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What is a successful Job in Fashion Industry?

How can i make my dream job a reality?how can i break into the fashion industry and land this job i want?

  • hi everyone~thanks so much in advance~i would like to know how to go about getting into the fashion industry,eventually i would like to set up my own line of clothes and shoes,i have the vision but cannot draw and put in onto paper.i have a great eye for fashion/shopping and im very creative,however my situation limits me from taking courses ,my parents are ill and i have been taking care of them for years,so have no previous courses or work expierence,so i have nothing to back up on a resume.and the little i have i dont want peopole feeling sorry for me that i have taken care of my parents for years i usually get a responce oh thats so tuff maybe this isnt the rite time for you maybe when you have got some courses and expierence done but i cant do that,that usully sets me back,i try and i get shot down.i know feel like life has passed me by im 30,and want to give it another try for my dream. There is this local model agency i really want to work with and have tried many times but i havent much for my resume,theres a gap of like 10 years and they want someone with expierence and college backround,but how can i show i have what it takes? i have offered to intern or even help to assist for free and i never seem to get the chance,as i love all aspects of fashion styling,planning for fashion shows makeup although im not qualified,photography but cannot take courses for all of theese as i am limited and financially limited too,but this is my passion,how can i stand out from the rest and get a chance?i have gotton nowhere in the past but want to make this a success for myself as was homebound so much in the past,i want to start living life ant though,advice,input soo greatly appreciated thanks so much~

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    My friend's son took a retail job in men's wear in a regional department store. He had flair and helped customers look smart. He was promoted to buyer. He went to NYC several years on buying trips and made friends there in the process of buying for his stores. Finally, he left the department store, went to NYC and went into business with the people he met while buying. You could say he was young and brash. You could say it was his destiny. When the ball came to him he ran with it. Winnie told me this about her son Perry. I never met him. He died young and rich. You need to believe in yourself - or no one else will.

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It's true that you have to believe in yourself, but there are steps you can take to improve your chances at a job. First, you need to pick an aspect that will be your long-term goal, whether it's fashion design, photography, planning, or make-up. It's okay to be interested in all of them, but you have to choose one to "specialize" in at least until you have buffed up your resume. If you choose photography, get out there and take pictures. Take lots of pictures, choose your best, and try to get them published. Submit them to magazines. Use the pictures themselves as a sort of resume. In fact, create a website and post only your best pictures. Add the URL for the website to your resume, and maybe the model agency will like your work and reconsider you. If fashion design is your thing, you need to make a really serious sketchbook. Prepare a sketchbook that you are willing to show other people. Then start making clothes. You actually have to be able to sew your clothes and make them look good. Wear your clothes around so that people can see your work. Again, post pictures of these clothes and these sketches to a website and include the website on your resume. If you are feeling really ambitious, try organizing a charity fashion show. If you can get sponsors, the fashion show won't have to cost you a lot of money, and you can get your clothes out on the runway. This will also look great on a resume. If you want to go into planning fashion shows, try the above charity fashion show idea, and show people what you can do. To get hired at this place with no formal education in fashion and with no job experience, you are going to have to make your own experience. Best of luck!

Becca

The first thing you need to do is to believe in yourself and thats all that matters

Andy

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