I need a little help from all the Guppians. I was born and raised in United States andI moved to Islamabad after getting married about a 1.5 years. As people that live here know that in Pakistan there are only two things to do:
1.Eat
2.Shop
I am a graduate from North Carolina State University with a Bachelors Degree in Business Administration. However, I do not know for how long I am going to be in Pakistan. It can be six months or maybe 3 years. I have always been crazy about Eastern Fashion. In the beginning I tried to find work in my related field but I was unsuccessful in that attempt. However, I do have a talent in dress designing/making. Now, that I do reside in Pakistan and its easy for me to fulfill my “dream” for the time being. I really want to get involved with making dresses/dress designing. What is the best way to achieve that. For example, working for a fashion house, getting enrolled in a fashion designing school.
The only thing about the fashion designing school is that i do not like the few that do exist in islamabad.
My phone/laptop/Ipad are all full of ideas for designing my next dress, but how many more can I make for myself.
perhaps start your own business? these days it's quite simple to do if you have consistent internet access.
there are many designers right here on GupShup that might be able to give you some direction....
Do you really need a fashion design degree? If you have a good eye for fashion and design then with your business degree you should be able to start your own. Initially though, you might have to intern with someone already doing that business to get the hang of thing in the business industry in pakistan. If you are raised in US then you must have realized that dealing with people in pakistan is completely different ;P Good luck with whatever you decide to do.
Studying anything professionally never hurts. If you have time and resources, I'd suggest that you do at least some certificate courses if not a degree in both textile and fashion designing.
Alternatively, there are good tutorials for you to learn pattern cutting, draping, making theme based story boards for patterns etc on youtube or you can get a few fashion and textile designing books. In the long run, you'll need to learn all these techniques to be able to make dresses. If you can learn needle work and sewing, that's definitely an advantage.