To create technical designers, fashion coordinators, fashion stylists or fashion
merchandisers in apparel industry with necessary skills and know how.
ENTRY QUALIFICATION: 12th pass or equivalent
DURATION: 1040 hrs.
The course will provide in-depth knowledge of fashion illustration, styling, fabric
study, pattern making, garment construction and fashion merchandising.
Practical Competencies:
- Practice discipline, hygiene, safety and effective communication
- Visit to a garment manufacturing unit
- Understanding elements and principles of design
- Introduction to pencil shading and flat sketching
- Nature drawing
- Using different colouring media
- Working on different colour schemes
- Developing a fashion figure
- Fashion figure stylization
- Working on a theme and development of mood boards, colour story and swatch boards
- Theme based illustration
- Visit to museums/fashion shows & apparel shows
- Design sheets layout
- Motif development and preparation of samples of Traditional Indian embroidery
- Practice of seams, samples and garment components
- Practice of various exercises on Industrial sewing machine using different work
aids and machine attachments
- Handling different types of fabrics
- Construction of complete garment: men’s shirt, dress, trouser and T-shirt
- Identification of common fabrics and flagging
- Sample preparation of dyeing and printing methods
- Visit to textile/fabric sourcing hub
- Measurement checking as per spec sheets
- Pattern and drafting of basic blocks and development of different styles of sleeves,
cuffs, shirts etc.
- Development of commercial patterns from spec sheets/ tech packs
- Preparation of time and action plan
- Merchandising calendar
- Preparation of cost sheet
- Detailed garment analysis
Underpinning Knowledge (Theory):
- Basic communication skills and building industrial vocabulary
- Understanding of work ethics, importance of discipline, health and hygiene
- Safety precautions in garment industry
- Introduction to fashion business and fashion terminology
- Understanding fashion industry
- Familiarization with world renowned fashion designers
- Introduction to fashion retail business
- Concept of design conceptualization & development
- Importance of fashion planning and fashion forecasting
- Concept of colour theory & colour dimensions
- Concept of 2D & 3D forms
- Introduction to traditional Indian Textiles & Embroideries
- Importance of flat sketch and fashion illustration
- Introduction to seams and stitches
- Introduction to industrial sewing machines
- Importance of work aids and machine attachments
- Textile manufacturing process, Fabric appreciation and sourcing
- Importance of quality and quality control
- Introduction to pattern making tools and equipment
- Knowledge of drafting of basic bodice block, sleeve, shirt and trouser block
- Development of various styles of collar, sleeves, shirts, cuffs, pockets etc.
- Understanding the concepts of merchandising
- Role and responsibilities of merchandiser
- Introduction to garment costing
- Export documentation- Inco and payment terms
- Profile and organizational set up of a garment industry
- Introduction to garment styles and identification of components and parts