Saturday, April 1, 2017

Six Steps to Getting a Job in Fashion

Six Steps to Getting a Job in Fashion

1. Do an internship
Pretty much all the experts I spoke with agreed that the best way to get your foot in the door is to do an internship in your field of interest. (That said, remember that according to Ontario’s new Ministry of Labour guidelines, internships conducted in that province must either be paid or completed for school credit.)

“Not only do internships open doors for future opportunities and allow you to network and build industry connections, but they also offer the ability to get a taste for different areas in the industry,” says Christie Lohr, founder of Style Nine to Five, a Vancouver-based fashion and beauty career board.

Canadian designer Eliza Faulkner, who interned at Zandra Rhodes, Roland Mouret and Erdem while studying at London’s Central Saint Martins, says her internship experience was crucial when it came to establishing her own label: “I learned how a studio and business ran on a daily basis. Central St. Martins is notorious for teaching its designers

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