5 Ways of Styling Velvet Clothing

Winter is coming! And with it will crop up new fashion trends for the new season. Experts from the top fashion houses, fashion institutes and graduates from the most reputed colleges of fashion studies in Rajasthan assert that Velvet is evergreen and unparalleled when it comes to a fashionable fabric. From full sleeved blouses top trousers as well as accessories to borders of chic and elegant Sarees; velvet has managed to rule the fashion industry for decades and continues to do so.

Here are some styling tips for the fashionistas who wish to flaunt some velvet apparels this winter:

• Pair you favorite pair of skinny jeans with a pretty looking long velvet cardigan.
• A velvet dress never disappoints. Pair it with your favorite flip-flops.
• Go for velvet pants! They are comfortable, elegant and look immensely fashionable.
• Do not forget velvet blazers! They go with literally any form of clothing work wonders on the attire’s style quotient.
• Another new variant that has joined the massive queue of velvet clothing is a velvet skirt. These can be mini-skirts, midis or longer ones. All of them look graceful and gorgeous in their own way. Pair one with chic boots to look your best.

Learn Business Side of Fashion

Have you ever heard about fashion design programs which also offer insights on the commercial management aspects of the fashion world? Here are some of the programs which acquaint the students with business in the fashion industry as well. These types of programs are not found in any of the Top Fashion Institutes in India so you will have to move abroad for these interdisciplinary programs.

1. Bachelor of Commerce – Fashion Management

Institute – Humber College Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning
Location - Toronto, Canada
Length – 8 semesters (one paid term work)
Study pace – full time

This program inculcates skills related to fashion along with solid business management skills. The course is meant for those who are willing to explore the business side of fashion.

2. Bachelor of Fashion Design & Business

Institute – Cyprus Institute of Marketing Ltd (BVI)
Location – Online / distance learning
Length – 3 years
Study pace – full time

The Bachelor of Fashion Design & Business lays the foundation of the fashion world and also offers consciousness towards business and creativity.

3. BBA in Strategic Design and Management

Institute - The New School
Location – Paris, New York
Length – 4 years
Study pace – full time

This BBA program is designed to foster entrepreneurial skills along with strategic aspects of fashion designing. The coursework involves lectures, seminars, studio, workshops, discussions, team work, individual work, project driven learning and field based research.

4. BFA in Fashion Design

Institute – Paris College of Art
Location - Paris, France
Length – 4 years
Study pace – full time

The Fashion Design BFA provides hands on training and the instructors follow the students and their works closely. The students learn to express their creative visions, after they understand materials, tools, textiles design methods, construction techniques.

5. Fashion Design (with Sandwich) BA (Hons)

Institute – University of Central Lancashire
Location – Preston, England
Length – 4 years
Study pace – full time

This program is internationally recognized and it covers topics like design history, market research, pattern cutting, fashion illustration, trend prediction etc.

6. Fashion Design BFA

Institute – The New School
Location – Paris, New York
Length – 4 years
Study pace – full time

The BFA Fashion Design program is meant for those who want to learn more about Fashion Design. The concept and execution both the aspects get refined as the students broaden their vocabulary of design.

Colleges for Fashion Designing in India should also consider incorporating any of the programs with an interdisciplinary approach so that the students learn about more than one industry at the same time, which will make them more employable.

Scope for Fashion Personnel

The Bachelors and Masters degree in Fashion Design from any of the Fashion Design Institutes in India gears up the students for a lot of career opportunities in textile export companies/houses, fashion houses, leather industry, garment manufacturing units, media houses, show rooms, boutiques or television and film industry. Here’s a huge list of employment options / job titles that the candidates can obtain after completing their Fashion Design Course in India.

1. Self employed designer
2. Costume designer
3. Design developer
4. Apparel Production Manager
5. Fashion Show Manager
6. Fashion Consultant
7. Fashion Marketing and Merchandising
8. Fashion Curator
9. Fashion show planning and execution
10. Brand Promotion
11. Quality Control Manager
12. Pattern Maker
13. Graphic Designer
14. Master Draper
15. Fabric Buyer
16. Design Production

Tips for getting hired

• Make a splendid portfolio which aptly showcases your artistic fervor for designing.
• Serve as an apprentice under a renowned designer shall open up a multitude of options.
• Research the market meticulously before starting a venture of yours.
• In you have not been hired, and then begin with freelancing for fashion houses and boutiques.
• Let your instincts guide you towards creativity and some exclusive innovations shall happen.
• Don’t behave impulsively or impatiently if you have not gotten a job.
• Don’t let rejection dispirit you, maybe you need to work on your skills a little more.
• Set reasonable prices initially, and prove yourself with exceptional work then look for raising the prices.