we have all the resources in india,,,we have talent….y cant we create our own style book?? what do you think ….?
I dunno – a lot of my asian friends horrified me by saying they want to be fair skinned and spend a fortune on skin products !!
I love some of the asian cultures.
I am sixteen years old and I have been drawing fashion designs for as long as I can remember but lately I have become infatuated with the fashion industry. Could you tell me what are the steps to becoming a fashion designer. I mean as in are there any schools that I should attend ? Should I try and go to runaway shows? is there someone I should send some of my designs to that could help?
Tips would be very nice ,
Thank you in advance.
I’m glad we’re in the same boat. Here’s how I became successful.
STEP ONE- precollege classes
Go take precollege courses from the top design schools. The Fashion Instituite of Technology allow underage teens to attend for summer classes and weekend workshops. There are thousands of courses regarding art, and at least half (maybe more) of these center around fashion design. While commuting there or after classes, you also get to appreciate the street fashion of NY. I’ve been to FITs program and pretty much everyone there LOVES it. There are people all around the world who come to FIT just for their programs. Here’s the link for courses availible for high schoolers:
http://www.fitnyc.edu/7614.asp
Another place to go to is Parsons the New School for Design. There programs are only in Paris and New York by the way. They also have precollege programs availible. I’ve never been there but a few friends of mine have and they’ve loved it. Here is the link
http://www.newschool.edu/parsons/pre-college-academy/
You being sixteen are also eligible for their summer program which focuses a lot on portfolio work and getting into the design college of your choice. They will defenitely help bring your designs to a level where they can actually be clothes. http://www.newschool.edu/parsons/summer-programs/
If New York and Paris are too far for you, try RISD or Rhode Island School for Design which is obviously in Rhode Island.
Here is the link for their programs for teens 12-17 http://www.risd.com/cfm/kids_teens.cfm#YATN
They also have a six week summer program.
http://www.risd.com/cfm/precollege.cfm
STEP TWO- Be Unique
A friend I met at FIT who modeled for a modeling agency liked my design and sent it to some place. They liked it and actually used my design because it was yeah in style, followed a few trends but was also unique. Keep in mind they see thousands of designs every day similar to the trends so what you send in so for it to be published, it has to be special. You should very much try to go the runway shows, as they set the trends for us. It’s also a good idea to learn all the designer brands by heart. But in the famous words of Coco Chanel (who if you don’t know her you’ve got a lot of studying to do, google her): "In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different"
STEP THREE-art skills.
You don’t have to be a great artist to design clothes, but bad artwork distracts you from the clothes. It also doesn’t help convey the design well. Practice is essential.
STEP FOUR- making the clothes.
You can also go to Wal-Mart and buy their design transfer stuff, where you pretty much design an image on your computer and print it out onto the paper they give you. Then you iron it onto a tee shirt. Congrats! You’ve got your first design!!
You should also take sewing lessons so you can make clothes other than graphic tee shirts. When you start out, you can’t just hire workers. Not all of us are rich enough for that.
STEP FIVE-college and stores
Nowadays to achieve success I’d say go to a design college and save up money to open up your own store. If you don’t want to wait, you can do it online. That’s how Justin Bieber got discovered. Make videos of your designs on YouTube to advertise for a website where you’ll sell your designs. Like
http://www.bubzbeauty.com/bubbi/shop/
GOOD LUCK 
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