• Export houses dealing with garment/textile/handloom exports
  
• Retail and wholesale garment businesses in men's / women's / children clothing in sportswear / casual wear, etc.
  
• Haute Couture
  
• Government/Semi government-handloom/textile manufacturers
  
• Fashion show organisers/Fashion publishers
  
• TV/Film fashion program producers/comperes/costume designers, etc.
  
• With Film production units
  
• Teaching

Diploma Courses:

1. National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT)
....conducts several courses.
....Addresses for Correspondence:
....- NIFT Campus, Hauz Khas, Near Gulmohar Park,
.......New Delhi 110016.
....- NIFT, Tata Mills Compound, Dada Saheb Phalke Mg.,
.......Dadar (E), Mumbai 400014.
....- NIFT, Manjusha Bhavan, 181, Sector III, 1B Block,
...... Salt Lake City, Calcutta 700091.
....- NIFT, Plot E/4, GIDC Electronic Estate,
......Gandhinagar (Gujarat) 382044.
....- NIFT, Opp. Hitech City, Madhapur, Jubli Hills,
......Hyderabad 500134.
....- NIFT, Cooptex Building, Pantheon Road, Egmore,
......Chennai 600008.
....- NIFT, The Karnataka State Co-op Mktg., Federation Building,
......No. 8 Cunnigham Road, Bangalore 560052.

2. National Institute of Design
....Paldi, Ahmedabad 380007.
....The NID conducts an Advanced Entry Professional Education...... ....Programme and entry requirements are given below :
....Course: Apparel Design.
....Duration: 3 years,
....Entry Requirements: Graduates in Fine Arts, Home Science........... ....{clothing and Textiles], the Humanities, or Diploma holders who..... ....have qualified from Polytechnics with related specialisations or........ ....candidates with at least 2 years experience in the field 10+2............ ....students with 3 years experience can apply...............
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3. International Institute of Fashion Technology
....H-12, South Extension Part-I, New Delhi - 110 049.
....Courses Offered:
....3 year Advanced Diploma
....Clothing Management
....Fashion Designing
....Apparel Management
....2 year Advanced Diploma in Fashion Designing
....1 year Diploma in Fashion Designing and Certificate Course
....(six months) - Fashion Designing.
....Eligibility For Diploma Course: 10+2/Graduation,............ ....Candidates appearing in above examination may also apply.
....Eligibility for Certificate Course: Degree in any discipline............ ....and relevant experience.

4. Pearl Academy of Fashion
....C-56/2 Okhla Industrial Area, Ph. II, New Delhi 110 020.
....Post Graduate Program:
....2 years in Integrated Fashion Technology, Validated by the.......... ....Nottingham Trent University U.K. and the Melbourne Institute of....... ....Textiles, Australia, leading to MA degree.
....1½ year in Apparel Merchandising & Production Management.
....Graduate Program:
....2 years in Fashion design and clothing technology.
....2 year in Fashion Design Domestic Retail
....2 year in Fashion Merchandising and Production Technology
....1 year Knitwear Design and Technology
....2 Year Integrated CAD Program in Fashion, Textiles and.......... ....Communication (in association with APTC India).
....Selection through admission test.

5. Wigan Fashion School, Wigan & Leigh College (India) Ltd.
....401-402 Skipper Comer, 88 Nehru Place, New Delhi - 110 019........
....Course: Full time diploma in Fashion Technology (2 years) for....... ....graduates/XII class is conducted in Delhi & Calcutta. 1 year part time... ....certificate course in Pattern Cutting. Part time certificate course in....... ....Fashion Design (1 year). Last semester may be pursued in UK. ....Selection through merit.

Dress designing and manufacturing courses (2-year)

Women's Polytechnic
Maharani Bagh, New Delhi.

Lajpat Nagar Polytechnic
New Delhi.

Institute of Handloom Technology
Varanasi.

Nirmala Niketan
49, New Marine Lines, Mumbai.

Akbar Peerboy Girls Polytechnic
Mumbai.

SNDT University
Church Gate, Mumbai (special course in children's garments).

Other Institutions:

National Institute of Fashion Design
Campus, 2-B, Jal Bhawan, M. Marg, Sector 27-A, Chandigarh.
Has institutes in Delhi, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, UP and Haryana (75 centres). Courses in Fashion and related fields of design are offered by the institutes.

International Academy of Design
E-291, GK II, New Delhi - 48.
Offers 2-year courses in Fashion, Interiors and Multimedia.

Academy of Fashion Studies
37A Pocket B, Gangotri Enclave, Alaknanda, New Delhi 110 019.

J D Institute of Fashion Technology (Affiliated to the International fine arts College, Miami USA)
D-147, Savitri Path, Bapu Nagar, Jaipur.

J D Institute of Fashion Technology
Lokayata, Hauz Khas Village, New Delhi.
The institute offers courses in fashion photography, visual merchandising, jewellery designing, fashion designing.

South Delhi Polytechnic
N-9, Ring Road, NDSE I, New Delhi 110 049.

Apeejay Institute of Design
54, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, MB Road, New Delhi 100062.
The institute offers 4-year courses for school leavers and 1 year courses for graduates in Textile, Fashion, Interior, Graphic, Ceramic, Furniture, Jewellery Design. Each course is preceded by a Foundation courses which assists students to prepare for special areas of study.

International Polytechnic
A-3 NDSE I, New Delhi 110049.

Sophia BK Somani Polytechnic
Bhulabhai Desai Road, Mumbai 400 026.

Apparel & Leather Technics Pvt. Ltd.
Kai Kondanahalli, Sarjapur Road, Carmelrani Post, Bangalore 560 035.

CEPZ Institute of Fashion Technology
Clothing Export Processing Zone, Plot No. F 11 & 12, MIDC, Marol Central Road, Andheri, Mumbai 400 093.

Premilila Vithaldas Polytechnic, Juhu, Tara Rd, Santa Cruz (W), Mumbai 400 049.

Footwear Design:

Footwear Design and Development Institute
Noida 201301.
Course: Diploma in Footwear Designing of one year duration.
Eligibility: Bachelor's degree in Art/Painting/Sculpture.
Selection: Entrance test in subjects such as Arithmetic, Inspection, Mental alertness, Sketching, Expression, Comprehension.

Degree Course:

Mangalore Institute of Fashion Technology (MIFT)
Kulai, Mangalore 574196 (affiliated to Mangalore University).
Course: B.Sc. 3½ years - Leather Design, Garment Design, Fashion Design
Eligibility: 45% in XII with Science for Leather Design. For Fashion/Garment Design Arts, Science or Commerce.
Selection: Common Entrance Tests at Delhi, Calcutta, Mumbai, Chennai, Ahmedabad, Kanpur, Patna, Hyderabad, Kochi & Mangalore.

To begin with, any designer should get associated with an established designer or design house, and begin with doing the menial work. Most trainee designers get a stipend of around Rs. 4000. Working as a part of a design team fetches around Rs.12,000 a month. After gaining ample experience, one can operate on his/her own.

Designing a garment involves:

• Exploration and research
  
• Sketching the original idea on paper
  
• Shaping the pattern pieces which make the garment
  
• The pieces are then drawn in actual size on paper and cut out on a rough material, stitched together and fitted on a model.
  
• Modifications in the pattern pieces or other features of the mock garment are made and thus the design is completed
  
• Garments are then made in the final fabric

Garment manufacturing units employ:

• Designers
  
• Sketching assistants: From the making of specification drawings which decide how a garment has to be fabricated to the selection of fabrics is the duty of the sketching assistant.
  
• Cutting assistants: Cutting assistants have to cut samples as per specifications of the designer. This is followed by draping and garment construction.
  
• Junior designers: Junior designers generally do the first pattern cutting. They assemble the first samples with fabrics they have selected from the market.