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THE
CAREER:- Fashion
creates impressions, images...... of a person on the move, and hence, Fashion
Technology and design is a career where winds of adventure and innovation are a
daily characteristic. The fashion
trade is a combination of creativity and flair for aesthetic and an art,
together with the technical knowledge base for mass production.
While creativity, art and aesthetics continue to play a major role in
fashion, this rapidly expanding field demands increasing professionalism.
Here, fabrication, garments manufacturing and marketing are the rudiments
of transforming an essentially mercurial business into an economically viable
proposition.
TO
DO IT:- To
do a diploma, no basic qualification is required.
One who has penchant for creativity and can put creative ideas into
action can join. There are many
private institutions in Hyderabad and elsewhere offering such courses.
To do a full fledged professional course the National Institute of
Fashion Technology, New Delhi, is the place.
The admissions are through an entrance exam, practical work and
interviews. The basic qualification
is a degree in any field. It can
also be done as a part time qualification with out affecting the regular
academic schedule.
OFFERED
AT:- National
Institute of Fashion Technology, lndira Gandhi Indoor Stadium, East plaza, '1'
Gate, P.B. No. 7152, New Delhi-1 10 002 Ph: 3322183, 3322512 FAX: 3323116.
Many other private institutions.
ITS
PROSPECTS:- There exists a very vast market both domestic and
international, to tap and set up a fashion garments unit, design houses,
freelance work of designer, textile technologist, fabric and textile
merchandising and marketing, in garment manufacturing, pattern making., fashion
art etc. Setting up an own
manufacturing unit is one of the very prosperous opportunities in the field
besides working for thousands of national and international textile units.
Running boutiques, designer collections for display and sale, organising
regular exhibitions etc.
ITS
DEMANDS:- Creativity,
aesthetics, visualisting ability, artistic bent of mind, expressive skills,
scientific bent of thought, business acumen.
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