POST GRADUATE PROSPECTUS PEARL ACADEMY OF FASHION

Showcasing Talent to the World
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Our students receive unique opportunities annually to present their
work to a wide audience through exhibitions and seminars.
PORTFOLIO
Each year, the students of Fashion Design show case their final collection
at a public ramp event called “PORTFOLIO”. At this event, counted proudly
among all prestigious fashion events,, dignitaries from government and
business, and families of students from the audience. Fashion Designers
and media spot budding talent. Television Channels interview the
achievers who are conferred awards in different category. Print media
covers the event extensively.
FABRIC FOLIO
The Tex-Style Fair is an annual event organised by the International Trade
Promotion Organisation of the Ministry of Commerce & Industry to
showcase Indian textiles to the world. It is attended by 3000 buyers from
across the globe. The Academy sets up each year, at the invitation of
ITPO, pavilion – “FABRIC FOLIO” – to showcase hundreds of samples of
innovative fabrics collected from industry all over India by the textile design
students. The students also develop own samples along the fair’s theme
and trends, as well as exhibit the samples resulting from different projects
undertaken in the course. The pavilion is set up and manned by students
who conduct visitors through the display.
PEARL UTSAV
“All work and no play make jack a dull boy”. Indeed, in the creative
disciplines, extra-curricular activities are closely linked with the formal
curriculum. “Pearl Utsav” is an event organised annually by students to
serve as a platform for demonstrating talent in music, drama, dance and
other performing arts. The event is organised by PLANCLAN, a student
body. Talented students also have opportunities to represent the Academy
at various institutional festivals / events held locally and elsewhere in India.
CONTINUUM
Creativity knows no boundaries, no limits. Ideas from a continnum…….
Every two years, the Academy organised an International Conference –
“CONTINUUM”, inviting distinguished design professionals from all over the
world to speak on current themes and topics. CONTINUUM 06 focused on
“Global Fashion Leadership: Evolving Directions and Future Perspectives”
with 12 out of 18 speakers coming from overseas. Students play a very
important role in the conduct of Continuum and contribute creatively to
the promotion, communication, exhibition and display needs of the
occasion. There are opportunities galore for students to interact with the
invited speakers. Next Continuum is scheduled in 2008.