Question & Answers: Fashion Designing

Question:

I am a student of 11th grade, studying in Dubai. I would like to pursue a career as a fashion designer.

Could you please recommend what are the various courses that I can do after my 12th and which is the best place to do it. I would also like to know about some of the colleges in Dubai that are providing these courses.

Answers:

Fashion design is a field that involves creativity, imagination and aesthetics all of which is influenced by culture and the environment. Designers need to identify and interpret customer needs and anticipate trends. There are various universities that offer the course and a good college counselor would be able to direct you to specialized universities that have faculties from the trade and industry thereby helping you network and learn from experienced fashion designers themselves. Schools in Europe would be worth exploring as some may offer short courses too. These schools would help in getting you internships which is much needed in this field.

I recently was introduced to a school in Europe offering unique and exciting degrees in E-Retailing, Retail Management, Fashion Business, E- Fashion, Fashion & Luxury Brand Management, Fashion photography and Fashion Marketing and Production. Many of my young students ask about Fashion Designing without understanding the related industries they could be a part off and might have more of an aptitude for which also have as much creativity. Some jobs related to the industry are costume designer, personal stylist (all stars have one!)Fashion Illustrator, Fashion writer, Fashion Buyer to name some.