Aspirants of Fashion designers must have the inherent skills as idea generation,creativity,learning,communication & presentation skills.Starting a career in Fashion is through academic route or self learning .Self learning is to research magazines ,observing trends through runway.Horning of skills in the areas of creative design practicing through pencil sketches,computer softwares.Knowledge of Fabric,Apparel production knowledge can be acquired through short term courses.Learning marketing,management skills,export procedure are important.Entroling in distance learning programmee and undergoing internship will develop necessary skills.
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