting Assistants must cut samples according to the designer's specifications. A cutting assistant cuts samples, creates patterns, and changes them to ensure that the design visualised can be translated into a real dress.
6. Sketching Assistants create technical sketches of the garments as well as presentation drawings. The specification sketches are used to determine how a garment should be made. Sketching assistants are sometimes required to choose the fabric as well.
7. The Fashion Stylist must coordinate the entire wardrobe for a fashion show or programme to promote product sales. It entails matching the model's dress, accessories, make-up, hairstyle, and even the colour of her nail polish to the theme and overall look of the show. A stylist may even be involved in fabric selection. He or she must be well-versed in industry trends and happenings, as well as have a keen sense of current fashion trends.
The Textile Designer or Fabric Designer creates woven, knitted, or printed fabrics for clothing and other home furnishings such as carpets and tableware. They go through various processes to give the yarn a particular finish. The textile designer also creates sketches of initial concepts and works with various yarns and fabrics while keeping the final use of the fabric in mind when translating designs into marketable fabrics. Textile designers work in and with the fashion, interior design, and textile industries. They may also work as assistants to professional designers or as freelance designers with a client base. Colorists are essential members of the textile-printers, artist team. They work in either block printing or machine printing. To meet deadlines, they must keep track of colour samples and fabric pieces and work in a fast-paced environment. The colorist must be extremely organised and meticulously follow precise instructions.
Weavers, embroidery designers, dying and printing consultants, fabric analyzers, textile lab managers, fabric resource managers, and other textile design careers are also available.
Fashion Merchandisers are primarily in charge of marketing. He or she must research and analyse historical and current sales data. They must collect specifications from buyers and collaborate with fashion designers and the production team to create a product that meets market demands. They must be familiar with fashion trends, textures, materials, and colours on the one hand, and market demand and manufacturing processes on the other. Have analytical and communication skills at the same time.
They can find work in the garment industry, export houses, manufacturing firms, and so on.
Visual merchandising is a relatively new career field that has emerged in response to the growing popularity of window and floor displays. The primary responsibility of a visual merchandiser is to create eye-catching window displays. They can work in fashion boutiques, shopping malls, emporia, and so on. They also work as shop floor managers.
They can also do contract freelancing for window displays at exhibitions, fairs, and other venues.
Other job titles in this category include production coordinator, quality control supervisor, fashion retailer, export manager, and so on.
A fashion journalist is in charge of a fashion magazine as a whole. The general public learns about the latest fashion trends from them. He or she should have an excellent sense of fashion and keep up with the latest fashion news, consumer reactions to new collections, fashion shows, current and future colour, design, and fabric trends. With the growth of the fashion industry, there is a greater demand for exclusive articles and programmes, making fashion journalists an attractive career option.
Fashion photography is a highly creative and lucrative profession. To be successful, a fashion photographer must have an eye for aesthetic detail, a thorough knowledge of cameras and the technicalities involved in taking photographs, as well as an understanding of light, distance, and perspective. He or she should be creative and able to visualise and communicate his or her ideas while also being sensitive to the moods of the models and interacting freely with them. Fashion photography is one of the many avenues into which photographers can branch out. They can freelance and work for fashion houses, designers, fashion magazines, and news outlets.
Modeling Modeling is an option if you have an attractive and outgoing personality as well as good communication skills. Modeling is a well-paid profession that is divided into two categories: live modelling and photographic modelling. Live modelling is what we see at fashion shows and exhibitions, where models show off their clothes and accessories to potential customers. Photographic or still modelling is the practise of taking photographs for magazines, newspapers, catalogues, and commercial films. Modeling is a highly competitive field, so one must take care to maintain their figure and appearance. Good looks, height, an attractive physique, self-confidence, and a trendy way of life all contribute to a model's popularity. They should also be extremely photogenic. Patience and the ability to tolerate criticism are essential for survival and advancement. Models can work for designers, design firms, advertising agencies, and so on.
Fashion Stylists must coordinate the entire wardrobe for a fashion show or programme to promote product sales. It entails matching the model's dress, accessories, make-up, hairstyle, and even the colour of her nail polish to the theme and overall look of the show. A stylist may even be involved in fabric selection. He or she must be well-versed in industry trends and happenings, as well as have a keen sense of current fashion trends.
