Fashion Design

Yes, you can definitely make a career in fashion after doing engineering. Who says you can't? If you think again for a second, you will realize how hand in hand fashion and engineering go. What is fashion, if not newer innovation of trends and technology related to it. If you feel passionate about designing and fashion, you should definitely go for it. Now comes the part about how to go about it. Here it is:
If you want to go for design, there are a whole lot of options that you can explore. You can look into Fashion Design, Apparel Design, Jewelry Design, Interior Design, Fashion Communication, Fashion Technology, Fashion Management, etc. Check this link for more information on these courses: Make Career in Design, Design guide, Design Institute in Delhi
There are courses available in NIFT and other reputed institutes in the above domains. Try and research more about it. Some will provide you with a Bachelor's degree, but at this time I would suggest you to do a Masters in fashion management/Diploma in Fashion management/Fashion Communication. Since you have an engineering background, I would suggest you to look at design courses in NID, their curriculum and eligibility. If you can manage to crack their Masters level entrances, it would prove to be a huge boost for your career in fashion. Lastly, I hope you have thought about your choice regarding choosing the field of fashion, because after this level (postgraduate), it would be very difficult for you to change your field again.

Skills required:
You need to be creative and artistic. As you will be designing clothes, one quality you just cannot do without is creativity and artistic sense. You need to turn raw materials into beautiful costumes and accessories. This requires a lot of detailing and creativity. You also need to have an eye for detail. It is very important for a fashion designer to come out with some basic designs and then add detailing to them. Most of the times it is the detail which makes the clothes stand out. You need to have a good understanding of colour, texture and fabric quality. You also need to have an understanding of the raw materials that you are working with. Analyse beforehand as to what design will look good with a certain fabric, how can you use it, which colours you can mix with it and so on. These small details will help in making your designs and costumes look good and make a mark for yourself later on. Regards.