Somehow its a truth that you are your best teacher. Formal education and degrees can be well sought but improvements are autonomous feelings. Supposing one is the best designer in town and has raked enough moolah with many fashion shows. You are a style guru and have your mantras. This is that peak in life which beckons you to empower yourself with more talents.
Fashion and design are brisk business centres. Style come and go and re-invent themselves. It is a gamut of business concerning clients and adhering to trends. To carve a niche is easy, to be a pioneer is achievable but to stay there is survival.
Get into the habit of reading books other than your ritual fashion magazines. Know the world, understand market trends and find potential in business areas. If textile is flourishing business, then diversify your current talent. Hone your skills in block printing and tie and die methods. Keep abreast of earlier fashion trends, watch for repetitions and know all about fabrics and weaving. Leave no room for excuses and lack of knowledge.
Leaf over your old sketches, suggest self-improvements, encourage new talents, learn from novices too. Invent colors and experiment with fall of fabrics. Make thematized business presentations viz. seasonal clothes, trousseau collection or 1st birthday celebration in kid apparels. In India the need for fashion is growing and a designer has much to explore.
Learn about knits and crochets, get down the basics of silk threads, adapt a new fabric to Indian seasons. Set a trend. Many times your ideas boomerang, but let that be a springboard for further self development. Practice your strokes, be international in your business and convey effectively.
Creative fields rush the adrenaline high to cause burn-outs. List your priorities and balance well. Network with people in difference streams, appreciate their views and imbibe them in your designs. Be keen to explore and try to learn something new often.
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