How to Hire the Perfect Fashion Designer in Delhi-NCR
From the perfect lehenga designed for the lead actress to the hi-tech action suit designed for the action hero, the demand of the fashion designers is growing rapidly. Not only the big or small budget movies but also the extravagant fashion shows held every now and then is dependant primarily on the fashion designers. Freelance or professional designers are many in all over India, thanks to the inspirational designer faces seen on the media so often who have also made their significant success on global scale. In Delhi NCR only, there is a number of fashion designing institutes that are run by experienced designers to bring out more designers.
While the so-called “award-winning” designers in Delhi NCR come really expensive and many clients opt for them for their fame and also excellence, it is also a fact that many such famous designers have little knowledge of manufacturing.
Full-time Vs Freelancer Designer
In most cases, the college pass-outs start their career as freelancer as vacancy of full-time designers is less than the number of graduated students. The freelancers work independently from home with their own ensemble while the full-timers work either for their own brand or under the senior fashion designer at his/her studio.
Hiring a full-timer can be much expensive than that of a freelancer although the full-timer is more experienced and professional. Again, by appointing one (for small project) or more (large projects with high manufacturing demand) freelancers, you can have unique design varieties from each individual. So, according to after analyzing budget and demand, you should hire fashion designers.
Where Can You Hire Designers From?
You can hire fashion designers in Delhi NCR on both freelancer and full-timer fashion designers can be hired through the following sources –
- Get in touch with people from the designing and manufacturing industry in Delhi NCR to get reference of prospective designers who have experience and are efficient.
2. Appoint a consultant who would conduct test and interview and fetch potential designers from his/her experience.
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3. Check out internet and find applicants through job advertisements on recruitment sites like Just.Jobs.
What To Consider While Hiring Designers
The idea of choosing between freelancer and full-timer designer is up to you however while choosing them; here are the things to remember –
- Experience in Manufacturing
The designer should be experienced of retail and manufacturing to produce the tech pack which will be essential for constructing the garments. Check the CV of the applicants and make sure he/she has manufacturing experience before you hire fashion designers. - Tech Pack/Worksheet
The only thing that can speak on behalf of the excellence of the designer is their sample work on work sheet which is also called tech pack. It acts as the blueprint to give a clear idea of the garments so that both time and budget is saved in the course of time for the final samples. The tech pack should be checked to judge whether the designer has knowledge and experience. - Up-To-Date with Trend
Fashion is all about following the trend and creating a new trend, which can be done even by adding new ideas to vintage fashion. The designer should be able to forecast trend and if they can, they should use new adaptation, new color palette and style such as retro clothing, leather, sequin, fringe etc. - Versatility
Creating offbeat garments and earning accolades is one thing and manufacturing a large range of garments is another. The highly creative fashion designers have the knack of creating extravagant dresses which might not be wearable at all. Moreover, they generally don’t have much idea regarding manufacturing large scale garments. Similarly those with experience of manufacturing wearable dresses on a large scale might not be inclined on the highly creative ideas.
To hire fashion designers depends on your requirement –it can be a creative designer or a general designer-manufacturer, or in most favorable cases, both.
- Experience
The knowledge and experience matter, especially for creative sectors like fashion designing. A recent graduate or a designing student obviously won’t have the experience of a skilled designer who has worked for a number of clients. Hence, the beginners would be incompetent in executing the high-end ideas of large-scale manufacturing.
Still, if you hire a beginner, make sure to appoint an experienced team who would be able to train him/her. - Education
This might sound absurd but not everyone is “gifted” to start a fashion ensemble without proper degree from any fashion designing institute. Delhi NCR has a number of fashion design institutes offering bachelor’s and master’s degree in fashion designing, the applicants should have graduated from any such designing colleges and has proper training. - Knowledge
A designer with proper sewing skill doesn’t get labeled as a tailor, but he/she is labeled as a competent guide to interpret the designing ideas to production team. The portfolio should state the abilities, skills, worked on projects etc.
- Budget
Analyze the market rate of a designer’s individual design, devise your business plan and make sure that you can afford the designer budget, which depends upon his/her experience and work agenda (full-time or freelancing). - Make Agreement
Discuss the company term and conditions stated on the contract with the designer while hiring them. The design copyright, future use etc should be clearly discussed about. If both end agrees, it should be signed and if not, then revising should be done before the job starts.
After selecting the candidate from Delhi NCR, now you have to convey the designer about your company history, objectives, resources, design styles, advertisement agenda as well as image copyrights, design usage, deadline and full budget. Transparency before hiring always caters for long-term association bringing fruitful results.
