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It is one of those congenial mornings when I woke up reminiscing fond memories back from my fashion college days. Time moves on so quickly that I almost failed to grasp that it has been over a year since I graduated from the Department of Fashion Design, National Institute of Fashion Technology, New Delhi.
It is funny how as a student, all I did was whine about the endless assignments and submissions and here the transient life brings me to a point when I hopelessly yearn to relive those crazy moments.
As a fashion design student, three things that I did all day was to
1. Work
2. Work
3. Work
I mean it.
Strangely, all the preliminary research and conceptualisation of design takes 95% of the time period while the bigger task – execution happens overnight. Twenty-four hours are never enough in a day when you have to be an artist, photographer, graphic designer, carpenter, sculptor, research analyst, visual merchandiser, tailor, and many more things, all at the same time in continuum for four years. Sound of the sewing machine becomes music to ears and the air you breathe carries the smell of muslin. Students in a fashion college don’t get time to go out on a date. Visiting fabric stores for sourcing with your bae is more or less the date. Usually, the saying is “from rags to riches”, but in a fashion college it is “from riches to rags”. Studying in a fashion college is expensive, period. And in spite of all the exhaustion and chaos, fashion colleges are individualistic, fun, and cooler than the rest.
In association with COLLEGE DUNIA, here is my take on why a fashion college is the coolest place to study in.
1. MOST FASHION COLLEGES LOOK PRETTIER THAN YOURS
NIFT New Delhi Campus
Amphi Theater and Ramp at NIFT New Delhi
2. FASHION COLLEGES ARE ALWAYS BUZZING WITH HAPPENING ACTIVITIES & OTHER DESIGN WORKSHOPS
Body Painting
Fashion Shows
Kalamkari workshop at NIFT Delhi
3. THE WORK WE DO IS MORE HANDS-ON AND LESS THEORY
Pattern Making
Garment Construction
At Dying lab
4. EVEN IF IT’S THEORY, THE SETUP IS LESS DEMANDING….. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN 😀
History of fashion module
5. MARKS? NOBODY BATS AN EYE! MANAGE TO GET A PASS GRADE AND THAT’S ALL. TOPPER IN A FASHION COLLEGE? WELL… YOU ARE A STUDIOUS STUDENT – THAT’S THE ONLY CONCLUSION TO BE SURE OF.
6. WE ARE INSOMNIACS & SOMETIMES SLEEP IN THE LAB.
7. IN A FASHION COLLEGE, WE DON’T MIND MESS… WE LIKE TO GET OUR HANDS DIRTY!
With all that stationary and work, even our apartment is messy sometimes 😀
8. FASHION COLLEGES DON’T HAVE CONSERVATIVE DRESSCODE NORMS
Students at NIFT New Delhi
I have heard tales about crazy dress code norms like anything sleeveless, t-shirts etc. being banned in other Indian colleges… It’s the last thing to happen in a fashion college. A pair of shorts? Mini Skirt? Denim? Tshirts? Shirt? Vest? Blazer? Well.. You can wear it all and nobody stops you.
9. WE MAKE STYLISH CLOTHES… DUH!
My batch-mate Smridhi Mehra working on her graduate collection.
10. AND WE WEAR WHAT WE CREATE
Friends wearing my creations.
Ensemble 1- Double-collared blouse + Dhoti inspired trouser
Ensemble 2- Dress inspired by deconstruction
Ensemble 3- Peplum top with notch collar seams + Lungi
11. AND OF COURSE, THE FASHION SHOWS
First-ever fashion show in my life at NIFT New Delhi, Fashion Spectrum 2012
Models wearing creations of Fashion Design students at Fashion Spectrum 2012, NIFT New Delhi. My creation – second from left.
12. IN A FASHION COLLEGE, MOST STUDENTS ARE PART-TIME MODELS TOO.
Students help out fellow batch-mates by modeling for photoshoot sessions.
13. BETTER JUNIOR-SENIOR RELATIONSHIP
Fashion colleges have a relatively small crowd and almost everybody in the department knows each other. Juniors and seniors co-exist in harmony, with lesser attitude issues helping each other with their work, which is mostly unseen in other colleges.
14. UBER-COOL TEACHERS
Fashion colleges have faculties who often value our personal liberties.
15. SEX RATIO
Unlike other colleges, girls outnumber boys here.
16. INDIVIDUALISM
We do not conform with the crowd, we do not defy the crowd. We just become ourselves.
17. FASHION STUDENTS PARTY LIKE THERE’S NO TOMORROW…
WE ARE OUT IN THE STREETS AT 4 AM IN SEARCH OF FOOD 😀
18. AND WE STILL WAKE UP THE NEXT DAY TO MULTITASK!
19. AND LAST BUT NOT THE LEAST, WE BE THE MOST STYLISH FOLKS B-)
Apart from your interest in fashion, well aren’t the reasons jazzy enough to enroll in a fashion college? Visit College Dunia to find yourself the most suitable fashion school on basis of location, ranking, rating, fees, and cut-off for different competitive exams.
15 responses to “19 Reasons Why A Fashion College Is The Coolest Place To Study In”
If you have the opportunity to visit the online University you are interested, get in addition to information about the programs. distance learning mba provide a sense of the environment and the people who work and study there. Many institutions have information days or evenings, and offers views of the premises.
Wait a minute? Such a think actually exists? wow! AMAZING.
xo
Maggie A
LOVEMAVIN.COMlove your creations on your friends…even my college Jadavpur University is pretty liberal when it comes to dress codes so thankfully never had to worry about not wearing shorts or crazy hair colours
See some familiar faces in here! Nice post… Makes you nostalgic
Hahaha, great post! And being an architecture student most of the things you pointed out here are very recognizable too ;).
haha, can relate to it. Miss all that fun. Super nice post.
xoxostyle@Aparna
Oh yes. Most of them are my batchmates from NIFT Delhi. Nostalgic indeed xD@Flysongbird
Glad to learn that you liked my creations. Thank you. And thumbs up to your hair color experiments (y)Hahahhha loved it bhai ! That's G-161 apartment ! Vivek sawrabh ashish arun…hahaha we are famous now :p
So much fun! I was from engineering and it was the other end of the spectrum!
Cheers,
Everest
http://www.everestsays.comApplying an MBA degree can open a lot of doors in several fields in the market, further informative prospects in India, exposure to the corporate sector, trying out for governing positions like RAS, IAS, etc. There are many government as well as private MBA Colleges in India introduce in the India.
You said that studying in a fashion college can bring you from riches to rags. Can the middle class really afford it in terms of fees and assignment expenditures?
Hello,
Yes. There are many NIFT students who come from financially middle class backgrounds. Educational loans are fairly easily available. There are some good financial assistance schemes. Projects can get a bit demanding but there are always smart and less expensive alternatives.
Haha, these photos pay justice to the title and of course, a great article explaining about the fashion designing college.
Wonderful pictures and cool article which speaks about value of fashion designing, this will help the students to get hope about the job security and so they can join in Fashion Designing Colleges in Bangalore, Chennai and all over India.
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