The search for the nect big fashion star

The media plays an important role to why the fashion industry is so popular why everyone wants to be the next big thing in fashion. There are many new shows developed to find the next famous and creative designers. I love competition shows that shows the talent of everyday people who have hopes and dreams like me to one day make it big as a designer or to just be apart of the fashion industry.

There are shows like Americas next top model, although they are models, but models also play a big role in fashion. There is project runway and the new show called Fashion Star. These realities really inspire me to become more creative and gives me an idea of how the fashion industry looks and what it may take to make it. to see so many people who have completely different visions and who can design makes me want to work even harder.

Forever 21

Holding the dream of making it big in the fashion industry can be a risky and expensive dream. It will take hard work, some patience and money. But to gain experience working around clothes and gaining knowledge from fashion buyers and fashion visuals it would be awesome. I have to start my knowledge somewhere and I gain my experience by working at a retail store.  I work at one of the biggest and most popular clothing store Forever 21.  This store has come along way from being a small-owned clothing store to opening so many more including in different countries. As a person who loves to shop there and who loves fashion and shopping, I was really excited to get the job. I took this as a learning experience, sometimes you have to work your way from the bottom to get to the top. So far working there I learned a lot from watching the fashion visuals work. They are responsible for deciding what products are placed in the store, they also decide where the items go and they create different themes for the entre store. The coolest part about being a visual, they are able to design window displays, mannequins and different sections of the store. It is awesome that they’re vision are displayed for all of the customers to see, it is because of their display is why customers want to buy garments. So they way they display garments are really important. Working at Forever 21 I get to see new trends come in first hand which is also pretty cool, I am able to witness what goes into designing store displays and the process of deciding what trends to put out.

My Golden Ticket

I live for fashion; I breathe fashion, so I guess it is safe to say that I am in love with fashion! With my dying love for the trend, the creativity, the risk, and the expression that fashion can give, I should take my love for it to a whole other level. Why not start a career on something that I love to do? Starting a career in such a competitive field will not be easy, it takes time, education, motivation and a passion for the art of fashion. There are several of jobs I get into such as fashion writer; people who write for magazines, newspapers, fashion/design, fashion merchandiser are the ones who analyze market trends and production cost of a product or opening up my own boutique I can decided what trends to sell in my boutique and have my vision come alive. Those are some careers just to name a few.

There are a lot of directions I can take in this industry, because there are so many careers to chose from the top three careers I aspire to become are Fashion illustrator, fashion stylist, and fashion buyer. Having a career in fashion opens many other opportunities as well, I get to travel the world, attend fashion shows, meet so many new people, and have the chance to make really good money and live a good life.

Fashion Illustrator

  Ever since I was a kid, I loved to draw. I loved to express my mood and creativity through drawing whatever I saw. It was my perspective on what I saw. I started off drawing images of my favorite cartoons and I soon got into drawing my own clothing design. I imaged what types of outfits I would love to see my dolls in and drew amateur sketches of different wardrobes. I also thought ahead of time by sketching out prom dresses and wedding gowns for myself. As I got older I grew out of drawing, I wounded up busy with school and hanging out with friends, but I feel that somewhere inside of me my artistic ability still remained, so why not build a career with two of the things I love; drawing and fashion. That is why I feel that developing a career on fashion illustration will be good for me.

As a fashion illustrator I have the chance to work closely with fashion designers and art directors to create creative and unique visuals images. I can use my skill as an artist and my love for fashion to bring these visuals to life. Fashion illustrators have the task to develop eye catching images to impress buyers.

Fashion Stylist

To love fashion most likely means you have a huge love for picking and choosing outfits and accessories to complete an awesome outfit. If you share these interest then what better job is there than becoming a fashion stylist. I love the idea that people trust my idea and style sense enough to help me help them look good and help bring a photographer or director vision into a reality.  Fashion stylist has the great opportunities to work in photo shoots, commercials, movie sets, print advertisements, and music videos. It is pretty cool because as a stylist you can help translate your clients’ personality into their wardrobes. It sounds like such an exciting feeling that you can help others feel confident in themselves all while enjoying and doing what you love to do.

Fashion Buyer

Fashion buyers are responsible for deciding with garments will be sold in a store, they are important to their company and the brand. They are also responsible for looking at the clothes and paying attention to the target shoppers. It is an exciting job to know that you can have a vision and are able to make that vision a reality because you can decide which products to place in the store

The possibilties are endless....

The types of jobs you can obtain with a fashion degree:

Fashion designer

Merchandising

Visual

Buyer

Buyer’s assistant

Stylist

Fashion marketing

Apparel manufacturing management

Fashion knitwear design

Textile design
Fashion photographer
Fashion writer
Fashion Illustrator
Boutique owner
Fashion public relations specialist
Fashion Model

There are numerous of jobs you can obtain with a degree in fashion. You may not want your name in spotlights and be the center of attention, you may not want to design the outfits, you may have a bigger interest in styling celebs. There are several of careers to chose from that can fit what you aspire to become. I feel like many people may look at a fashion degree as pointless, but there are so many jobs you can get from becoming a fashion major that many people are not aware of. You can definitely find a job that will suite your liking. The possibilities really are endless!

Knowledge is power!

In the competitive world of the fashion industry it does not just take your love of fashion and your creativity to make as a big top designer now a days, you can to have experience and some sort of credibility that you have the knowledge to succeed in what you are pursuing. There are fashion designers who have made a huge name for themselves without having an educational background such as Ralph Lauren, Diane Von Furstenberg, and Marc Jacobs just to name a few. These designers are one of the most successful designers in the industry today. We may not all be as fortunate as them to have the opportunity to succeed without any fashion experience, but with this career field being so cut throat we all have to start at somewhere. A definite way to start is to attend a fashion school to gain experience and to fully learn about what it takes to make it.

Are you feeling a bit ambiguous about which school to attend to further your career in fashion?

-Here is a list of schools you can chose from:

FIDM

FIDM (fashion institute of design & merchandising) is specialized and dedicated to educating students for fashion, graphics, interior design, and entertainment industries. FIDM works with students to achieve their goals and help to obtain their choice of career jobs. They are small enough to know their students names, but big enough to have connections to help reach their dreams. FIDM has four locations within California; Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, and Irvine. FIDM covers several majors that students can be interested in.

Majors:

-advanced fashion design, apparel industry management, beauty industry merchandising and marketing, business management, digital media, fashion design, footwear design, graphic design, interiors design are among the few majors that are listed. There are about ten more majors that are also listed on the FIDM website.

How to apply?

1.     Talk to an advisor

2.     Send in ad official transcript from high school/secondary school or colleges/ Universities

3.     Three recommendations from teachers counselors or employees

4.     Admissions essay (2 page maximum)

5.     Portfolio and Entrance project.

6.     Application fee

You must complete these requirements. To learn more visit their website under admissions and how to apply.

Tuition:

You can find out about tuition on their website by checking by which major. Fashion schools are pretty known to be really expensive but there are financial aid and scholarship opportunities you can apply for.

Academy of Art University

Academy of Art University is located in the heart of San Francisco. Just like many other fashion schools, their goal is to help you reach your dreams as a successful designer. It is the largest private school of art and design in the united states.

Majors:

Some of the majors Academy of Art University offers are: acting, advertsing, animation and visual effects, architecture, art education, fashion, fine art, multimedia communications and photography are just some of the majors they offer. To learn more you can visit their website

How to apply?

Applying is simple!

1.     Complete an academy of Art university application form

2.     Turn in application through mail or online. (Application fee is $100)

Visit their website to follow step by step instructions and to learn more about admissions and when is the recommended to apply.

  Tuition:

There are scholarship and financial opportunity that you can apply for.

The ArtInstitutes

The Art Institute’s mission is to give you the education, skills and you to fulfill your career. With 45 campuses and an impressive contacts list, The Art Institute will give the tools to prepare you for a bright future.

Majors:

The Art Institutes offers and impressive list of design and fashion majors to chose from

-Graphic design

-Interior design

-Advertising

-Fashion design

-Fashion management 

  How to Apply?

-You can conveniently apply online by picking location of the school and design major.

 School is the definite way to build and start off your career to entering any field you would like to be a part of in fashion. There plenty of schools to chose from just to name a few. I named these three schools because I felt that they are the ones who have an impressive reputation.

Fashionista?.. Fashionisto?

Fashion! Fashion! Yes everyone wears clothes but how do you define your style? How do you wear a garment that everyone else have and own it to make it completely unique and you? There are so many ways that I can define my style because there are a slew of ways that I can wear an outfit to make it my own.  I am really interested in vintage clothing, but with a modern twist. Sometimes I feel like I was born in the wrong era because of how interested I am in vintage fashion. I grew up loving the movie “Grease” because of the pencil skirt and poodle skirt style with big hair. Although that type of vintage style does not translate into my own style today I still am intrigued by old time classic looks. What really inspires my style is hippie 1960s era. I love fringes, high wasited shorts, headbands, rockband tee shirts and maxi skirts. I would say that 1960s vintage with a modern street style edge defines my style the most. I get my inspiration for this style from looking at magazines, off of what I see people wear, my mother’s closet, and from searching old photos to get ideas. Style from the 60s is not my only inspiration to what I wear, but it is what I feel I can relate to most. What makes fashion so fun is being able to mix and match outfits to fit my mood and expression. Also being able to take a shirt that someone else may have, but wearing it differently to fit my personal aesthetic. With fashion you don’t have to just have one style, there are so many different ways you can experiment with fashion. Maybe for many people garments are just clothes you wear to cover up, but for me it is so much more than that.

To others fashion is art. There are people who live and breathe fashion and express their creativity through fashion. I feel that fashion is definitely a way to express yourself. When you first meet someone, before actually talking to them their appearance is what you notice first. What does your style say about you? I want my fashion sense to translate that I am mature, mysterious and you can see by my appearance that I am into fashion because that is what I love!

My interest in fashion developed when I was a kid. I think it started first with my love of art and creativity.  As a kid I loved to draw, that was my ultimate way of expressing myself and I just found it so fun to challenge myself as an artist by testing my ability from drawing smaller pics to bigger and more detailed sketches. I began to draw sketches of outfits, thinking ahead and drawing dresses for prom and weddings. I just never thought of fashion as a career until I grew older and discovered that there are many careers I can obtain with fashion. As a teenager I found all of my inspirations through magazines and I have always wanted to be either the designer who made  those outfits, the person who dressed the models or just anything that can draw me closer to my love of fashion. Why fashion and not an artist? Well because I feel that fashion combines my interest in art and clothes. I just felt that making garments was a way to bring my vision and creativity to life and to be able to make someone feels good in the garment they wore became a dream for me.

I created this blog as an expression of my love for fashion and creativity. Everyone is different in so many ways and although there may be millions of other people who may love fashion just as much as I do, but the fact that I am my own person I can tell my story and spread my creativity different from the next fashionista. This blog is also a way for me to gain more knowledge about something I really love to do and hopefully build a career off of.