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They say Knowledge is power & wisdom is knowing how to put that power to use. As an avid reader myself, I believe there is no better way to gain that knowledge and to learn how to use it than Books. People also say Books are a Human’s best friend; well, after Dogs of course. It does not matter whether you are an aspiring Fashion Designer or already an accomplished Fashion Designer, reading is going to help you expand your horizons and in this post I have brought you a list of Top Fashion Designing books that every Fashion Designer must read or should have read. While some of these books will help you understand the History of Fashion & the great battles of Fashion Houses or Brands and the wars of models on the Ramp/Runway the others will help you learn several aspects & techniques of Fashion Design itself. So, without further Ado, Let’s jump onto the list of books. Shall We? 1.       The End of Fashion by Tri Agins 2.  ...

What is Diploma in Fashion Design: Diploma in Fashion Design is one-year course designed in a way that a student can understand the fundaments of Fashion Industry and various aspects of Fashion Designing like Textile Design, Fashion Illustration, Boutique Management etc. This course is designed specifically for beginners to help them build a strong foundation and keeping in mind both kind of students — who wants to get a job after Diploma and the ones who wants to get into degree courses like  BSc in Fashion Designing . If you were afraid that you will learn just the basics of Fashion Designing and will not land a job after the completion of the course, let me tell you this. You will come out of Diploma in Fashion Designing course Job ready. Though you will not study the advanced concepts in depth as you would in a degree course, you will still get to learn some advanced concepts as you progress further in the course. Diploma in Fashion Designing Syllabus: The syllabus ...

Scope of Fashion Designing India is a land of plethora of ethnicities which brings diversity in the culture and traditions. Being from a land of such diverse cultures and traditions does give Indian Fashion designers an edge over others since they have so much to be inspired from. People all around the world are getting more conscious about their looks and aware of different Fashion cultures which is opening doors of great opportunities for Fashion designers. But the growth is as tremendous as it is around the world. Before we dive into the scope and everything of Fashion designing, lets have a look at numbers to give you an idea of how big the Indian Fashion Industry actually is. According to this article about Scope of Fashion designing , Indian Fashion Industry holds 13.5% of the world’s market share and accounts to at least 5% of India’s total GDP. Indian Fashion Industry is expected to grow to at least 223 billion dollars by 2021 from 108 Billion dollars – That’s almost...

Becoming A Fashion Designer is not as tough as you think neither it is as easy. Even though the process of becoming a Fashion Designer on paper is simple. Every profession demands certain Discipline and skill set for you to succeed in that profession. Especially when that profession is built on Artistic aspects. ---------------- You Might Also Be Interested In Reading About What Is Fashion Designing & How To Become A Fashion Designer ----------------- Hence, in this post we will be looking at the skills you need to possess to become a fashion designer, the course you can pursue and what the future looks like once you become a Fashion designer. Fashion Designer does not necessarily mean that you will be designing clothes all your life. Fashion Designing has a lot more to it than just designing clothes. The field has various specialties for you to specialize in like Apparel Design, Fashion Marketing, Jewelry Design, Store Management etc. So, without further ...

I have been telling this all the time in almost all of my articles. Fashion is an art and every Fashion Designer is nothing less than an artist. Same is true with Psychology. Psychology as well is nothing less than an art  in itself . But both are complete different fields. One deals with people’s appearance where as the other deals with people’s behaviour and pondering over how people’s thoughts and brain works and responds. But one thing that is  common in both Fashion & Psychology is that both of them deal with people. Psychology is one of those fields that intersects with almost every field you can think of. Psychology also has myriad of fields within it from behavioral psychology to social psychology. Did you know that there is a whole field of Psychology that deals just with Fashion  –  Its called Psychology of Fashion/Psychology of Clothing and another field of Psychology that deals with colors which is called Psychology of Colors. Since colors ar...

Image Source  :   Perks Of Being A Fashion Designer By Indian Institute Of Fashion Technology Bangalore Fashion Designing is without a doubt, a dream career for loads of people out there. Especially people who lean towards artistic careers. Fashion Designing is nothing less than art  in itself . You have the ability to make other people look good and that is nothing less than a super-power in its own way. Fashion Designing is one career which  is in a way recession proof and gets you a lot of fame if you are talented & hard working. It’s more or less like getting into Bollywood & working behind the camera (I know, not the perfect analogy but, you understand the point). Fashion Designing has evolved in many ways  from its inception in 1826, So has the designers. Loads of people think that  Fashion Designing is all about drawing designs on a sheet of paper & designing clothes — Very Far away from truth. Fashion Designing is also about ...