School Of Fashion And Design | Whistling Woods International

Jointly established by Whistling Woods and Neeta Lulla – National Award-winning fashion and costume designer; this is India’s first and only fashion institute spearheaded by a fashion designer. With this school, we have forayed into fashion education with an objective to offer a holistic understanding of the fashion industry to aspirants, which will provide career opportunities in various aspects of Fashion Design and related fields.

The Degree course in Fashion Design is accredited by the Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development.

Courses offered

BA in Fashion Design | (3 years)

Department Overview

Jewellyn Alvares

Head of Department

Jewellyn Alvares

Head of Department

Jewellyn Alvares is a Fashion Designer and has been a couture and pattern-making enthusiast exploring the subject in the classroom as well as in the customisation of bridalwear for more than a decade. The women’s line goes under the brand name ‘Jule Bridal.’ He recently launched his eponymous label Jewellyn Alvares at the Lakme Fashion Week 2018; this is the menswear line in indigenous fabrics and innovative &unsculpted silhouettes.
As a shoe designer, Jewellyn has customised and designed footwear for several national and international brands like Catwalk, Pavers England to name a few and for large-format shows including Femina Miss India participants.
Jewellyn designs for his clientele across the world and has showcased his work in Australia, garnering praises.
An alumnus of the National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), Bengaluru, he has been associated fashion design schools and is with Whistling Woods International since July 2019.

Shilpa Soneji

Faculty

Deepen Sharma

Faculty

Deepen Sharma

Faculty

Deepen Sharma an alumnus of Mod’art International, has been working as a Fashion Illustrator for over 6 years for National and International Designers and Brands such as Anita Dongre, Payal Singhal, French Consulate and many more. With featured work in magazines like Vogue and Verve, Deepen has also worked as a Head Designer for a Jewelry brand and with a strong personal style, has entered the world of Fashion Influencer community.

Dipti Mhatre

Faculty

Dipti Mhatre

Faculty

Ms. Mhatre specialises in costume design and is also a stylist. She has been working in the Indian film industry from more than a decade. She has worked on movies like ABCD, The Dirty Picture, OMG by Umesh Shukla and many more and enjoys sharing her extensive knowledge as well as experience with the students.

Lancy D’silva

Faculty

Lancy D’silva

Faculty

Lancy D’silva has worked with the Italian brand ‘Brioni’ as Manager, made-to-measure and later worked with the brand ‘Camessi’ as Bespoke Consultant. He has been designing and crafting clothes for people since late 90s. He has also conducted masterclasses at DSK Institute and Symbiosis, Pune.

Alumni Speak

Saumi-Shah

Placed under Sonali Jain (Fashion Designer) as Assistant Designer

Saumi Shah

WWI has been like a family to me that has always supported, motivated, and brought out the best in me. This institute has given me the opportunity to explore all the aspects of the fashion industry and has helped me gain self-confidence. I have got a great amount of learning from my faculties. The Placement Cell has guided me, given me the chance to use the imparted information and make strides towards my dreams. I am glad to be a part of this family. Thank you Whistling Woods International!

Amruta Date

Intern @ House of Nivedita Saboo

Amruta Date

Whistling Woods International has altogether helped me in understanding the vital aspects of Fashion Design. The subjects that I learned, helped me acquaint with my own style of structuring, designing, and putting together different elements to form a design aesthetic. It is a result of the course that I can gladly say – I can speak the language of Fashion. The Placement Cell/Career Resource Centre helped me get an internship at a design house – House of Nivedita Saboo.

Anvita A Nair

Internship

Anvita Nair

My journey through Whistling Woods International has been incredible. Our faculties have constantly encouraged us to participate in various activities which has helped me grow. Considering Fashion in a filmmaking school has opened entryways of information to such many subjects. The sort of chances I’ve got being a student of an institution like this has stretched out past the cut-off points of normal design related work. We entered this organization with a thought of what contemplating Fashion would resemble, and later our faculties demonstrated to us that style can be what we need it to be. The Placement Cell has helped me get the internship that I wanted, and I am very grateful to them for that. They examined my interests, about what I wanted to do in the future, and provided me with suitable companies to interact with.

Suryakant Rout

Placed under Gaurang Shah’s (Fashion Designer) Design Team

Suryakant Rout

“If you dream, they do come true”, was just a phrase I heard until I got through one of the most prestigious fashion institutes. I discovered myself as an individual at Whistling Woods International. The Placement Cell of WWI shapes the students well and encapsulate the best for them. I am so thankful to the college and my faculties who guided me in my journey during and after college.

Khushboo Rathi

Asst. Store Manager, Aura (Nagpur)

Khushboo Rathi

This institute is like a collateral fashion industry, where we were involved in doing everything related to fashion and learn every aspect of fashion design. Be it working backstage at fashion shows or creating garments, academic guidance coupled with practical experiences seamlessly transformed us into professionals. The kind of exposure we got here is immense. We had regular workshops and interactive sessions with guest lectures, who are professionals and experts from the fashion industry, which added to our skill set.

Bharti Sharma

Fashion Designer

Bharti Sharma

My journey has been phenomenal. This has been a tremendous platform for aspiring designers. I had the best time in the last semester, as I could apply all my learning that I have received in the first 3 semesters, while creating my garment collection for the graduation show. The opportunity of designing and creating an entire collection has been a great learning experience.

Mehak Murpana

Papa Don’t Preach & Entrepreneur

Mehak Murpana

After completing my studies in Business Management, I came to know about Whistling Woods School of Fashion and Design from a friend, and right at that moment, I knew I must join it to get guidance and direct my passion and ambition of becoming a fashion designer. While designing my graduation show collection I realized how intensive and challenging the entire process of creating garment is. The faculties here are extremely helpful, supportive and cooperative. These 2 years have been the best years of my life.