Frequently Asked Questions: OBJECTIVES OF FASHION TECHNOLOGY PARK

Reason Behind the Aim and Objectives

Our research has firmly concluded that the fashion manufacturing industry, especially the small scale industry, is hungry of services of Designing, Sample-making and Sample testing. Presently, there is no place for manufacturers to go and get such services. They need a place where choice of design services of designers can be availed of that too out of hundreds of Designers at one place. Besides, there is hardly any place where high profile clients can go and get the Designer-Wear. Another sector which needs to be catered and can prove to be a big market is “Designed Wedding-Wear”. Also, there is no place from where Designers can market their Designer- Wears, Designs and sampling services. This difficulty is especially faced by the Budding or fresh Designers.

Based on this research, it was felt that both the communities should be able to meet & fulfill their mutual needs at one place. Fashion Technology Park (ftp) came in to existence as an answer to those needs. In other words, ftp is very much needed for the development of Fashion Business in India & particularly in this region. The global scenario of Fashion Business in a liberalized market is another propeller as the competition in quality and pricing is tough to go through. Here fits ftp because it will help the manufacturers in creating standardized quality and price. Quality because of quality design intervention and price because the manufacturers especially the textile manufacturers, will be able to go for mass manufacturing.

Who Can Operate From ftp?

High profile Designers, fresh graduate Designers, with rural background and Budding Designers can operate form ftp. Corporate Design Houses will of course be eminent operators from ftp. The other service providers to designers and fashion trade will also operate from ftp.

What can The Budding Designers do at ftp?

Fashion Technology Park (ftp) has planned to provide about 400 units of super areas of approximately starting from 337 Sq ft to1146 Sq ft. One can have it on rent or one can purchase it right away. In these spaces one can house 4-5 tailors, a 2 ½ x 2 ½ feet Dressing room, a cutting table and a Designing Counter. One can Design for manufacturers and can get one’s own samples made inside one’s own studio from one’s own employed tailors. One can also Design and get the Designer- wear manufactured inside the place. One can best utilise the tailors for sample- making and Designer-Wear and Designed Wedding-Wear for optimal utilization of the space and staff. For machine / hand made embroidery, button-holing and button- fixing etc. one can approach such people inside FTP as we are providing spaces for such service providers also. The first tower providing 240 out of above studios is being completed before 30-06-2010 (Subject to change if required) having independent entrance. These studios can be operate from 01-09-2010.

The space unit for Budding Designers in Design Pavilion two is called as “DESIGN and DESIGNER WEAR STUDIOS” and can be had in multiples of Ones, Twos or Threes.

How About Marketing Designs, Sample -Services And Designer- Wears?

Firstly, a big cluster of 400 Designs and Designer-Wear studios at one place i.e. in FTP will itself be a big attraction to all clients requiring these services, as the clients will have a large variety to choose from. Secondly, the clients will start visiting these studios immediately at the start of business in these studios as presently there is no other place for this purpose. Fashion Technology Park (ftp) is mailing the message to all manufacturers in India and abroad and putting sufficient but limited advertisement on Television, Radio and Newspapers in India and on NRI/TV channels and newspapers abroad. Our website will be another way of information to these clients. All these efforts will help attracting large footfall of clients in these studios, immediately on the start of their operation.

How will it Help?

Since the manufacturing community needs designs, sample- services and most of all innovative Designs. FTP which will provide a set-up of facilities to support creative and innovative designer, will help to brighten up the marketing value of their manufactured goods. To develop their creativity in an ambience in which they can utilize their time for creative designing to the extent of 95 %, the Designers should be totally hassle- free. This will require a complete set of services to support the designers. A viable and throbbing physical infrastructure is also a must required.

Fashion Technology Park (ftp) is in the process of executing a well designed Physical Infrastructure and developing a world-class Intellectual Infrastructure.

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Can the Big Manufacturers take Services from ftp?

Yes, they can also take the services from ftp. In fact, they will need these services from Fashion Technology Park (ftp). If they have their own design house with few designers employed, even then they will require the design service from ftp. Since designing is a creative activity and the creative designing of high impact can be achieved better out of hundreds of designers than only from a few , as no one knows who can design better. Besides, the sample-making, sample -testing and other support services will be of world standard in ftp which every manufacturer cannot afford to have at one place.

What About Corporate Design Houses?

Corporate Designs Houses will become more result -oriented in Fashion Technology Park (ftp) than in scattered areas because in ftp they will have all kinds of support services at one place rather than going from place to place to have them. Besides, they will also have an environmental friendly physical infrastructure.

Where can the Designers get Trained Staff in Art, Craft and Tailoring etc?

All designers can have fully trained staff from within ftp as Fashion Technology Park (ftp) has aimed to train such 10000 staff in the next two to three years. They are being trained free of cost by ftp by fully qualified Designers to create highly skilled people. They will be required in good numbers at ftp when it becomes operational. This staff will be skilled enough to prepare accurate quality samples and designer- wears. Besides, these skilled people will help preparing samples of Designs based on Fusion of Design depicting Indian culture, especially rural culture and European Designs.

What is the Importance of Mass Manufacturing ?

Mass manufacturing is very important in Fashion Business. The present world level Brands are capturing the Global Fashion Business on a huge scale because of mass manufacturing. They are selling millions of pieces (copies) of the each designed item throughout globe and their items are of best attraction and, hence are selling in big numbers at premium prices.

What is the Reason Behind Success of Global Brands?

The only reason for their success is that they start designing their apparel from fiber stage. To create an end- product of their designed apparel, they need their own choice of fabric. For this, they need to have their own designed yarn. To have their choice of yarn they need their own design based mix of fiber. When a manufacturer has own designed yarn (based on his own mix of fibers) and own designed textile, own designed printed and dyed fabric, only then can he prepare best apparel and attract the market.

The freedom of fabric of his own choice of the apparel to the designer is the key point for preparing best priced apparel. Attractable design is inter linked to the own designed fabric. Otherwise a question also comes up that if an apparel is attracting market on high levels then who will guarantee the supply for its required large quantity of fabric by procuring it from the open market. Nobody can do it. In other words, the absence of sustained required quantity of fabric to meet the high level market requirement of large quantity of apparel, will fail its marketing all together. So, to match successful market with mass manufacturing, own designed fabric based on own designed fiber to yarn and yarn to fabric, is a must.

What Will FTP Do For Own Designed Fabric?

Fashion Technology Park (ftp) will have a complete set-up of manufacturing the samples of yarn, textile and print and dying of fabric on the latest machines. Fashion Technology Park (ftp) is also bringing in the world- famous laboratories for all kinds of samples made and tested based on designer’s designs. Once the sample is passed then the designer can also get suitable software (Command CD’s) designed for Mass Manufacturing from software designers within ftp.

Can Indian Designers enter into Designing for Mass Manufacturing?

Yes, they can. They have the best brains to do wonders in Designing, as our IT Professionals have proved in Software Designing. The only thing they need is the sample- making and testing of their designed apparel based on their own choice of fabric. Presently, they hardly have this facility in India. With ftp becoming operational, designers will get these services at one platform within ftp and will be able to put their own designed samples of fabric and Apparel on the tables of Mass Manufacturers of the world and get orders and the price they ask for

Can India manufacturers enter into their own brand develop?

Yes they can. The Indian manufactures who do not have the Designs, Samples and Sample Testing services start from Yarn to Fabric, they can now have it all from ftp. They can also have total Brand Development consultancy and Advertising services from companies providing such services from within ftp.

Can Indian Manufacturers go for Mass?

Yes they can. With the help of innovative Designers and support services available for their brand development they can easily enter into Mass Manufacturing. They can easily compete with established Global Brands because of attractive Designs, well prepared and well managed Media campaign and competitive price.

What is Fusion of Design?

The Fusion of Design is the mix design of Western apparels with cultural Design of some ancient countries like India, Egypt, Turkey, Greek and China etc. Western Designers and consumers are fed-up of same monotonous designs with little changes in them where as Fusion of Design will be a complete revolution in designing, especially for Western people. Hence, Indian Designers can have an edge over Western designers. A Designer in ftp can get best of both the worlds because he will get samples of yarn, fabric and apparel made based on his own designs and he can also get trained Art & Craft workers from with-in ftp to prepare his samples based on Fusion of Designs.

What Will ftp Do Finally?

Fashion Technology Park (ftp) will help the Mass manufacturers and Global Brand Developers in strategic manner to help increase many folds their manufacturing and marketing of value-added products globally. It will also help smaller manufacturer by increasing their quality and giving complete guidance and business tie-ups.

Will Indian Designers Get Work From World Fashion Companies?

Yes, Indian Designers will get orders of large quantity because ftp support system will enable them to present best quality prepared and tested samples based on their creative designs. Further more, they can also provide software on computer operated machines (CD’s) for mass manufacturing. There is no scarcity of creative minds of Indian Designers. In ftp, such minds will become fully fertile as ftp is providing the facility support system where a Designer will become hassle–free. Further more, the sample swatches and design services will be much less costlier than their counter parts in Europe and Western Countries.

Can Indian Designers Get Work from Mass Manufacturers of Global Brands?

Yes, Why not? Fashion Technology Park (ftp) will help to link them with such companies and at the same time will enable them to satisfy demanded requirement by supporting through its facility and services support systems.

How Will They Link Themselves To World Fashion Industry?

Fashion Technology Park (ftp) is going to prepare World Network of its authorized representative. In this network, ftp will appoint well known companies in the leading countries of the world to market all products available emanating from ftp system. Such end- users can settle the commission with these authorized representatives and can get the business orders. The appointment of these companies will be done before with in year of 2011 it self.

What Price The Indian Designers Can Fetch?

The price is very high in Mass Manufacturing industry since one designed item will be sold in Millions of copies world- wide. One can imagine what kind of money it will be, even if a very small Royalty amount is settled between a Designer and the Mass Manufacturer. Indian Designers will definitely fetch such prices.