Answered a Query... DESIGN FUTURE I have completed my graduation (BA sociology) this year. I am now thinking of taking up fashion designing and want to pursue it as a career. How should I decide? Tisha Singh From an upcoming profession, fashion designing has developed into an established mainline career today. But the fancy salaries and glitzy photo-features we see in the double-page spreads of fashion glossies are only for the handful of genuinely talented designers graduating from the premier fashion schools. That too, after years of sweat and hard work. For the rest, establishing a foothold in the industry is no cakewalk. Moreover, carving a successful career in any of the many design-related fields demands the right mix of skills and talents. You must possess good creative and visualising ability, be good with colours and design, be able to sketch/draw/paint reasonably well and be good with your hands. If you fit the bill, then why just fashion design, even other design-related careers such as textile design; knitwear design; accessory and jewellery design as also footwear design could be good career options. Other creative fields that you could consider are visual merchandising, graphic design, product design and architecture and interior design. However, if your creative skills are not that heightened and you still desire a career in a creative field, then check out courses such as fashion merchandising, fashion styling, fashion management or even fashion communication. If you are not sure about joining a course in any of these fields straight away then take up short term diploma courses in some of these areas. This will help you get a better idea of what is involved in each discipline and your suitability for it before entering into a full-fledged course.
Posted on: Tue, 03 Sep 2013 11:18:31 +0000
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