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...

Dr. Gauri Goel

The History of Indian Fashion

by: Dr. Gauri Goel

 

In the indigenous Indian tradition, stitched garments were not known or used at all. The art of sewing was unknown to the early Indians, and that it was an import from outside. Art of sewing came to India only with the coming of the Muslims.'

The 'timeless' Indian dress of men, thus, consists of garments that use no stitching. The Dhoti, the Scarf or Uttariya, and the Turban, which have never really disappeared from any part of India, belong to this category.

Likewise, for women, the Dhoti or the Sari as the lower garments, combined with a Stanapatta or breast-band for covering the breasts, forms a basic ensemble. The breast-garment being simply fastened in a knot at the back.

The veil that women still use so extensively in India, something like the dupatta or odhani of modern times, has its early prototype in the Vedic period.

Turban was the head-gears of men. The manner of wearing the turban evidently varied as much in ancient India as it did in medieval.

There are specific references to the clothing of religious men, special mention being made of the sanghati or double chadar that the Bhikshuks of the Buddhist orders were meant to wear. This was combined with an antarvasaka or loin-cloth and a dupatta or loose upper garment, also called the uttarasanga.

India has a rich and varied textile heritage, where each region of India has its own unique native costume and traditional attire. For example in Uttar Pradesh saree for women and kurta, dhoti for men was traditional costume, in south Indian states, nine yard saree, ghahra skirt and blouse were worn by women and dhoti with shirt was were worn by men. In Punjab, salwar kameez for women and kurta, pyjama for men were traditional costumes.  Like wise in Rajsthan and other states also there were traditional costumes worn by different groups of people.

Indian people express themselves a great deal through their clothing. Their spiritual quest for perfection plays a role in their choices of beautifully coloured, dramatic and flowing garments. Tradional costumes in India vary widely depending on the climate and natural fibers grown in a region.

While traditional clothes are still worn in most of rural India, urban India is changing rapidly, with international fashion trends reflected by the young and glamorous, in the cosmopolitan metros of India.

The key moments of history of Indian fashion classic, triggered by various socioeconomic movements during the twentieth century. Now Indians are free to wear what they want to wear, traditional or western.

Hindi Article: Design your Nails

Article on Nail Art published in dainik Jagran News Paper
written by Dr. Gauri Goel

hindi article: career in fashion designing

Silk saree: Banarasi

PROCESS OF WEAVING  BANARASI SAREE

By: Dr. Gauri Goel

Silk saree weaving is the age old tradition of Varanasi or Banaras or Kashi. The process of handloom weaving in Varanasi is very tedious, complex but interesting. This process was explained by some weavers during survey.

To weave a silk fabric, first of all the silk yarn called katan is reeled, bleached and dyed. The dyed yarn is prepared for tana (warp) and bana (weft). Three to five people are needed to reel the warp. Warp is wrapped on a warp cylinder in sufficient length required to weave a known length of sarees. Yarn for the weft is reeled on small cylindrical object in a process known locally as nari bharana. The weft-yarn is used in a shuttle called dharki, which is thrown from one to other side while weaving. Children in household help in the weaving process by throwing this shuttle while sitting beside the adult weaver on the loom. This is also a method by which the weaving skills are taught to the children. Nari bharna is a continuous process as long as loom is running. A charkha (spinning wheel), now made up of a bicycle rim and a paddle, is used for winding the yarn on nari (bobbins) and is usually done by women. Plate 1 (b) and (c) shows shuttle used to pass weft yarns and charkha used to wind yarn on bobbins.

The specific designs of the sarees are created by skilled designers as well as master weavers who work on their own or are employed by the entrepreneurs. Most of these designs are created on jacquard loom for which the designs are sent to specialized shops that translate the designs into a series of punch cards. A design generally involves a few hundred cards. A card cutter cuts and punches these with small non-electric implements, plate II (a). He makes about 200 cards per day. Price of one card is ` 2.00. The raw material cost is ` 1/- card. He, thus, earns almost ` 200/day.

Zari used in Banarasi Saree

Zari is the vim and vigor of silk fabrics woven in Varanasi. Therefore, it is must to know the characteristics of this zari yarn used abundantly in Varanasi.

The process of zari making is called tarkashi, which was earlier done in Varanasi. But now, zari is made on machines and mostly imported from Surat, Gujarat.  Three types of zari are popular in market. First is called “real zari”. Its base is made up of pure silver and surface is gold plated. The rates of this type of zari are about ` 30,000/kg. Second type of zari thread is called as “tested zari”, there are also two verities in this type of zari with their local names “khar ki pakki” and “bina khar ki pakki”. “Khar ki pakki” zari will not discolor during silk processing, hence called by this name. This zari has a copper base with or without polish. The prices of this type of zari threads are about ` 5000/kg. Third type of zari is “powder zari” (made up of polymeric material), which cost about ` 1800/Kg.  Plastic zari is also popular in today’s market. This is made up of “Lores” plastic and is low in cost varies from ` 400-700/Kg.

importance of textile testing

IMPORTANCE OF TEXTILE TESTING

by: Dr. Gauri Goel

Textile testing is very important aspect of quality management. Weather testing is done in house or by an out side laboratory is immaterial, so long as it is done properly. Testing in itself will not be of any help, but the interpretation of the test results will help identify problem areas, if any. Testing should be accomplished using some standard methods so that the test results can be compared. Following are some of the source of standard test method for textiles:

• American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)
• American Association of Textile Chemists and Colourists (AATCC)
• International Standard Organization (ISO)
• Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS)

Usually at least three to five tests of whatever property is under consideration are completed, and the average of those tests is considered the representative value of the property. The interpretation of test results must be done with real care and that’s where “expertise”, that is, technical knowledge combined with experience, comes into play. The testing of textile products is an expensive business. There are a number of points in the production cycle where testing may be carried out to improve the product quality.

• Checking of raw material
• Monitoring production
• Assessing the final product
• Investing the faulty material
• Product development and research

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