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Indian Fashion Designers

INDIAN FASHION DESIGNERS

SUNEET VARMA

Suneet Varma is called as the ‘Indian Style Guru’ is a very highly profiled fashion designer of Delhi. He is a very creative person who joined American school of design in London in 1986. After a degree in designing, he started a designing unit. He is a highly ornamental creator of garments.

He is a designer who creates outfits that evoke strong reactions. All types of silhouettes & dresses for both men & women are his products. He produces designs for fashion shows which he individually arranges not only in India, but also in London & Paris. Accessories for his creations are styled by himself to suit each garment.

The items he designs include saris, dresses, suits, skirts, frocks, etc. He uses chiffons, crepes, satins, georgettes, etc all clinging fabrics for his designs. He manufactures his products with his own brand name. Intensive experiments, preparations &long hours of research are the backbone of Suneet Varma’s collections. From western wear designs he has made a permanent transition to ethnic garments, lavish embellishment to them with embroidery techniques. He designs Indian garments with western silhouettes.

ROHIT BAL

Rohit Bal is called as “Indian master of fabric & fantasy”. He did his graduation from New Delhi’s St-stephens college with a first class (Hons.) degree in history.

He worked for a few years in his brother’s export company He draws inspiration from history, fantasy & folklore. He experiments with different colours following the golden rule i.e light for the day & heavier for evening. He uses matching colour of lingerie to the dress & hem and does wonderful hair colour to improve ensemble. These are some of the tips that he adopts while designing & presenting, which mesmerises the media.

He has had successful stand alone fashion shows in New York, London, Paris, Dubai, Singapore, Mauritius, Sao paolo & all the major cities in India including new Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore, Calcutta.

He was also chosen by the Khadi Gram Udyog to collaborate with khadi & design collections for them to sell in all their outlets. K.G.U is the largest handloom textile operation in India & Rohit Bal’s association with the same is a matter of great pride for him. He was awarded the designer of the year at the I.F.A fashion awards at the Kingfisher achievement awards 2001. Overall one can say he is really the India’s “MASTER OF FABRIC FANTASY”.

ROCKY SINGHVI

Rocky Singhvi, is one of the most successful designers in India & popularly known as Rocky.S. He is a commerce graduate with an inclination for the creative arts & studied fashion at the JD institute, Bombay. Rocky S, is one of the few Indian designers, who is concentrating on western wear in a big way. Rocky is a designer who believes in wearable clothes for different age groups of women.

He has set trends for men’s & women’s wear with his creations for the movies. Rocky’s first ever film star client was Akshay Kumar(whom he still designs for) & Manisha Koirala, Raveeena Tondon & Glamour Diva Rekha.

KIRAN UTTAM GHOSH

She is a graduate in Fashion at the Sophia polytechnic in Mumbai. She was trained under Jasper Conran in London. a finalist for the “Society Achievers Awards”. Her clothes currently retail from F folio (Banglore and Chennai), Ogaan (Delhi and Calcutta), Melange, Esemble, Vama and Crossroads in Mumbai. Elahe and origins in Hyderabad, Elan in Ahmedabad, Espee and Zenon in Calcutta are some of the others.

Her collections comprise luxurious, sensuous fabric-metallic nets, translucent jersey, lycra with lurex yarns sheer knits and crinkle crepes.

Kiran mostly utilizes yellow, blues, cream, purple, green shades etc. She has struck to simple cut and line designs and has done away with multilayered designs. Kirans’ label ‘KIMONO’ is one of Indias’ highest selling designer labels.

In January 2002 she received the prestigious ‘Kingfisher Fashion’ Award.

MANISH MALHOTRA

Graduated from Elphinstone College, Mumbai, Manish is a well known designer in new fashion world as well as in bollywood.

Malhotra uses clear & bold colours like black, red & opts for pastel colours like lilacs, lavenders, whites, creams pink & lemon instead. His garments include short kurtas with stoles, hip length tops, loose knit shirts, silk corsets & lycra trousers for women & kurtas , kurta shirts, full shirts, short shirts, jackets & draw strings for men. He likes lots of silk embroidery.

Malhotra is proud of the fact that he designed for Micheal Jackson. He attired Shahrukh khan & Amir khan on several occasions.

The awards he won include

·         The first only Film Fare Award for costume designed for Urmila in Rangeela.

·         The Show Time Poll Award for Raja Hindustani (Karishma Kapoor).

·         The Sier Choice Award for Dilto Pagal Hai

·         The Lux-Zee Cine Award for his work in Kuch Kuch Hota Hain.

RITU BERI

Ritu Beri graduated from Delhi University in 1987 and was amongst the first batch of 25 students from NIFT. She created a collection in her graduation and with them started a studio “LAVANYA” in December 1990.

She achieved instant success with this collection even in the fashion at London‘s regent street. Her collection “SANSKRITI” in 1995 was a breaking way of tracing her roots in the fashion industry. This was a cultural heritage in retrospect she divided her collection into four sequence.

Her clients are Bill Clinton, Nicole Kidman, Andy McDowell, Parmeshwar Godrej, M.F Hussein, Maduri Dixit and the royal family of Saudi Arabia. She works on charity for Indian Red Cross, Savera Association and many more. She is the only designer selected by a most fashionable company in Paris to deesign lines for one year period.

SABYASACHI MUKHERJEE

Sabyasachi Mukherjee, a new sensation from Kolkata is the youngest designer who has made his name in panorama of Indian Fashion. He graduated from NIFT Kolkata in 1999 and then focused on learning the intricacies of fashion industry of in Salisbury. This gave him a lot of exposure to the fashion world and started supplying to boutiques in India. Kolkata. He won the Times of India –British Council Most Outstanding Designer of India Award and was sent to London for internship with Georgina, a diverse designer. He designs both casual and party wears for women. He specialized in different types of bags, and head gear suiting to the dress and also designs for poets, artists, painters, with dresses having a very casual and informal look. Traveling, watching different cultures, deserts, gypsies, and antique textiles inspire him. His silhouettes include retro details, long and slim with lots of layering and layered skirts and jackets. His enrichments include –burnt effect, embroidery, use of laces, stains prints, rugged looks.

AWARDS WON

·         Ritu Kumar Award for excellence in design.

·         Femina British Councils Most Outstanding designer award

·         Grand winner award at Mercedes New Asia Fashion week in Singapore.

RITU KUMAR

Ritu Kumar has contributed in the revival of Indian crafts. In 1964 she graduated from Lady Irwin College., Delhi.

Ritu kumar mastered in Block prints, Kasuti, Chikankari to Zardosi, Bandini and Kalamkari which was used in her timeless ethnic wear for women. Ritu kumar was selected by Miss Universe & Miss World organizations to dress their International beauties, from Sushmita Sen, Ashwarya Rai, Manpreet Brar, Sandya Chib, Rani Jayaraj, to even Miss 1995. Ritu has dressed them in Indian finery couture to make an impact on the west. Ritu Kumar mostly designs bridal wear sarees. Ritu Kumar is creator of first chain of exclusive boutiques in India. She has her own distribution system. Four stores in Mumbai, one in Delhi, one in Amritsar has kept their locals in traditional wear. Her outfits have been worn by celebs like Jemina khan and Princess Diana.

TARUN TAHILIANI

Tarun, a graduate in Business Management is one of the top Indian designers. He has been designing since 1991 and has launched his own label. Drapes were his weaknesses because no other society uses the draped form as significantly as India. Many exotic ways- sari, dhoti, lungi, & orhni are draped by him. The tailored collections were body suits, jackets, skirts & capes. He has designed the jeweled blouses and traditional angarkhas with slightly revised shapes.

He launched his own label Ahilian and has an own couture. He mostly concentrated on Lucknow chikankari embroidery.

Thahiliani has been known to break many fashion rules in Indian wear too. It is a known fact that ethnic wear in India means gold & glitz especially on the collar and yoke. Basically Tarun is a women’s wear designer but he has tampered with men’s wear from time to time.

Computer aided designing in textiles

CAD in Textile and Fashion Industry

Introduction:

Today textile and fashion industry has reached new heights by computer aided methods of design and manufacturing. Computer technology is making waves especially in the fashion design zone. The widespread use of CAD has enable design and manufacturing firms to be more efficient and competitive. The state of the art CAD system allows designing sophisticated collections and presenting any work in the most professional way. These systems provide easy to use tools that extend designers and manufactures creativity to make products that one never even thought possible. These unique CAD systems come with build-in help and demo guidelines and provide vast number of options to life in design ideas.

What is CAD?

The term CAD is an abbreviation for 'Computer-aided design', In simple words, the use of computers for designing purposes is referred to as CAD, while CAM refers to usage of computers for the purpose of manufacturing products.

CAD/CAM is currently in use in several industries such as architecture, electronics, mechanical and production engineering, fashion and textiles. There are several kinds of CAD packages available in the market today, with different kinds of features. Most of the packages are ready-to-use with a number of graphics, which the user can select according to his or her requirements.

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Article published in Dainik Jagran Newspaper
By: Dr. Gauri Goel

VISION INDIA 2020

Vision India 2020

"If there is one place on the face of earth where all the dreams of living men have found a home from the very earliest days when man began the dream of existence, it is India."

Romain Rolland.

Every country needs a vision statement which stirs the imagination and motivates all segments of society for greater effort. All of us want India to become a respectable super power in the world. It is my dream to see India as one of the most developed nations. 2020 is a good deadline for seeing a developed India. India was very great in the past- rich and strong. India has given to the world great saints, scholars, thinkers, artists and soldiers. But, today her people are suffering from many evils. Among these evils are poverty, ignorance, disease, bribery, corruption, indiscipline and disunity. The India of my dreams will be free from these evils.

Look at the sky. We are not alone. The whole universe is friendly to us and conspires only to give the best to those who dream and work.

By 2020, India will be on the same platform on which America is now. The first and foremost thing I see in India 2020 is 100 percent literacy rate. Her people will have good food to eat. They will have fine clothes to wear. They will have nice houses to live in. They will be clean and healthy. They will be free and happy. There will be jobs for all. There will be no strikes and ‘morchas’. The people will be peaceful and united. India will flow with milk and honey.

India in 2020 will not have recognition in the world as a developing country but a name as a developed country. India will be far advanced in the fields of science, military, technology. India will stand up and say I am the world leader and I don't take orders from anybody be it USA, Russia or anybody else for the matter.

By the year 2020, I visualize most of the great cities of the country going in for their own individual Metros, which would not only reduce pollution but would make local transportation safe and fast. Even the long distance trains are sure to start moving faster, be less crowded and prove to be safer.

The over­all living standard of the people would rise. Each village would have a focal point for the new industries to be established and prosper. There would be local purchasing centers, thus avoiding the need to go to a city for selling the farm produce. I see an exceptionally bright future for India in the exploration of the space, in computer and information technology, as well as in health-services, our experts and specialists will be holding highly responsible positions all over the world.

We must think and act like a nation of a billion people and not like that of a million people. Dream, dream, dream!

CAREER IN FASHION

BUILD YOUR CAREER IN FASHION

If you can create magic with colors, designs and shapes…, just acquire professional skills …& begin a successful career

India which has always been a centre for the textile and garment trade is also growing into a centre of innovation in garment and accessory design. If you have a penchant for creativity, style and originality, a career in fashion designing can be perfect for you. On one hand, the fashion industry satisfies both the creative fancies and the materialistic needs of the people, on the other hand it promises glamour, fame, success and high pay packages to the talented people.

WHAT IS FASHION DESIGNING

Every shoe, piece of clothing, and accessory on every hanger and shelf at every store has been designed by a fashion designer. Designing involves creating original designs after studying the changing trends of the market i.e market research. It has various fields of specialization like garments, footwear, jewellery and even luggage. Now the fashion industry has become so specialized that it encompasses a vast field of studies in design, concept management, design production management, quality control, planning, fabric design, printing, fashion accessory design, fashion merchandising, textile science, colour mixing, marketing and so on.

SCOPE OF FASHION DESIGNING

The candidates with fashion designing courses have plenty of opportunity in today’s world. Fashion designers find employment with textile manufacturers, garment export house, garment manufactures, fashion show organizers and trade fair authorities. They can explore excellent opportunities in many fields related to fashion. Some of them are as follows.

• Accessory designing and fashion designing 
•  Garment Manufacturing Technology
• Media Production
• Apparel marketing and Merchandising
• Leather and Garment Design and Technology
• Knitwear Design and Technology
• Textile Design and Development
• Fashion Journalism

CAREER OPTIONS

Some of the fashion-designing career options are as given below.

• Fashion Designer
• Fashion Coordinator
• Illustrator
• Fashion Consultant
• Sketching Assistants
• Fashion Stylist
• Merchandising Executive
• Illustrator
• Fashion Show Organizer
• Personal stylist,
• Graphic designer,
• Apparel production manager,
• Fabric quality control manager,

 

Education and Training Requirements

Most employers expect fashion designers to have a four-year bachelor's degree in fashion designing or in fine arts with a focus on design. Fashion designers must have a strong background in textiles and fashion trends, and a keen eye for color and proportion. The most important requirement for many jobs is a good portfolio.

Courses in Fashion Designing

It is not enough that you can sketch a design on a drawing board. Students interested in a career in fashion designing, need to enroll in professional courses to gain expertise in various areas of this industry such as garment manufacturing technology, textile science, apparel construction methods, fabric dyeing and printing, color mixing and computer-aided design. You can identify your area of interest and match it with your aptitude while choosing from the courses offered in various areas of Fashion Designing. These courses are available in areas such as Accessory & Jewelry Design, modeling, garment designing, leather design, interior design, Textile Technology, Textile Design, Footwear design & allied subjects.

Some of the Major Institutions offering Courses in Fashion Design

College/Institute

·         National Institute Fashion Technology Campus Near Gulmohar Park, Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110 016

·         Amity School of Fashion Technology, Noida.

·         Pearl Academy of Fashion C-56/2, Okhla Industrial Area, Phase II, New Delhi 110020

·         The Apparel Training & Design Centre D-8/2, Okhla Industrial Area, Phase -I, New Delhi - 110020

·         YMCA  Nizamuddin East, New Delhi 110013

·         National Institute Of Fashion Design (NIFD) Hauz Khas Enclave, Adjacent to Laxmi Public School,New Delhi-110016

·         South Delhi Polytechnic For Women, Lajpat Nagar IV, New Delhi 110024

Several fashion institutes like National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), Indian Institute of Fashion Technology (IIFT), Vidya Institute of Fashion Technology (VIFT) & Pearl Fashion Academy have been established where students learn to translate their creativity into dresses and fabric designs.

Eligibility

The minimum eligibility criterion for the undergraduate course in this field is 10+2 with 50% marks. The graduates can go for Post Graduate courses in fashion designing. As a part of selection process, some institutes conducts written test, situation test, group discussion and interview.

Fashion designers require being artistic, creative as well as posses the ability to translate ideas in sketches. They must have keen sense of colour, visualizing skills and knowledge of market trends.

Companies for a Career in Fashion Designing

Though you can remain self employed, several export houses, garment store chains, textile mills, leather companies, boutiques, fashion show organizers, jewelry houses provides career in fashion designing.

Getting the Job

College placement offices can often provide campus placements and also inform about how to find a job in this field. Internships with retailers or design firms may be available in your area.

Earnings and Benefits

Fashion designers' income varies widely according to experience and the nature of the job. Self-employed fashion designers at the top of the profession earn lots of name, fame and money. Fashion designers working for large companies usually receive health insurance, paid vacation, and other benefits with higher salaries. So…

Make and break the rules of the wildly creative fashion world...

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