Sitting at the corner of the room and thinking to fulfill the childhood dream of becoming a successful fashion designer, but you have no clue where to start. Do not worry; your dream can become a reality if you follow the right path. Today, there are numerous institutes offering quality courses in fashion designing, some of them are National Institute of Fashion Technology, Delhi, Bangalore, Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata; Pearl Academy; Symbiosis Institute of Design; Vogue Institute of Fashion Technology; Industrial Design Centre; Army Institute of Fashion & Design; Footwear Design and Development Institute (FDDI), Indian Institute of Art and Design (IIAT) and many more. However, this is not the only criteria for giving your dream a real structure. There are several other factors that you need to consider. Candidates who want to pursue a 4-year bachelor degree in fashion design should have 50 percent aggregate in the 10+2 examination. They should be at least 17 years old for sitting in an entrance examination. Some of the important entrance examinations of fashion design are AIEED, CEED, NIFT, and NID. AIEED is conducted by ARCH Academy of Design for admission to UG as well as PG design courses. CEED is the entrance examination for IITs, IISc and IIITDM. For getting into NIFT and NID students need to qualify in the respective entrance examinations conducted by the NIFT and NID institution’s academic boards.

Fashion designing has become highly competitive today. If you want to pursue a career in this industry, you will have to work harder and develop several other skills. Major factors contributing to a successful fashion designer career are:

1. Artistic Calibre – Are you a creative dreamer? Can you design new patterns at any given time? If yes, then you must pursue fashion design. You will have the opportunity to create some eye-catching and jaw-dropping fashion designs that the world has never seen before.

2. Drawing Skills – It is a must-have skill! If you want to become a successful fashion designer you need to have good drawing skills. Without a proper sketch, you will not be able to convey the designs.

3. High Ambition – As ambition is a flamboyant characteristic of every man/woman who has tasted success, you must have high ambitions too! This will give a boost to your confidence level.

4. Precise in Detailing – If you want to become an icon of the fashion design industry, then you should be capable of checking every design pattern minutely. Along with good drawing skills, you need to have a good eye for detail. Only in this way you are going to attract the attention of fashion critics!

5. Impeccable Understanding of Colours and Fabrics – Giving the right color to the right design is one impromptu skill you must master. This will bring your designs to life!

6. Creative Thoughts – You must have synchronized thoughts of designs and imagination. Learning to operate your brain in this synchronized way will bring out the best of you!

7. Understanding the Business – Designing and business skills are the heart and rhythms of the fashion design industry. If you don’t want to go bankrupt then you need to acquire business skills.

8. Following World Fashion – It’s good if you follow world fashion, if not start following! You need to keep yourself updated with the latest trends in the fashion world.

9. Team Player – You will not be able to perform every activity alone. So, it is mandatory to be a team player for achieving excellent results.

10. Competitiveness – Even if your spirit distances itself from competition, you should try to have it. Healthy competition is always good. It brings the best out of everyone!