A footwear designer is a person who designs footwear. A designer will know how to design footwear at the same time giving comfort to the foot. Only a professional design can provide you with comfort and ease. It is a very lucrative profession if the designs are classy at the same time affordable. Now foot wears are as expensive as a cloth. There are numerous brands for foot wears, all of them are designed by professional footwear designers. It was not a profession until the mid 21st century.
It has become a profession so as an academic course. There are institutes around the world which teach footwear designs and which prepares you for a professional world. Footwear brands like Prada, Gucci have changed the way people look at foot wears. The courses for footwear designs are avalibale as ug and pg courses.You can choose the type of course you want and be a sucessful fashion deisgner.
You need to be a 12th pass out from a recognized university to pursue footwear design courses.
Step 1 To become a footwear designer one can either design shoes for oneself or can join for a course in footwear design in any part of India.
Step 2 Some of the institutes in India which gives courses on footwear design are :-
1) NIFT , Chennai
2) NIFT ,Kolkata
3) NIFT, Reabareli
4) Karnataka Institute of Leather Technology ,Karnataka
5) GLS Institute of Design, Gujarat
A footwear designer can get employed in mnc’s and can work with world known footwear brands. They can start their own brands that are how Prada and Gucci took name in the industry .You can also be a designer for national footwear markets. At the same time you can work in universities imparting your knowledge.
The salary of a footwear designer depends upon the type of organization. A fresher out of college can work with good brands and can work as interns. The initial salary will be ranged from Rs 10,000-Rs 15,000. Later on you can start your own footwear design with a brand name and can get many clients for it.
