| There are many different avenues one can go down | | | | Fashion Stylists |
| when they desire a career in fashion. From Fashion | | | | Often we think of a fashion stylist as being the |
| designer to celebrity stylist learn all about the hot | | | | brains behind a celebrities look. While that is partially |
| careers in fashion. | | | | true, fashion stylists also choose wardrobe for photo |
| Fashion Designer | | | | shoots, commercials, print ads, television, movies and |
| Primarily fashion designers create new clothes and | | | | music videos. Additionally, many work as personal |
| accessories. However, their other job tasks may | | | | stylist to average people in need of fashion advice. |
| include analyzing fashion trends, marketing, sales, | | | | Stylists can find employment with magazines, |
| production of garments and accessories, and | | | | newspapers, retailers, television and film production |
| promotion of their finished products. Fashion | | | | companies, catalogs, PR firms, advertising agencies |
| designers can attend a two or four year program for | | | | and music companies. To be a fashion stylist one |
| a degree in fashion design or fashion merchandising. | | | | must work their way to the top from the ground up. |
| Generally, most designers start out as interns and | | | | This often means starting out with an internship. |
| move through the ranks as junior designers to design | | | | Most stylists also earn a degree in fashion design or |
| assistant to assistant designer to associate designer | | | | fashion merchandising but it is not required to work in |
| to fashion director. | | | | the field. Networking is everything to the success of |
| Fashion Merchandising | | | | a stylist, so they must constantly be gaining new |
| Fashion merchandisers create and implement displays | | | | contacts and maintain their existing contacts. |
| for stores and catalogs. They are also responsible for | | | | If you are unsure what career path you want to |
| designing the layout of department stores, fashion | | | | follow in the fashion industry you can begin your |
| showrooms and trade shows. They have to have a | | | | education with a degree in either fashion |
| strong familiarity with the consumer market and an | | | | merchandising or fashion design. Either of these |
| artistic flair. Generally, fashion merchandisers hold a | | | | degrees can be parlayed into any of the above |
| bachelors degree in visual or fashion merchandising. | | | | mentioned career paths once you make your final |
| They usually begin their career as an assistant and | | | | decision. |
| work their way up to visual merchandising director. | | | | |