Costume Design

Hi Siba,
Fashion designing is the art of designing clothing, fashion, accessories, etc. They design garments which are functional as well as attractive and in keeping with trends, market predictions and the climate. They have knowledge about fabric, weave, draping qualities, material, color and design and the changing trends.
On the other hand, the apparel designing is a more technical term pertaining to the specific act of creating clothing from nuts to bolts.They are trained in fabric printing, dyeing, embroidery and design development. They work as design developers, color specialists, hand painters and printing supervisors.
For fashion designing, following opportunities exist in the following sectors:
Export houses dealing with garment/textile/handloom exports
Retail and wholesale garment businesses in mens/womens/children clothing in sportswear/casual wear, etc.
Haute CoutureGovernment/Semi government-handloom/textile manufacturers
Fashion show organizers/Fashion publishers
TV/Film fashion program producers/comperes/costume designers, etc.
With Film production unitsTeaching design
For apparel designing, following opportunities exist in the following sectors:
Design studios
Textile mills
Export houses
Textile dyeing and printing units
Fashion garment houses
Export units
Freelancing for government and private firms
Cottage industries, small scale industries
Entrepreneurship
For more details, please refer to the following links:
https://www.shiksha.com/careers/fashion-designer-45
https://www.shiksha.com/careers/textile-designer-105