How To Land A Fashion Job

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Are you dreaming of a job in fashion? Its time to stop dreaming and start reading some of our tips below.

It takes a village to design, manufacture a fashion collection, put on shoes, instagram, tweet and write about it, to market, sell and buy the seasons offerings. Getting them to you…is also a task in itself. Dreaming of being a part of it all by landing a job in fasjhion? Good news, its more attainable than you think.
It takes WORK to get WORK. You are most likely to be successful in the fashion industry if you are prepared to think outside the box!

WRITE
Write!! Write! And Write some more…. Write to the editor of a fashion are of your favourite lifestyle magazine’s with a proposal of the fashion content you would like to write about.

INTERN, INTERN, INTERN
If there’s anything that everyone from editors-in-chief to creative directors, have in common is that, early on their career, they either interne or assisted someone somewhere. Whether they know exactly what you want to do or not, internships and assisting position remain the best way to learn everything about the industry.

BLOG
A blog of one’s own is 100% a way to make it in fashion! You can create your own opportunities through your blog, but you have to put your heart and energy into it.
PUBLICIST
Here’s another route into fashion. Be part of the team that plans the show for fashion houses. You will soon find yourself planning photo shoots with clients, and you can make a real different to someone’s career.

YOU’RE IN THE DOOR, YOU’VE GOT AN INTERVIEW. HERE ARE SOME GREAT TIPS

• Go in there looking like you already work there, try to emulate those you are likely to work for.
• Talk intelligently about your successes and be positive in the way you talk about your background and interests.
• Be direct about what you’re looking to do and why. The more you know about what you want to do the more likely you are to get it. People who are vague will have a tougher time finding a job.
• Be like-able. Smile a lot. Connect with the person who’s interviewing you. You have to be the kind of person they want to work with.
• Be interested in something other than fashion. You don’t want to work in the business only because you’re a shopaholic.

Source: Genevieve magazine