10 Ways to Prepare For a Career in Fashion

by Times and trends Academy Fashion,Interior Training Institute

So, you aspire to be a fashion designer!

Great! Congratulations on choosing a different yet lucrative career option.

Fashion is close to our hearts.

The way we look, and the way we appear, with what we wear is something that matters to us a lot.

The creative minds have got a lot to do here.

Did I also say, a career in fashion is challenging?

Yes, it is. Since fashion designing involves creativity, it won’t be your routine 9-5 job.

So, what exactly is it, and what does it take to pursue a career in fashion?

Let us take a look at the answers.

1.       Get Creative

Creativity is something that comes from within. No institute in the world can teach creativity.

So, keep trying out your hand at various designs. Know whether you’ll be able to handle it. If the vibes are positive, continue creating designs and enroll for a fashion designing course.

2.       Join a fashion designing course

Creativity is one inherent aspect. But, learning the technicalities of fashion is equally important.

Fashion designing course prepares you for the industry. The focus is on improving your technical, entrepreneurial, and communication skills required to blossom in the trade.

There are several fashion designing courses in Pune, including a diploma in fashion designing, a degree in fashion designing, and a certificate course in it.

TTA offers a comprehensive fashion designing degree course affiliated to the Pune University.

The above course will help you turn a thorough fashion professional.

3.       Prepare yourself for Criticism

Fashion isn’t mechanical. It is a creative area, wherein even the best of your design may get rejected!

The key here is to prepare you for criticism and negative feedback. And yes, practice!

Your initial hard work may not necessarily reap fruits. But out there, the future is promising. So, look at the big picture, and keep up with the excellent work.

4.       Develop Excellent Communication Skills

Pursuing a fashion designing course alone doesn’t suffice to enhance communication skills.

It is a continual process, and you’ll improve only with practice.

Talk in a way that will make sense to people, your prospects, and clients.

Speak more about solutions, rather than challenges.

5.       Develop Listening Skills

Don’t assume. Listen! Listening, as they say, is more powerful than speaking.

So, listen first, and then speak. Understand your client’s concerns. It will help you come up with a better design. Perhaps, better than what you initially thought of.

6.       Prepare a Portfolio

Your portfolio serves as a database for your employers, or your prospects.

Start preparing a portfolio right from your the first design, and ensure that you keep adding designs to it.

Place the best of your designs first in the portfolio, while on a visit to a prospect or an employer.

7.       Let your Creativity make Sense

Being creative doesn’t mean you go overboard with it, and create something that’s either difficult to understand, or clueless, or illogical.

Ensure that your designs are creative, yet make sense, and prove commercially fruitful for your client.

8.       Prepare for Working Round the Clock!

Fashion isn’t a desk job.

At times, you may have to work round the clock, with nothing but a few coffee breaks.

Remember, your clients will often be in a hurry, and the deadlines will always be stringent.

Hence, groom and train yourself for late working and working round the clock.

9.       Be up for everything

Sometimes, an order or an assignment may not intrigue you as much. But, that’s how the fashion business is.

Take up everything you can, and you think you can deliver.

Consider every assignment as a learning experience and as an opportunity.

10.   Stay Active within the Fashion Circles

The more active you are, the better you stand a chance of increasing your client base and your network.

Prepare a social media page and keep posting. Join various social media groups as there’s a lot of action happening in that space.

I hope this blog helped.

For more information on fashion design schools, connect with TTA at +91 772 0094 514.

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