Fashion Designing Courses : Duration, Fees and Colleges

Highlights:

If you're passionate about fashion or if you have a creative mind when it comes to clothing and attire, then fashion designing can be a good career choice for you. There are various opportunities in this field if you're one of the type and interested in this field and various Fashion designing courses that you can choose depending on your education requirements and skills.

Fashion Designing is one of the most popular fields among the students who are interested in fashion and have pretty good skills to look on for creative courses. If you're aspiring to study fashion designing, then it is necessary that you find about the different types of fashion designing courses, their duration, eligibility and fees.

Apart from that, it is also necessary to understand about course structure of different fashion designing courses vary from institute to institute. This course is also depend on the credit awarded at the end of the course duration i.e., degree, diploma or certificate.

What is Fashion Designing? 

Fashion Designing is the art of applying design, aesthetics and specialisation to clothing and its accessories. The fashion designer begins with an idea of how a garment should look, turns that idea into a design (such as a sketch), and specifies how that design should be made into an actual piece of clothing by other workers (from pattern makers to finishers). The category of fashion designer includes people at different levels of the fashion business, from well-known couturiers, to anonymous designers working for commercial ready-to-wear houses, to stylists who might make only small modifications in existing designs. Fashion designers hold a special place in the world. 

Their talent and vision not only play a major role in how people look, but they have also made important contributions to the cultural and social environment.

 Fashion Designing Eligibility Criteria :

Aspirants who have cleared their 10+2 from any stream (Science/Commerce/Arts) can pursue a Fashion Design course at the graduation level. However, most popular Design colleges allow candidates to take part in their admission process only if they have completed their schooling from a recognised board. To pursue such a course at the postgraduate level, design graduates are preferred but aspirants from other courses/streams can also apply. 

How to be a Fashion designer?

 In order to become a fashion designer one should consider pursuing a bachelor’s degree in design. Some popular courses that candidates can pursue in design to become a fashion designer are – BDes in Fashion Design, Bachelor of Fashion Technology (BFTech), BSc in Fashion Design, Fashion Merchandising etc. Apart from these courses candidates can also pursue Fashion Design courses at the PG level like Master of Design (MDes), Masters of Fashion Technology (MFTech)and the likes.

Subjects included in Fashion Designing:

The topics taught as part of a fashion design course vary as per the degree/ diploma/ certificate that candidates are offered on completion of the course. Apart from this, there can be slight variations in the fashion design course curriculum from college to college. Some common topics that are taught as part of an undergraduate course offered in fashion design are as follows:

Fashion Design UG Courses
Course	Syllabus
BDes Fashion Design	Introduction to Pattern Making & Draping Introduction to Textiles Introduction to Fashion design & Fashion Technology Fashion Theory Social science Management Introduction to Fashion Sketching & Illustration History of Fashion Apparel Development Current Trends and Forecasting Computer Aided Design Apparel Development Fashion Illustration Children wear Design Design Process Knitwear design For Fashion Men's wear Design Advanced Draping Model & Prototype Development Research & Communication Element of Colour & Design Fashion Model Drawing Fashion Accessory Art Appreciation
BA (Hons) Fashion Design	Apparel Construction Methods Colour Mixing Computer-Aided Design Elements of Textiles Fabric Dyeing and Printing Fashion Illustration and Design Fashion Studies History of Costumes Introduction to Pattern Making and Garment Construction Leather Designing Manufacturing Technology Surface Development Techniques Textile Science
BSc Fashion Design	Analytical Drawing Apparel Construction Methods Basic Computer studies Colour Mixing Basic Photography Computer-Aided Design Creative Jewellery Current Global Fashion Trends Design Process Draping Elements of Design Elements of Textiles Fabric Dyeing and Printing Fashion Forecasting Fashion History Fashion Illustration and Design Fashion Studies Free Hand Drawing Garment Construction Geometrical Contruction Grading History of Costumes Introduction to Pattern Making & Garment Construction Indian Art Appreciation Knitwear Leather Designing Nature Drawing
BSc Fashion Design & Technology	Principles of Fashion Fashion Industry and Concepts Fashion Marketing Fundamentals of Fabrics Quantitatuve Techniques and Demand Forecasting Introduction to IT applications Fashion Communication and Presentation Consumer Behaviour in Fashion Marketing Research Concepts & Techniques Principles and Techniques of Merchandising Introduction to Garment Manufacturing Technology Pattern Making, Grading and Construction Fabric Appreciation Systems Approach to Marketing and Merchandising Fashion Distribution Management

 Some common topics that are taught as part of a postgraduate course offered in fashion design are as follows:

Fashion Design PG Courses
Course	Syllabus
MDes Fashion Design	Introduction to Design Visual Design- Principles and Applications Ergonomics Design Methods Form Studies Graphic Design
MA Fashion Design	Apparel Manufacturing Technology Fashion Communication Advanced Pattern Making Construction of Women’s Wear Design Illustration Computer Designing Retail Marketing & Merchandising Knitwear Design Technology Construction of Men’s Wear
MBA Fashion Design Management	Economics and Management Decisions Qualitative Techniques Business Communication and Negotiation Skills Organisational Behaviour Marketing Management Indian Fashion Scenario Research Methodology and App Statistics Basic Concepts of Fashion Products and Manufacturing Global Fashion Scenario Principles of Fashion Marketing and Merchandising International Trade Operations and Documentation Competition and Strategies in Fashion Visual Mechandising Entrepreneurship and Fashion Venture Management International Fashion Marketing
MBA Fashion Management	Basic Product and Manudacturing Related Knowledge (Design, Fabric, Patterns, etc.) Principles of Fashion Marketing, Merchandising and Management Economic Analysis and Statistics Information Technology Marketing Research and Consumer Behaviour Global Textiles and Apparel Product Market Characteristics Retail Management and Advanced Export Merchandising Quantitative Techniques and Operations Research Management Accounting Marketing Strategies and Brand Management International Marketing Fashion Forecasting and Product Development Financial Managament and International Finance Human Resource Management Supply Chain Management and e-Business Customer Relationship Management Visual Merchandising Intellectual Property Rights
MSc Fashion Designing	Apparel Manufacturing Technology Fashion Communication Advanced Pattern Making Construction of Women's Wear Design Illustration Computer Aided Designing Retail Marketing and Merchandising Knitwear design Technology Construction of Men's Wear
MSc Fashion Design & Technology	Elements of Fashion History of World Fashion and Costume Women's Wear- International Fashion Indian Wear Surface Design Techniques Apparel Technology Textile Technology History of Indian Costumes and Textiles Men's Wear Fashion Merchandising and Marketing Creative Pattern Making Fashion Styling

Fashion Design PG Courses

Course	Syllabus
MDes Fashion Design	Introduction to Design Visual Design- Principles and Applications Ergonomics Design Methods Form Studies Graphic Design
MA Fashion Design	Apparel Manufacturing Technology Fashion Communication Advanced Pattern Making Construction of Women’s Wear Design Illustration Computer Designing Retail Marketing & Merchandising Knitwear Design Technology Construction of Men’s Wear
MBA Fashion Design Management	Economics and Management Decisions Qualitative Techniques Business Communication and Negotiation Skills Organisational Behaviour Marketing Management Indian Fashion Scenario Research Methodology and App Statistics Basic Concepts of Fashion Products and Manufacturing Global Fashion Scenario Principles of Fashion Marketing and Merchandising International Trade Operations and Documentation Competition and Strategies in Fashion Visual Mechandising Entrepreneurship and Fashion Venture Management International Fashion Marketing
MBA Fashion Management	Basic Product and Manudacturing Related Knowledge (Design, Fabric, Patterns, etc.) Principles of Fashion Marketing, Merchandising and Management Economic Analysis and Statistics Information Technology Marketing Research and Consumer Behaviour Global Textiles and Apparel Product Market Characteristics Retail Management and Advanced Export Merchandising Quantitative Techniques and Operations Research Management Accounting Marketing Strategies and Brand Management International Marketing Fashion Forecasting and Product Development Financial Managament and International Finance Human Resource Management Supply Chain Management and e-Business Customer Relationship Management Visual Merchandising Intellectual Property Rights
MSc Fashion Designing	Apparel Manufacturing Technology Fashion Communication Advanced Pattern Making Construction of Women's Wear Design Illustration Computer Aided Designing Retail Marketing and Merchandising Knitwear design Technology Construction of Men's Wear
MSc Fashion Design & Technology	Elements of Fashion History of World Fashion and Costume Women's Wear- International Fashion Indian Wear Surface Design Techniques Apparel Technology Textile Technology History of Indian Costumes and Textiles Men's Wear Fashion Merchandising and Marketing Creative Pattern Making Fashion Styling