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How Do I Start a Career in Fashion Design?

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Rashmi Basak 05 Apr, 2023 08:34 AM

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. 

Career in fashion designing

  • Be eligible

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. 

  • You need to qualify you 12th grade with minimum 50% marks. Different colleges require different percentage, keep that in mind. You can be from any stream that is for sure. 
  • You need to qualify entrance exams to enter any design school or college. Different school or college demands different entrance exams.

Here are top 5 colleges for fashion designing and their entrance exams for you

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. 

  • Choose the best one. 

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. 

  • Prepare well

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. 

  • Keep record

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. 

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