Designer Hub

1. Stitching lab:

• Industrial machine
• Fashion maker
• Over lock machine
• Electric steam iron
• Cutting table.

2. Pattern making and draping lab:

• Cutting table
• Dress forms
• Lockers for storing students samples
• Cutting table with smooth surface.

3. Fashion art and sewing fundamental lab:

• Drawing tables with large width enough to accommodate drawing sheet
• Tool kit – Scissors(cutting scissors, small scissors, pinking scissors),measuring tape, scales, French curve,pencils-HB,4B,6B,8B tailors chalk, Poster colour , fabric colour, Color pencils,Crayon,Carbon paper, Drawing sheet, Brown paper, Canvas cloth, Paper canvas, Poplin cloth, Fusing cloth, Needle (hand &machine),Hand embroidery thread, Machine embroidery thread, Tracing wheel, Thread clipper ,brush ,Grading scale, Hip curve, Setsquare big size ,L square etc.
• Kerosene stove for doing dyeing

4. Computer lab

Specific features like:-

• Used for computerized pattern making, fashion illustration, and Adobe Photoshop.
• Computer with required furniture
• Scanner
• Broad band connection with internet

USEFUL LINKS

• Institute of Fashion Technology – Kerala

Organizations under Ministry of Textile (MOT)

• National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT)
• Indian Handloom Clusters
• Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC)
• National Handicrafts & Handlooms Museum (NHHM)
• Export Promotion Council for Handicrafts (EPCH)
• Carpet Export Promotion Council (CEPC)
• WWEPC
• The Jute Corporation of India Limited
  

  Fashion Sites on the Web

   

  1. Current Fashion on the Web – International sites

  • Fashion.net
  • Fashion Live
  • Fashionisng.com
  • Fashion Windows
  • Glam.com
  • Instyle.com
  • Style.com
  • Vogue – UK

  2. Fashion Shows – International

  • Amsterdam Fashion Week
  • Bali Fashion Week
  • Bridal Asia
  • Couture Fashion Week
  • First View
  • Milan Fashion Shows
  • Style.com
  • USA Fashion Shows
  • Vogue

  3. Fashion Shows – India

  • Fashion TV
  • Lakme Fashion Week
  • Wills Life Style

  4. Fashion Trends Sites

  • Doneger Creative Services
  • Fashion Snoops
  • Stylesight
  • Trendstop
  • Trendzine

  5. Fashion Industry – Current Developments, Directories etc.

  • Apparel Search

  6. Fashion Fairs & Exhibitions – India

  • India International Garment Fair (IIGF)
  • Trade Fair

  7. Fashion Fairs & Exhibitions – International

  • CPD
  • Hong Kong Fashion Week
  • International Fashion Fair
  • Interstoff
  • Pitti Immagine Filati
  • Premier Vision

  8. Costumes in Museums – India

  • Indian Museum, Kolkata
  • National Museum
  • The Calico Museum of Textiles
  • The Government Museum and Art Gallery, Chandigarh

  9. Costumes in Museums – International

  • Metropolitan Museum of Art, Costume Institute
  • Museum of Costume – Bath and North East Somerset
  • Victoria & Albert Museum (V&A)

  10. Trade Associations & Councils – India

  • Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC)
  • Clothing Manufacturer’s Association of India
  • Fashion Design Council of India
  • Handloom Export Promotion Council (HEPC)
  • Tirupur Exporters’ Association (TEA)

  11. General Dictionaries

  • Cambridge Dictionary 
  • Oxford Dictionaries

  12. Subject Dictionaries & Glossaries

  • All About Jewels Glossary
  • Apparel search glossary
  • Design: Fashion Glossary
  • Fashion glossary
  • Gemstones Glossary of Terms A to I
  • Glossary of Art Movements
  • Internet Centre for Canadian Fashion and Design – NTG International Inc. – Textile Dictionary 
  • The Internet Centre for Canadian Fashion and Words of Art

  13. Encyclopedias

  • Artcyclopedia
  • Encyclopaedia Britannica
  • Wikipedia