Fashion designing is an art of creative details. It is a form of art dedicated to the creation of clothing and other significant and other lifestyle accessories. Fashion industry has grown by leaps and bounds and that too within a decade. Fashion designers have a good visual imagination and are able to think in 3 dimensions and put their ideas into garments.

 

Designers should have communication skills and be able to express their ideas clearly. But most important is that they have to be very original and have fresh innovative ideas. A designer should have competitive spirit, creativity, artistic ability, sense of style, knowledge of current fashion trends, strong visualization skills, some computer skills, and decision making skills and be detail oriented.

 

Fashion design is considered to be a very prosperous engineering education stream not only in India but abroad as well. For being a professional fashion designer you need to seek admission in under-graduate course in Fashion after passing 12th with minimum of 50% marks. Various institutes are offering under-graduate courses for 3 years and Master’s degree of 2 years. One may also opt for short term Fashion Design Courses in fashion designing such as Diploma or Advance diploma. Some colleges / institutes also offer specialized courses in fashion styling and forecasting, jewelry designing, knitwear designing, etc which are of minimum 1 or 2 years duration.

 

Fashion design has become highly competitive today. Fashion design education will help you understand everything about fashion design history, drawing clothes, fashion events or managing a fashion house. If you want to pursue a career in this industry you will have to work harder and develop several skills.

 

Scope & Career in Fashion Designing

 

Fashion designing is among the highest paying and popularly growing field pursued by many creative minds.  Upon completion of the professional course there are a numerous choices which can be turned as a career option. Though the competition is high and challenges a lot in the field, yet there is a great scope in fashion designing in India and abroad. Apart from the regular fashion designing, a candidate can go for research, cloth production, textile designing and much more. They also have the option to join a fashion house/ garments manufacturing units/ exports units or have their own showroom or a label of their own in the market. The fashion industry is not only limited to the garments, it also covers many other sectors such as, jewelry, accessories, footwear, etc. In this article we cover the various scope of the fashion world.

 

1. Fashion Designer 

2. Fashion Illustrator

3. Fashion Stylist

4. Fashion Coordinator

5. Fashion Consultant

Objectives of Fashion Designing

 

The program Objectives are derived from five domains of NSQF Level namely Process, Professional Knowledge, Professional Skill, Core Skill, Responsibility. After completing this programme, the student will be able to:

 

PO1:       Perform tasks in limited range of activities, familiar situation with clear choice of procedures.

 

PO2:       Acquire knowledge of principles and processes in the field of Fashion Design.

 

PO3:       Develop skills to accomplish quality tasks and solve problems using methods, tools, materials and information.

 

PO4:       Demonstrate skill of communication, collecting and organizing information along with knowledge of social, political and natural environment.

 

PO5:       Take the responsibility of own works and supervises others work.

 

PO6:       Select multidisciplinary and open subjects of own interest and perform self learning through Massive Open Online Courses.

FIRST SEMESTER

Sr. No.	SUBJECTS	STUDY SCHEME Periods/Week		Credits (C) (L + P = C)	MARKS IN EVALUATION SCHEME						Total Marks of Internal & External
					INTERNAL ASSESSMENT			EXTERNAL ASSESSMENT
		L	P		Th	Pr	Total	Th	Pr	Total
1.1	*English &Communication Skills– I	2	2	2 + 1 = 3	40	40	80	60	60	120	200
1.2	Basic Design & Illustration	4	4	4 + 2 = 6	40	40	80	60	60	120	200
1.3	Fundamentals of Pattern Making	4	4	4 + 2 = 6	40	40	80	60	60	120	200
1.4	Garment Workshop	–	6	0 + 3 = 3	–	40	40	–	60	60	100
1.5	*Fundamentals of IT	2	4	2 + 2 = 4	40	40	80	60	60	120	200
# Student Centered Activities(SCA)		–	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Total		12	23	22	160	200	360	240	300	540	900

*    Common with other Diploma Courses.

#    Student Centered Activities will comprise of co-curricular activities like extension lectures on Constitution of India, Games, Yoga, Human Ethics, Knowledge of Indian System, Hobby clubs e.g. Photography etc., Seminars, Declamation contests, Educational field visits, N.C.C., NSS, Cultural Activities and self study etc.

SECOND SEMESTER

 

Sr. No.	SUBJECTS	STUDY SCHEME Periods/Week		Credits (C) (L + P = C)	MARKS IN EVALUATION SCHEME						Total Marks of Internal & External
					INTERNAL ASSESSMENT			EXTERNAL ASSESSMENT
		L	P		Th	Pr	Total	Th	Pr	Total
2.1	Theory of Fashion	4	–	4 + 0 = 4	40	–	40	60	–	60	100
2.2	Textile Science	4	2	4 + 2 = 5	40	40	80	60	60	120	200
2.3	History of Fashion	3	–	3 + 0 = 3	40	–	40	60	–	60	100
2.4	Crafts of India	–	8	0 + 4 = 4	–	40	40	–	60	60	100
2.5	Basic Pattern Making and Garment C onstruction	–	8	0 + 4 = 4	–	40	40	–	60	60	100
2.6	*Environmental Studies & Disaster M anagement	2	–	2 + 0 = 2	40	–	40	60	–	60	100
# Student Centered Activities (SCA)		–	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Total		13	22	22	160	120	280	240	180	420	700

*       Common with other Diploma Courses

#  Student Centered Activities will comprise of co-curricular activities like extension lectures on Constitution of India, games, hobby clubs e.g. photography etc., seminars, declamation contests, educational field visits, N.C.C., NSS, Cultural Activities and self study etc.

 

Summer Industrial/In-house Training: After 2^nd semester, students shall undergo Summer Training of minimum 4 Weeks.

THIRD SEMESTER

 

Sr. No.	SUBJECTS	STUDY SCHEME Periods/Week		Credits L+P= C	MARKS IN EVALUATION SCHEME						Total Marks of Internal & External
					INTERNAL ASSESSMENT			EXTERNAL ASSESSMENT
		L	P		Th	Pr	Total	Th	Pr	Total
3.1	Industrial/In-House Training – I	–	2	0+1=1	–	40	40	–	60	60	100
3.2	Traditional Indian Textiles	3	2	3+1 =4	40	40	80	60	60	120	200
3.3	Fashion Retailing	4	–	4+0 =4	40	–	40	60	–	60	100
3.4	Design to Dispatch	3	–	3+0 =3	40	–	40	60	–	60	100
3.5	Pattern Making and Garment Construction	–	8	0+4=4	–	40	40	–	60	60	100
3.6	CAD in Fashion Design – I	–	8	0+4=4	–	40	40	–	60	60	100
# SCA		–	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Total		10	25	20	120	260	280	180	240	420	700

# Student Centered Activities will comprise of co-curricular activities like extension lectures on Constitution of India, Electoral Literacy, Motor Vehicles (Driving) Regulations 2017 etc., games, hobby clubs e.g. photography etc., seminars, declamation contests, educational field visits, N.C.C., NSS, Cultural Activities and self-study etc.

FOURTH SEMESTER

Sr. No.	SUBJECTS	STUDY SCHEME Periods/Week		Credits (C) L + P = C	MARKS IN EVALUATION SCHEME						Total Marks of Internal & External
					INTERNAL ASSESSMENT			EXTERNAL ASSESSMENT
		L	P		Th	Pr	Total	Th	Pr	Total
4.1	*English and Communication Skills – II	2	2	2+1=3	40	40	80	60	60	120	200
4.2	Apparel Management and Quality Control	4	–	4+0=4	40	–	40	60	–	60	100
4.3	Accessory Designing	2	4	2+2=4	40	40	80	60	60	120	200
4.4	CAD in Fashion Design –II	–	6	0+6=3	–	40	40	–	60	60	100
4.5	Open Elective (MOOCs+/Offline)	2	–	2+0=2	40	–	40	60	–	60	100
4.6	Minor Project	–	8	0+4=4	–	40	40	–	60	60	100
# Student Centered Activities (SCA)		–	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Total		10	25	20	160	160	320	240	240	480	800

*          Common with other Diploma Courses.

+          Assessment of Open Elective through MOOCs shall be based on assignments out of 100 marks.

# Student Centered Activities will comprise of co-curricular activities like extension lectures on Constitution of India, Electoral Literacy, Motor Vehicles (Driving) Regulations 2017 etc., games, hobby clubs e.g. photography etc., seminars, declamation contests, educational field visits, N.C.C., NSS, Cultural Activities and self-study etc.

Industrial/In-house Training: After 4^th Semester, students shall undergo Summer Training of minimum 4 Weeks.

 

 

Sr. No.	SUBJECTS	STUDY SCHEME Periods/Week		Credits (C) L + P = C	MARKS IN EVALUATION SCHEME						Total Marks of Internal & External
					INTERNAL ASSESSMENT			EXTERNAL ASSESSMENT
		L	P		Th	Pr	Total	Th	Pr	Total
5.1
5.2
5.3
5.4
5.5
5.6
# Student Centered Activities (SCA)
Total