Hi Mahika! What to start a career in fashion designing? This article will give you a brief idea about this fashion designing line. Lets follow the following steps to become a fashion designer.
Make sure you first research about this line clearly. You have to be highly eligible with your skills and qualifications before entering into this industry.
1. National Institute of fashion and technology- they prefer NIFT entrance exam of their own.
2. National Institute of design- they prefer NID DAT (design aptitude test)
3. Indian Institute of technology, bombay, IDC school of design- they prefer UCEED as their entrance.
4. Indian Institute of art and design- they prefer IDAT as their entrance
5. Footwear Design and Development Institute- they prefer FDDI- AIST entrance exam.
Here are best colleges mentioned above. You need to find our the best one for you, considering their fees and facilities. These designing colleges require high amount of fees but provide internships also. You need to find out which college will give you better placement or internship. Usually NIFT is no. Institute for designing, but other colleges are great too. You need to find out which one is best for you.
Designing entrance exams are though, you need genuine creative mind and skills to qualify those exams. Every exams conduct more than 2 rounds which includes written part to test general ability, creative part to test creative ability, studio test or situation test round and an Interview round. You need to practice hard to qualify these gates. Moreover, build a well prepared portfolio. This will be required in your interview round.
As a fashion designer, you need to constantly upgrade your portfolio, as you will need it in your every aspect of your life. Make a strong portfolio to keep your working record.
These are the basic steps to be a fashion designer.