Cloth industry provides many job options. Apparel field is related to cloth industry and fashion industry. It is also provide many job options. There are many types of courses related to this field are run by many institutes. An apparel designer involves catering to personal fashion styles. The main work of apparel designer to checks on the fashion trends, make sketches, choose fabrics and colors, and manage the production of the apparel. Now days this field is growing fastly and it provide various types of job options.
Courses
There are many types of courses run by many institutes. One of them is bachelor’s degree in fashion design. A degree in fashion design provides one with the necessary knowledge and skills required for this type of career. Together with a degree in fashion design, one may also take courses in business, marketing, and merchandising. Some of them are six month certificate courses in production, supervision and quality controller, apparel pattern making night wearer, manufacturing technician, apparel export merchandising. One-year diploma course in fashion design, apparel manufacturing, apparel pattern making and cad, apparels quality insurance, associate degree of two year in fashion design, apparel manufacturing, non-certificate program in basic, prater advanced, finishing and packer, quality checker, machines technician and embroidery.
Qualification
10+2 is the minimum qualification any stream for any course related to this field. For certificate courses 10th is minimum qualification required.
Job options
After completing courses related to this field a student can work as apparel co-coordinator, apparel merchandiser, retailer, sell promoter, dress and accessory designer night wear designer, apparel pattern maker. Student of this field are also work with national and international companies related to this field, with garment companies, fashion brands, textile companies, fashion institutes. One can work in various industries related to this field such as clothing, apparel, fashion, women’s apparel, shoes accessories, cosmetics, and home furnishings. One can also run personal buteak for self employ.
Pay/ salaries
Salary is no matter for suitable candidate in this field but a trained person can earn between Rs 30, 000 to Rs 60, 000 per month which increased with time and experience. At international label an apparel designer has the opportunity to earn from $33,400 to $100,125 per year.
Institutes–
- The Apparel Training and Design Center ( A T D C) Kolkata and New Delhi atdcindia.co.in
- Nation Institute of Fashion Technology Delhi nift.ac.in
- Pearl Academy of Fashion Delhi pearal academy.com
- National Institute of Design Ahmadabad nid.edu
- I.T Delhi www.iitd.ac.in
- Technology Institute of Textile and Science Bhiwani fitsbhiwani.org
- Madras Institute of Technology Chennai mifindia.edu.
- NIFT Delhi nift.ac.in
- Jamiamilia Delhi jmj.nic.in
- T.BHU.Vranasi www.ifbhu.ac.in
- National Institute of Design Ahmadabad nid.edu
- J.School a arts Mumbai www.jjiaa.org/homehtm
International Institutes
- Pratt Institute, New York pratt.edu
- Parsons the New School for Design, New York newschool.edu
- Drexel University, Pennsylvania drexel.edu
- Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising, California
- Academy of Art University, California academyart.edu
- Drexel University Online drexel.com
- New York Academy of Art nyaa.edu