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Fashion Designing Is Much More Than Garment Designing

Manish Malhotra, Marc Jacobs, Sabyasachi, and Alexandra McQueen are among the big shots that make fashion designing an exciting career choice for young ones. Yes, the art of creating a piece of fabric or fibre is glamorous. And yes researching and creating a textile is fun too! But it does take creativity and sometimes 24-hour slog to make a mark as a professional fashion designer or say a successful one.

Don’t live in an illusion that fashion designing is restricted to garment designing. It stretches from accessories, jewelry to footwear. Its realms spread out from womenswear to menswear, kidswear, and sportswear for both. When it comes to fashion designing of a garment, the art revolved around these areas:

  • High Street Fashion captures the mass manufacturing of garments. It is influenced by seasonal trends, buying manner, and runway shows. It’s mostly commercial. Media plays a vital role in a high street designer.
  • Prêt-à-porter or Ready-to-wear is all about creating ready to wear outfits or collection. It’s produced in fewer numbers.
  • Haute Couture is creating an exclusive clothing line for a runway show. It’s high-end fashion and requires attention to detail. At times, haute couture is personalized and designed for an individual client. The ensemble is tailored according to one’s body type.

It’s Not a Rocket Science

So are you cut out to be a fashion designer? Is creating artistic outfits in your blood? Can you sketch an idea on paper? Sounds easy? Well, you can be a great designer. But also, you got to be high on creativity and innovation. It’s essential for you to push the envelope whenever you design. You ought to have unconditional love for styles, colours, textures, and hell lot of hard work.  Add to this a pinch of determination, a dollop of interpersonal skills, and a few communication techniques, voila, there you have got a great designer at hand.

A fashion designer can always venture into entrepreneurship. Instead of working under someone, one can establish his label or company.  All a designer has to do is to plan; find an appropriate niche, and start working on it. Also, one should be adept with all the essential entrepreneurial skills such as in-depth knowledge of the fashion trends, market, customer-focused approach, and ability to take risks. If you’re determined, work hard, and persist, congratulations you’re now on the road to unparalleled success. Now you may call yourself an incredibly successful fashion entrepreneur.

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A Fine Line Between Fashion Designer & Entrepreneur

Are you confused who a fashion designer and how it’s different from a fashion entrepreneur? What all qualities you need to be a successful designer or an entrepreneur? How can you be one?

There’s a fine line between a fashion designer and entrepreneur. Both of them have a unique set of responsibilities in their jobs. Some fashion designers work independently that means they design garments while playing the role of a designer. At the same time, they use their entrepreneurial skills and run an independent company or enterprises. While a fashion entrepreneur may or may not have the capabilities of the designer. His job entirely revolves around planning, managing, marketing, and surviving the fashion business.

Who is a fashion designer?

A fashion designer has technical skills earned through a degree or diploma from a fashion designing college. In about every assignment, one employs different designing techniques that one has learned. She or he undertakes complete research on the fashion world and is always aware of the market trends. This is the reason they know what’s passé or what’s popular. A fashion designer is also responsible for fabric or fibre construction and pattern making. She or he develops an enticing colour story for making a garment as striking as possible. A designer creates fashion illustrations using their in-depth knowledge of the different elements and colours. Plus they also play an essential part in surface ornamentation, computer-aided designing and apparel merchandising.

As per many successful designers, you have to make tech specifications for factories creatively. Setting up a quality photo shoot of one’s collection and collaborating with other designers or brands are among the added jobs you do to make it big in the fashion world.

Whoa, Fashion Entrepreneur is?

A fashion entrepreneur runs a fashion business. They may or may not be the designers of the collection they’re selling. An entrepreneur plays a significant role in planning, setting up, and surviving in the business.  One has to find a niche, focus on customers, develop a brand, and create brand awareness. Even after this, you can’t refer yourself as a fashion entrepreneur.

To add success before these two words, they stay determined and passionate for their work. There’ll be zillions of violent storms to break them down. Fashion community may, and customers might despise the label. They persevere, keep themselves motivated, and never stop trying. We all know that success doesn’t come easy. Every successful fashion entrepreneur faces a lot of hardships and struggles for leaving an indelible mark in the fashion industry.

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Sarojini Fashion from Sarojini Nagar

On 3rd October, 2018, We the students of BBA(F.E.) first semester visited the Sarojini nagar market to do a market survey. We all reached the place around 11 in the morning, which is usually the time when the market opens. We all collected as a group in front of a store called Big C, which is a popular showroom of clothes in the area. Then to effectively work as a team, we all divided ourselves into smaller groups and began searching through what the market had to offer.

The Sarojini nagar market is a fairly huge market to cover as a whole in one day, with shops offering the latest off-run branded clothes. These are clothes which are rejected from high rise showrooms like Zara, Versace, Tommy Hilfiger, Mango, United colors of Benetton, etc. just due to a minute production defect which cannot be sold at the prices and clothing standards such brands offer. Such clothes then trickle down to markets like Sarojini, where they are sold for a lot lower prices but are totally wearable.

Apart from a large number of large sized showrooms for various international and local brands, the crux of the market is formed by street side shops which sell accessories such as footwear, belts, jewellery and garments of all sizes, designs, and colors. In fact, the most famous Export Bazaar/Market for clothes is located in the backstreets of the Sarojini Nagar market. It is surrounded by 3 markets –Subzi Market, Central Market and Mandir wali side. This place is a hub for the trendsetters of colleges, from students with a tight budget, to bored housewives, tourists from other Indian states and even from abroad– they all converge here.

When it comes to shopping in budget, Sarojini Nagar undoubtedly stands to be the perfect destination! It is one of the Delhi’s famous and imperative markets and off course, a fashion destination for every girl who hunts for trendy clothes at killer prices. Right from designer bag to fashionable clothes, Sarojini Nagar never disappoints. And yes, what’s the madness behind shopping without the healthy dose of bargaining? There is no other place that can be as cheap as Sarojini Nagar.

Moreover, the concept of bargaining can be very well experienced at this place. Have you ever thought of purchasing a Mango or Zara apparel at 1/4th of its original prices? If not, then I have to suggest you to visit Sarojini Nagar. Furthermore, it will always stun you with the latest fashion trends, may it be in terms of cuts, style or color – Sarojini Nagar will turn out to be a mindboggling destination. It is always a win-win situation for you and if you’re looking for accessories, belts, clothes, shoes, sling and many more things just at the cost of your pocket money!

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Abhilasha sharma

BBA-FE(2018-21)

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WHAT’S NEW IN JANPATH…

We all know that we live in world which changes around us every second and in fashion, every micro second. Our way to explore is not only caged up with the internet, we like to roam around. And that what we we did in Janpath, in all the shops till our feet got pain and box of mind got full of ideas. We moved to the handloom house there and saw the kanthas, phulkaris and many more works with their history and process.

The people told us about the region it belongs to, their work, and the role of our textile ministry in it. When we ever move to the street markets like these, we never feel the help of our internet to know trends. We saw a lot of accessories and handloom with vibrant colors blooming this year in the market.

Janpath itself taught a lot about the mix and match and tricks of the communication that sellers use. Following the trend from last year, this time as well we could see  a lot of mustards, turquoise, blues, neutrals and pastels appearing in the markets. Basket weaves, tucks and pleats in a-lines, straights with the ruffled and bishop sleeves mostly will make this year colorful and elegant and that’s what Janpath market’ told us that day.

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Ritika Raj

BBA-FE(2017-20)

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AMAZON FASHION WEEK

Talking about this week, yes it’s special. Infact, very special. The India Amazon Fashion Week is happening so who wants to attend the classes! Barely anyone! So we all headed up to the fashion week and attended almost every possible show we got to grab all of it.

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The world out there is another dimension in itself where every character is unique and has its own style of complimenting the society. Every season, this week creates a lot of employment as well. It’s not only about hitting the ramp, but there are a lot of hopes, excitements, enthusiasm, creativity, efficiency, rebel and confidence. I am different and many more moods just appear together in this week.

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The social media gets crazy with the postings and uploading. A lot of people, who cannot make up to the event, wait eagerly for the images to get uploaded on social media so that they can see their admirer in beautiful attires at the earliest. Every celebrity, entrepreneur, socialist, models, journalists and what not, you meet every possible person you ever wanted to meet out there.

The hard work of the designers shows the dedication of what people will like.

Ritika Raj

BBA-FE(2017-20)

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Alliances: The vision of future fashion industry

In an industry known for its aggressively viable and fast moving spirit, designers, retailers, brands and manufacturers need to welcome collaborations in order to stay alive.

Alliances through high street retailers, as per WGSN report, has been a stimulating way for brands to strike into modern fashion – or a celebrity’s fashion statement of the time. So why do the industry biggies so resist a collaboration both at the fore front or the back-end of the businesses?

Alliances will always impact businesses on the whole from day one. From merchandise, sources, practices, trades, philosophy to maintaining the business. At every phase of the existing workflow, it becomes critical to look at more spontaneous, imaginative and collective interpretations for the teams involved.

The need for partnerships arises at the initial stages, where style and inspirations unite music, art, photography and consumer-led muse with marketing acumen, business practice and not to forget the ‘gut feeling’ for the magical mishmash: freshness and salability.

Brands that have methods or structures to enable partnerships build ethos of adding up and empowering effortlessly – finally resulting in the quality of merchandise. When players are given noticeable prominence, and have easy ways to collaborate, the way that merchandise created is well-organized and driven, with energies and facts brought to line and allocated promptly.

More so, the capacity for brands to buy merchandises that actually sell and do not end up on sale or in landfills, is a critical issue. Figures shown in various reports talk of brands like H&M destroying £28M of stock in FY 17/18, or the $38Bn dead stock projected in the US every year reveal the real costs.

Hence, there is a rudimentary prerequisite for organizations and alliances around the stocks utilized – currently, right from designs, samples, or even yarns etc. are stacked away into distinct divisions and saved as compendiums or records.

What is being overlooked by the industry by not creating its own ingenious partnerships, allowing the coordination instead of perplexing or protecting their own assets?

This organically takes us through an imperative and crucial want for an enduring evolution of the way we work and how have our past systems influenced on the sustainability of the fashion industry. Procedures that have steered the production means and yields have created havoc, not only on the climate but also transversely towards societies overhauling the fashion industry. Only if the digital age today has educated us on something, it is how much more answerable we have to be with the tangible resources that we have, along with the valuable means it takes to create them.

This subject has always been in question in the past on whether or not the end customers worry on how the reserves are utilized – Thank god it’s beginning to change. We all recognize that it is not for the user to choose how the industry works – it is for the industry to be preemptive and make mindful choices that will revolutionize the effect and after-effects of our ways of work. Fashion however is a global business that has always worked through pool resources at some point or the other. The potential of the Fashion industry is hinged onto the industry to take inter-business alliances to new statures – with new ambitions.

Gulbash Duggal

Associate Dean, ICF

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FRESHMAN’S ORIENTATION

The orientation for BBA batch 2018-21 and MBA batch 2018-20 was quite an experience, A-listers from the fashion and business industry were there as guest speakers. It began with the ceremonial welcome of the guests by Mr. Vinod Kaul and Ms. Jaivani Bajaj, remembrance of Ma Saraswati, Lighting of the lamp and prayer sung by students of BBA batch sem-1st. Prof. Gulbash Duggal introduced the guests(Mr. Ashish Soni, Mr. Hemant Sagar, Ms. Rachna and Mr. Sam Baisla) and other faculty members and spoke about academics at ICF. IC- connect, our e-magazine was launched by Mr. K.K. Bajaj. The magazine provides information about both the fashion and finance world. IC-connect will give students a chance to showcase and share their knowledge and experiences at ICF. Post this, a discussion was there on “what is more important to your organization mission, core values or vision?”, Mr. Vinod Kaul, a seasoned professional with over thirty years of experience in the retail, fashion and publishing industries at senior positions, and also headed the FDCI as an executive director, started the discussion about the important things and values we need in developing our organizations and the things we have to keep in mind to have a successful organization.

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Mr. Ashish Soni launched his label in 1991, followed by his own independent design studio Ikos Designs in 1993. He became the first Indian designer to hold a solo showing in Delhi. He was also the first designer to be invited to hold a runway show at Olympus fashion week, New York and, he was one of the first Indian designers to retail through Selfridges.

Mr. Hemant Sagar was born to an Indian Father and a German Mother (that explains his good looks). He went on to study design and dressmaking in Germany as a teenager. He started his career in fashion as an apprentice in Germany and then went to Paris.

Ms. Rachna is a proactive professional with a refined sense of aesthetics and perfectionism having two decades plus of experience in Luxury and Lifestyle Retail at senior management positions.

Mr. Sam Baisla is the founder & CEO of NEXEL. He’s LinkedIn influence strategist helping entrepreneurs, small businesses and startups in social branding, leadership and sales. He is also the co-founder of Viaa soul an organization, dedicated to bringing world culture together. He has trained and inspired a hundred thousand plus young leaders and loves to share his experience and ideas on leadership, entrepreneurship, branding, communication and social media.

The panel members gave their words of wisdom to the new batch, Ashish Soni spoke about the future of fashion in India and how Indian fashion scene is growing, Hemant Sagar showed the international aspects of fashion and  spoke about  the ups and downs of his career, it was all real talk,  but was so inspirational. Sam Baisla talked about entrepreneurial skills and management and how social media has influenced today’s generation. Ms. Rachna Verma explained how the economy and luxury fashion works and how India is growing in the luxury sector with brands like LV and Dior opening their stores. It ended with the wise words of our CEO, Mr.Abijit Bose and  Mr. K.K. Bajaj, the Founder Chairman and Chief Mentor of Bajaj Capital Ltd.

Looking back it was a wonderful event where everyone got to learn something and had fun.

–Aakash bharati &  Keerthi telidevara

BBA-FE(2017-20)

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Top Boutiques in Delhi

It is the season to rejoice and enjoy life to the fullest while looking your best. We know how hard it is at times to find the perfect outfit. The outfit that you can visualise or are so close to visualising but for some reason it doesn’t seem to materialise. So, we have created the perfect list for you to go shopping in Delhi. No matter what the budget or the need be prepared to go shop your hearts out. So here is a list of a few destinations: –

  • Nappa Dori

A boutique which transports you to a different country without leaving narrow by lanes of Hauz Khaus village. Set up six years ago when the designer wanted a space to express his designs without always selling it off to other larger stores. An international clientele and a blossoming export business are credentials enough for you to pay a visit.

  • Jcraft

Bags in any form you can imagine has always been an essential accessory for most outfits. Even if not essential it has always had the capability to jazz up your outfit. So, with an accessory so important it only makes sense for you to find the perfect bag with the perfect outfit. So, head to this new boutique in Gurugram for one of the most affordable collections you shall ever find without skimping on variety or quality.

  • Six yards and more

Here is a shop which will be your one stop for all your Indian and ethnic needs. It has everything from stunning saris for different occasions to your daily needs of Kurtas and stoles. The best thing about this place is that the designer herself attends to your needs and directs you in the right direction. This gem in the Hauz Khas enclave will be your go to place very soon.

  • One Pretty Girl

This one stop shop in Shahpur Jat will satisfy all your desires for a vintage look. From an outfit to matching Juttis, to bags and even jewelry. They have an amazing collection which is vintage and chic at the same time. Not the store you should be going to for daily wear but an outfit with accessories is a must from here.

  • Play Clan

This is for the side of you which is either the dominant side while dressing or the side you guard closely, the edgy side. Their styles are atypical and eye popping to the nth power. A shop which is always ahead in its sense of style and trends it is a must visit for asymmetrical dresses, eccentric accessories and anything else you can think of. So, head on over to Meherchand Market on Lodhi road.

So, if you live in Delhi or are just passing through make sure you take a peek into one of these boutiques .

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Study to improve your designing skills at the institute of ICF

Presently all are going to choose the fashion design courses to mold their career for the reason is everyone moves to the fashion world. Fashion design is one of most trendy and attractive course and also the art of the application of design and aesthetics or natural beauty of clothing and accessories. Fashion design is predisposed by civilizing and public latitudes, and it has different greater time and place. Fashion Designing is a large amount of required today and after career between the today’s Generations for the reason that of the assortment of opportunities it opens up and the glitz and glitterati that goes with it. Fashion design is one of the right ways of your career and it provides the most excellent opportunity to you.  It can learn right at the location of Delhi in India for the reason is there is so many top level fashion design institute are available to mold out your future and or career.  You could get the opportunity at the department of the creation of a prototype, market surveys, carrying out the pilot before commercial launch and make the interaction with the export residents and buying residents.  Lots and lots of strengths are lies on the fashion design career in its sense of realism, flexible, risk appetite, honing innovative thinking,  dare to dream and experiment with new concepts of fashion and abstract thoughts.

Where to study the fashion design course?

In the state of Delhi has the number of fashion designing institute but the international college of fashion is most familiar and standard institute to study the fashion technology. ICF is a premier fashion institutes in delhi , it is a well-known college of all over the world that is certified for their facts of aesthetics and their extremely evolved intelligence of design and civilization which build them a leader in the field of fashion design, graphics, architecture, and fashion. The aim of ICF institution of design is to take care of their students to become not only technically experienced but it also is responsive to the aesthetics, spiritual and culture of the society for whom they design.  It has the multidisciplinary manner to design the sensible social activities with the exclusive viewpoint. And the ICF is make many career opportunity to their students such as designer, fashion co-coordinators, quality controller, pattern cutter and grade,  pattern maker, retail manager, fashion faculty, accessory designer, fashion stylist, fashion merchandiser, production manager, fashion faculty, fashion choreographer, design manager and product development executive and allied areas.

How to become a fashion designer?

Everyone wants to become the fashion designer for the reason is now everything is moving on the field of fashion like clothes, residents, television shows and much more.  So you could understand how to handle the techniques of fashion and get a train with the perfect professional fashion designer with the source of industrial techniques like export and import mechanism.  Make your design very attractive and innovative and understanding the business skills in the fashion world.

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Decision On College Will Make You As Best Fashion Designer

People are always having doubt in eligibility criteria to become fashion designer. Once you are caught by this doubt, you should remember that creative mind is one of the most important factors to hold fashion degree. The basic high school education is minimum educational qualification to get into this field. Though the educational requirement is not such a big thing, there should be some level of commitment as this pays higher. Another important thing is the institute you choose to pursue this career. The fashion designing institute you choose to take admission plays a vital role in shining well through fashion designing career in future. It may be critical for students to choose the best institute. However, it needs one to analyze with various facts accomplishment like money, energy and resources. There are more eligibility rules to choose a fashion designing institute. Some of them are accreditation and certification. Students may also check that whether the particular institute is recognized by Government University. The teaching staffs of institute should be well experienced. Though there are more number of fashion institutes in Delhi, only some of them are ready to satisfy students demands with money, time and resources.

Find The Right Job:

There is no scarce for job opportunities in fashion designing field. One has to be basically enriched with creativeness to stay constant with this career. Though getting an idea into deep concepts of fashion designing during entry period is difficult, it requires huge effort to be shown which may be difficult for a beginner to come across.

Most of the fashion institutes in New Delhi offer industry training program for students. The industry training program may serve as basic ingredient to student. Apart from basic things, each student has to show their private effort to prove utmost importance of being consistent professional in the field.

Importance of Market Trends:

It is important to show retention on trends and changing factors in the industry. Fashion designers are also requested to create based on current trends in fashion industry. People who like to enter fashion designing field should understand recent trends, most favorite facts of public and products so that they can come with products based on public aspects. In order to achieve these things, one should regularly visit fashion shows and fashion mela so that they can understand the favorites and trend of society. International College of Fashion (www.icf.edu.in) is expected to groom up the career of students who wants to succeed through fashion designing course.

Totally, creativity is the basic important thing to enter this field. One has to learn uniqueness and should be capable for showing amazing collections of fashion designing. The long journey starts only when one comes up with creativeness. Though creativeness is important, the destiny to undertake this course is very important. The fashion designing field ever impresses people who have passion in this field. There is more fashion designing colleges in Delhi. Students have to choose best college based on evaluating resources personally.  ICF Colleges with highly experienced staffs and Government recognition can be expected to teach well to students regarding fashion designing.

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