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Though always a part of all fashion design curricula, fabric designing was never thought to be as creative or offering the same kind of opportunities. Not so anymore. In a variety of areas textile design has come to be seen as a creative input and quality pay in the long run.
Textile designing involves all the design and technology inputs, which take a product from fibres to a final fabric ready to be sold. There are basically two types of textile. The first is woven textile in which the raw material, which is in the form of yarn or fibre in cotton, silk, wool, etc., is interlocked to produce a fabric. This is known as a woven textile. The other form is a knit textile where the raw material, unlike the case above, is not one continuous thread.
 
Course Structure:
The course structure in all institutions generally starts with the very basics of drawing, illustrations, photography, colour theory and composition to the elements and process of design, traditional Indian textiles and surface design techniques and embellishments. Study of fabric construction and weaving, dying, printing and finishing is also necessary.
Most institutes also teach computer-aided design. It teaches the students to create fabrics, which have innovative designs, are easy to reproduce and are cost effective.
Practical training is very important in this trade and each institute during the duration of the course imparts practical classes.
 
Entrance Exam:
The entrance test of all institutes is similar. There is a creative ability test, which tests a candidate’s drawing, colour and imagination skills. A general ability test assesses a candidate’s proficiency in English and Mathematics. There is also an interview and sometimes even a situation test for which there is no set pattern. A candidate is selected on the basis of performance in all these areas.
 
Career Prospects:
Big industrial houses are always on the lookout for good textile designers for new ideas in fabrics for interiors like curtains, upholstery, floor coverings, wall hangings, bed linen, etc. This has been the area where textile designers have long been finding employment.
Export houses too have realized the importance of textiles in their business. So fresh graduates are finding employment in their sector as well. The pay packet matches that of the industrial houses provided the export house is doing good business.
 
Remuneration:
A fresh graduate can look for a monthly pay packet of Rs. 10000 to Rs. 12,000. For those who are extremely talented, this can touch Rs. 15,000. Those people with higher experience can command a far greater salary. Even the increase in annual salary is high for each level.
 
Where to study:
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1. National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), NIFT campus, Hauz Khas New Delhi – 110016. NIFT offers a 2 year postgraduate diploma programme in textile design and development.
2. Pearl Academy of Fashion, C-56/2, Okhla Industrial Area Phase II. New Delhi-110020. Pearl offers a one-year graduate Programme in computer-aided textile design.
3. National Institute of Design (NID), Paldi, Ahmedabad- 380007. NID offers a four-year diploma in textile designing and a two year advanced diploma in textile desing. For the advanced diploma, the student should have a diploma in fine arts, applied arts or home science with textiles as a subject.
4. Sophia B.K. Somani Polytechnic, 10, Bhulabhai Desai Road Mumbai-400026, Sophia offers a two-year course in textile manufacture.
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