Follow Your Heart

It is commonly considered when a child reaches the crossroads of his or her life, that the career that would be selected would be a matter of pride and achievement for the whole family. Typically a youngster is conditioned to believe that the ' respectable ' careers are in the categories of medicine, engineering, software, aeronautical and scientific fields.

A few parents encourage fine arts and some into hotel management, interiors, and architecture. But when it comes to fashion many eyebrows are raised and the very mention of fashion as a career is ridiculed. Why may we ask? What are the generic impressions and opinions so as to speak?

First and foremost, awareness! What is truly lacking still is a sense of awareness and the seriousness of fashion. Fashion is a humungous billion dollar industry employing millions of people worldwide and generating an infinite amount of revenue.
Parents of students who are on the threshold of seeking admission into professional courses need to be informed about the scope of this progressive and fast-growing field. Children who are artistically inclined and those who want to digress into prospective careers of their choice should be motivated to select the course to their liking. Peer pressure and social expectation urge parents to push their offspring into career choices they not necessarily like. Today it is about what one is made for rather than what one should become. It is regressive to pressure the student towards a profession that he is not inclined to.