Job Purpose

We are looking for a Fabric Designer with strong knowledge of woven fabrics who can develop commercially viable and trend-relevant fabric designs for garment manufacturers, brands, and export customers.

The candidate should be capable of converting design concepts and buyer references into weave constructions, yarn combinations, colourways and dobby designs suitable for bulk production.

Key Responsibilities

- Develop new woven fabric designs and collections based on current market trends.
- Create designs for checks, stripes, dobby structures, textures, solids and yarn-dyed fabrics.
- Develop fabrics suitable for shirts, kurtis, dresses, bottoms and other woven garments.
- Study buyer references, garment samples and fabric swatches and develop similar or improved constructions.
- Decide suitable:
- Yarn counts
- Warp and weft combinations
- EPI/PPI or reed/pick
- Weave structures
- GSM
- Fabric width
- Colour combinations
- Develop dobby designs and coordinate with weaving teams for execution.
- Work with cotton, polyester, viscose/rayon, linen, CVC, PC and blended yarns.
- Coordinate with yarn suppliers, warping, sizing, weaving, processing and finishing teams.
- Develop current fabric samples and maintain a systematic fabric sample library.
- Create multiple colourways for selected fabric designs.
- Monitor sampling from concept through loom development and finished fabric.
- Identify and correct issues related to construction, appearance, hand feel,



GSM and shrinkage.
- Ensure developed fabrics are commercially feasible and cost-effective, not just aesthetically attractive.
- Regularly research Indian and international fabric, colour and garment trends.
- Develop seasonal fabric collections for presentation to existing and prospective buyers.
- Maintain complete technical records for every approved fabric development.

Required Skills
- Strong knowledge of woven fabric construction.
- Good understanding of yarn counts, GSM, EPI/PPI, weave structures and fabric finishing.
- Knowledge of dobby and yarn-dyed fabric development.
- Strong colour sense and ability to create commercially attractive combinations.
- Ability to understand fabric swatches and reverse-engineer constructions.
- Knowledge of textile/fabric design software is preferred.
- Good coordination with weaving mills, processing houses and production teams.
- Understanding of fabric costing and commercial viability is highly desirable.

Qualification Preferred: Diploma / B.Tech / B.Des / Degree in Textile Technology, Textile Design, Weaving Technology or related field.

Experience

Preferred: 3–7 years in woven fabric design/development.

Candidates with experience in shirt fabrics, yarn-dyed fabrics, dobby fabrics and export-oriented textile development will be preferred.

Pay: ₹10,593.79 - ₹22,000.00 per month

Work Location: In person

📌 Fabric Designer (Salem)
🏢 chawlaexports
📍 Salem