Accessory Design

1. About Career

Do you like fashion? Are you critical about which accessories to wear with which outfit? Would you like to design your accessories? If yes, explore the field of accessory designing!

Accessories are one of the significant elements of fashion. Accessory designing is one of the upcoming fields in the fashion world.

We all would agree that the right accessory with the right design complete the outfit. It adds to the personality and style of the wearer. Accessories include jewellery, hair accessories, footwear, scarves, hats, belts and handbags.

Every element under accessory can be a separate area to specialize in and hence a full scope of career. A person who wishes to excel in this field has to be very creative, up to date with the latest fashion trends. One should also be imaginative with designs and should have the ability to come up with new and unique products. In this field, one could make his/her own brand or could also become a celebrity stylist.

Example: Farah Khan Ali, Suhani Pittie, Asha Kamal Modi, Varuna D Jani, Mira Gulhati And Nitya Arora are few of the famous and talent accessory designers in India

2. Roles and Responsibilities of a Accessory Design

• • When you buy a scarf, bag or belt, you are purchasing a product that was made by an accessory designer.
  • These designers use artistic skills and computer-aided design software to develop patterns.
  • They are involved in the production and marketing of the accessory creations.
  • The accessory design begins with research about the latest trends and accessories in the market.
  • Designers assess current trends and predict what will be in style in the upcoming seasons.
  • They use trend reports to decide on colours, fabrics and shapes for their accessories.
  • To create sketches for their designs, accessory designers generally begin with hand sketches, but they also might utilize computer-aided design (CAD) software.
  • Designers produce prototypes of their accessories and make modifications before going into production.

3. Key Skills Required for Accessory Design

• • Corel Draw
  • Computer Aided Design (CAD)
  • Adobe Photoshop

4. Salary and Demand for Accessory Design

• Demand is Medium for Accessory Designing.


• Salary levels are High for Accessory Designing. For fresher average salary is more than 5 Lacs.


• Fees levels of the course is Medium. To pursue this course student need to spend 3 to 4 Lakhs.


• Level of preparation for Accessory Designing is Low. Students spend lesser than 1 year. to prepare for entrance test of Accessory Designing.

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