B.Design in Fashion Design

A career of fashion design is very popular and extremely suitable for those who have a creative bent of mind, innovation, and ability to think out of the box. The course deals with applying design, creativity and natural beauty to outfits and lifestyle accessories is termed as Fashion Design. Today, modern fashion design can be classified into different categories including ready to wear (for masses, standard sized) and haute couture (for specific customers, custom sized).

After doing B.Design in Fashion Designing, applicants can establish themselves as Fashion Designer, Fashion illustrator, Fashion coordinator, Fashion consultant, etc. Apart from these core profile on this subject, there are additional career profiles such as Exhibition and Visual Display Experts, Design Managers, Entrepreneurs, etc. Undoubtedly, these are the high profile career. Also, there are different types of designer such as Clothing designers, Footwear designers, Costume designers, etc.

Courses after 12th & Duration

Candidates need to pass class 12th to start B.Design UG course. The duration of the course is 3 years.

Skills required to pursue the course

Candidates who want to take up the Fashion Designing course must be skilled at drawing as it is a vital part of the course. Apart from this, the problem-solving ability is highly required along with creativity. Creativity and Study fashion trends and anticipate designs that will appeal to consumers play a major role in fashion designing.

Eligibility Criteria

As per the rule of eligibility criteria drafted by NIFT. Maximum age should be 23 years as on 1st October 2018. The upper age limit may be relaxed by a period of 5 (five) years for candidates of Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe/ Person with Disability (PWD) categories 2A. Educational qualification for Bachelor of Design (B.Des) Programmes (Fashion Design / Leather Design / Accessory Design / Textile Design / Knitwear Design / Fashion Communication)

The +2 level examination in the 10+2 pattern of examination of any recognized Central/ State Board of Secondary Examination, such as Central Board of Secondary Education / State Board New Delhi, and Council for Indian School of Certificate Examination, New Delhi. or • A passing grade in the Senior Secondary School Examination conducted by the National Open School with a minimum of five subjects

                                                                          Or

 •3 or 4-years diploma recognized by AICTE or a State Board of Technical Education. or • Any Public School/Board/University Examination in India or in foreign countries recognized by the Association of Indian Universities as equivalent to 10+2 system. or • General Certificate Education (GCE) Examination (London/Cambridge/Sri-Lanka) at the Advanced (A) level/ International Baccalaureate (IB).

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Admission Process

For candidates to the UG Design programmes, the selection process comprises a written examination comprising of a Creative Ability Test (CAT) and General Ability Test (GAT), followed by a situation test to be undertaken by shortlisted candidates of the written examination.

Candidates shall be evaluated on the various parameters as listed below by a panel, in the Personal Interview: 1) Career orientation 2) Aptness for the course 3) Overall personal achievements in academics and co-curricular activities 4) Communication 5) General awareness and aptitude, creative and lateral thinking.

Counseling: The details of counseling of successful candidates of the examination process viz. the mode, dates, and procedure will be available on the website in the month of May / June 2019.

Jobs and Career Scope

There are lots of job opportunities are for graduates in B.Des such as Design Managers, Textile Designer, Fashion Forecasters, Costume Designer, Fashion Stylists, Cutting Assistant, Interior Designer Entrepreneur, etc. Various industries/employment areas are open for the job such as Corporate Houses, Furniture Manufacturing Units & Accessories, Fashion Accessory Design, Fashion Show Management, Boutiques, etc.

Top companies, job roles, and  salary

The top companies such as BookMyShow, Mindtree,  Camphire hire Fashion Designer. Even Government jobs are also open for the candidates such as the National Institute of Fashion Technology ( NIFT), National Institute of Design, and The Indian Textile Industry recruit talented B.Des graduates for various posts.

The various designations with their responsibilities  involve

• A fashion merchandiser has to create campaigns, displays and advertisements and sales strategy for fashion houses and retail houses.
• Duties of Fashion forecaster is to calculate season, target market, colors, fabrics, texture, etc.
• The primary duty of a fashion stylist is to select clothing for print or television campaign, music video, concerts, etc.
• A design manager has to bridge the gap between design and delivery of the project.

Top Institute in Bangalore which offer Fashion Designing

• National Institute of Fashion Technology, Bangalore
• IIFT - Indian Institute of Fashion Technology Bangalore
• LISAA School of Design, Bangalore
• NITTE School of Fashion Technology and Interior Design
• Faculty of Art and Design, M. S. Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences

Higher Study option

After doing B.Des, candidates can also do M.Des. They can pursue study abroad in Fashion Designing if aspirants wish to.

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