Inktober is an art movement initiated by artist Jake Parker in the year 2009. This has found a following world over where novices and experts explore their artistic skills through daily prompts for the month. To encourage their students’ creativity and tap into their spontaneous perspective on the day’s challenge, JD Institute of Fashion Technology, Cochin organised a month long display created by
“I’ve got a real sense of three-dimensional geometry. I can look at a flat piece of fabric and know that if I put a slit in it and make some fabric travel around a square, then when you lift it up it will drape in a certain way, and I can feel how that will happen.” -VIVIENNE WESTWOOD - The students of Diploma in Fashion
The Swedish retail giant, H&M opened its doors at Prestige TMS Square, Cochin in November 2019. As one of the prominent design institute’s in India; the Cochin branch of JD Institute of Fashion Technology received an invite for the grand opening of the first H&M store in Kerala. The opportunity to experience the inaugural opening of the multinational retail store was also extended to
The spirit of Halloween is catching up in India and bringing in the fervor of the spookiness of the occasion was JD Institute of Fashion Technology, Cochin which was decorated to it’s scariest best on 31st October 2019. Despite a rainy day, the students did not let it dampen their spirits and were dressed in scariest make-up and the premises were decked to match the
The students of JD Institute of Fashion Technology, Cochin went on an industrial visit to the Golden Triangle – Jaipur (Rajasthan), Delhi and Agra in December 2019. The first stop was Jaipur, where the students explored Albert Hall Museum, one of the oldest museums. The museum is steeped in architectural and art history with exclusive collection of artifacts, objects and other forms. The next
THE VEILED LADY–JD Annual Design Awards 2019 | Fashion Design “If, I make a fool of myself, who cares? I’m not frightened by anyone’s perception of me. (https://bolivarescapes.com/) ” —- ANGELINA JOLIE —- Designers Joel Jacob Mathew and Rashida Janise C P’s collection, The Veiled Lady, is a line of luxury resort wear collection, for the modern voyager and has been inspired by Dictyophora, a bamboo
THE FLAPPERS –JD Annual Design Awards 2019 | Fashion Design “Dress shabbily and they remember the dress. Dress impeccably and they remember the person.” ---- COCO CHANEL ---- Designer Afnan’s collection, The Flappers is a line of party inspired by the modern women during the Jazz Age of the 1920s who were strong willed, bold and confident. Flappers, means a young bird who is trying its
TEHOMEDRA–JD Annual Design Awards 2019 Fashion Design “Birth is the epicenter of women’s power.” ---- ANI DI FRANCO ---- Designers Meera Siby and Rejna Ninan’s collection, Tehomedra means power of mother and is a line of occasional maternity wear which is inspired from Calendula, Indian Marigold. It is known to possess healing, anti-inflammatory, anti-viral properties. Marigold is also called Mary’s Gold and her role as the
SCHASTAY –JD Annual Design Awards 2019 | Fashion Design “To be modern is not a fashion, it is a state. It is necessary to understand history, and he who understands history knows how to find continuity between that which was, that which is and that which will be.” ---- LE CORBUSIER ---- Designers Anju Salim and Ann Maria Jose’s collection, “Schastay” means happiness and is a